Magnetocaloric Material

Environmental Friendly Refrigeration with CALORIVAC

CALORIVAC^® is a magnetocaloric alloy enabling solid state energy conversion such as magnetic refrigeration. It enables engineers to build gas-free magnetic refrigeration using magnetocaloric alloys as active materials

Benefits:

Non-toxic, cost-efficient magnetocaloric alloy for magnetic refrigeration
Enables the design of environmentally friendly, gas-free refrigeration and air-conditioning devices
Future proof technology with no legislative pressure on the end-user
Alternative areas of use are direct conversion of low-grade waste-heat in to electricity
Active area of R & D with sample quantities available upon request

Details

Different machines for energy conversion are possible

Refrigeration and air conditioning devices
- Mechanical energy required to turn a magnet is used to pump heat from a lower temperature level to a higher temperature level

Low grade waste heat conversion
- Switching the magnetic state of the magnetocaloric material using hot and cold fluids electrical or mechanical energy can be generated

Adiabatic temperature change of 2 to 4 K @ 1.5 T magnetic field change
Entropy change of 5 to 20 J/kgK @ 1.5 T magnetic field change
Magnetocaloric alloys covering a temperature range from 100 to 350 K enabling their use in a multitude of applications
Thermal conductivity of about 8 W/mK

To satisfy the new F-gas regulation the refrigeration and air conditioning industry is suffering from the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons. Magnetic refrigeration can offer a more energy efficient, completely gas-free and future proof alternative. By magnetizing and demagnetizing magnetocaloric alloys, heat can be moved from a colder temperature level to a higher temperature level – the classical principle of a heat pump or refrigerator.

Typical Applications

Different machines for energy conversion are possible

Refrigeration and air conditioning devices
- Mechanical energy required to turn a magnet is used to pump heat from a lower temperature level to a higher temperature level

Low grade waste heat conversion
- Switching the magnetic state of the magnetocaloric material using hot and cold fluids electrical or mechanical energy can be generated

Technical Specification

Adiabatic temperature change of 2 to 4 K @ 1.5 T magnetic field change
Entropy change of 5 to 20 J/kgK @ 1.5 T magnetic field change
Magnetocaloric alloys covering a temperature range from 100 to 350 K enabling their use in a multitude of applications
Thermal conductivity of about 8 W/mK

Product Details

To satisfy the new F-gas regulation the refrigeration and air conditioning industry is suffering from the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons. Magnetic refrigeration can offer a more energy efficient, completely gas-free and future proof alternative. By magnetizing and demagnetizing magnetocaloric alloys, heat can be moved from a colder temperature level to a higher temperature level – the classical principle of a heat pump or refrigerator.

CALORIVAC® CTYPICAL MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE AND ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE FOR DIFFERENT EXTERNAL MAGNETIC INDUCTION CHANGES

FWHM VALUES (FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM) GIVE THE FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM VALUE OF THE RESPECTIVE QUANTITY

This table shows the isothermal entropy change for different values of external magnetic induction changes:

	1.50 T		1.25 T		1.00 T		0.80 T
	∆ S_T KJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K
	∆ S_T KJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K
250 K	81	10	74	9	61	9	47	8
260 K	76	11	69	11	57	10	44	9
270 K	68	14	62	14	51	13	39	12
280 K	61	16	55	16	45	15	36	14
290 K	54	19	48	18	39	17	30	16
300 K	46	21	41	20	33	19	25	18
310 K	39	23	34	23	27	22	21	21
320 K	32	26	27	25	22	24	16	23

This table shows the adiabatic temperature change for different values of external magnetic induction changes:

	1.50 T		1.25 T		1.00 T		0.80 T
	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K
250 K	2.7	12	2.3	11	1.9	11	1.5	10
260 K	2.6	14	2.2	13	1.8	12	1.5	11
270 K	2.6	16	2.2	15	1.8	14	1.5	13
280 K	2.5	19	2.1	17	1.7	16	1.4	15
290 K	2.4	21	2	20	1.7	18	1.4	17
300 K	2.3	23	2	22	1.6	20	1.3	19
310 K	2.2	26	1.9	24	1.6	22	1.3	21
320 K	2.2	28	1.8	26	1.5	24	1.2	23

CALORIVAC® HTYPICAL MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE AND ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE FOR DIFFERENT EXTERNAL MAGNETIC INDUCTION CHANGES

FWHM VALUES (FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM) GIVE THE FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM VALUE OF THE RESPECTIVE QUANTITY

This table shows the isothermal entropy change for different values of external magnetic induction changes:

	1.50 T		1.25 T		1.00 T		0.80 T
	∆ S_T KJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K
	∆ S_T KJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K	∆ S_T kJ/m³K	FWHM K
250 K	55	10	49	9	42	8	36	7
260 K	62	9	56	8	49	7	43	6
270 K	71	9	66	8	59	6	52	6
280 K	81	8	76	7	69	6	62	5
290 K	91	7	86	6	79	5	72	4
300 K	101	7	96	6	89	4	82	4
310 K	110	6	106	5	99	4	92	3
320 K	120	5	115	4	109	3	101	2

This table shows the adiabatic temperature change for different values of external magnetic induction changes:

	1.50 T		1.25 T		1.00 T		0.80 T
	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K	∆ Tad K	FWHM K
250 K	2.6	12	2.3	10	2	9	1.7	8
260 K	2.9	11	2.5	10	2.1	9	1.8	8
270 K	3.1	10	2.7	9	2.3	8	1.9	7
280 K	3.4	9	3	8	2.5	7	2	7
290 K	3.7	8	3.2	7	2.6	6	2.1	6
300 K	4	7	3.4	6	2.8	6	2.3	5
310 K	4.3	6	3.7	5	3	5	2.4	5
320 K	4.6	5	3.9	4	3.1	4	2.5	4

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