A comprehensive treatment of the thermodynamics of cyclic magnetic refrigeration
processes is presented. It starts with a review of the work, heat and internal energy of a …

Magnetic refrigeration at room temperature is a promising technology with the potential of
competing with traditional vapor compression technology. It promises high energy …

(Continued) Primary Examiner—Allen Flanigan Assistant Examiner—Filip Zec (74) Attorney,
Agent, or Firm—Foley & Lardner LLP (57) ABSTRACT A dual-mode magnetic refrigeration …

An improved method to manage the flow of heat in an active regenerator in a
magnetocaloric or an electrocaloric heat pump refrigeration system, in which heat exchange …

Primary Examiner—Mohammad MAli (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Oblon, Maier &
Neustadt, LLP (57) ABSTRACT A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different …

(57) ABSTRACT A parallel magnetic refrigerator assembly, includes at least two
magnetocaloric stages arranged in parallel connection, each having in use a cold side and …

A heat generator (1) having at least one thermal module (10) that has N adjacent
magnetocaloric elements (2) arranged in a circle around a central axis (A) and is subjected …

A heat pump includes a regenerator housing that is movable along a lateral direction
between a first position and a second position. A first compliant seal extends between a first …

A majority of conventionally used refrigerating machines for a room temperature range such
as a refrigerator, a freezer, and an air conditioner utilize the phase transition of a gaseous …

An apparatus for refrigeration and heating of bulk fluid, and particularly, but not exclusively,
to the refrigeration of bulk milk freshly obtained from dairy animals such as cows. The …