Characterization of Magnetocaloric Devices and Materials through Mathematical Models
A special issue of Mathematical and Computational Applications (ISSN 2297-8747). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 3761
Special Issue Editors
Interests: magnetic refrigeration; magnetocaloric materials; (semi-)analytical modeling; magnetic equivalent circuit; fluid flow; heat transfers; eddy current losses; electrical machines
Interests: applied mathematics; partial differential equations; separation of variables method; principle of superposition; (semi-)analytical modeling; subdomain technique; magnetic equivalent circuit; electrical machines
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Dear Colleagues,
Magnetic refrigeration is a cooling technology based on the magnetocaloric effect, an environmentally friendly refrigeration method without greenhouse gas and high COP (i.e., the coefficient of performance of heat pumps). Among the caloric technologies, magnetocaloric energy conversion is the most developed method for refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumping, etc. During the last two decades, in the magnetic refrigeration domain, numerical methods have been widely used in R&D departments for their accuracy as compared to measurements. Nevertheless, mainly in 3D, these approaches are time consuming and not suitable for optimization problems. Currently, in order to reduce computation time, R&D engineers must develop full computer-aided designs for magnetocaloric regenerators with accurate and fast models in simulations. Hence, the main objective of this Special Issue is to discuss the latest advances and developments in mathematical modeling on the characterization of magnetocaloric devices and materials for different applications. The main models discussed will be based on the following:
- Network methodology or equivalent circuits (i.e., electrical, magnetic, thermal, etc.);
- Momentum and energy equations;
- Maxwell–Fourier (i.e., multi-layers models, subdomain technique).
The mathematical models can include the following:
- Nonlinear behavior of materials;
- Multi-physics modeling with new materials;
- Multi Curie point;
- Adaptive generic and/or hybrid models.
The numerical method as well as experimental tests can be used as comparisons or validations.
Dr. Antony Plait
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Frédéric Dubas
Guest Editors
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