US20090217674A1 - Magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration apparatus, amr bed, and magnetic refrigeration apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a magnetic material having a magnetocaloric effect and used for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, AMR bed using the magnetic material, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus.
- a refrigeration technology in a room temperature region which closely relates to a human daily life, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer, a room air conditioner, and the like, almost employs a gas compression/expansion cycle.
- a serious problem of environmental destruction is caused by specific freon gases discharged into the environment, and CFC's substitutes also have a problem of an adverse affect to the environment.
- researches on the use of natural refrigerants (CO 2 , ammonia, and the like) and isobutane which have little environmental risk and the like are carried out.
- it is required to put the refrigeration technologies, which have no environmental problems and work safety and efficiency, to practice use.
- a magnetic refrigeration is one of the promising technology, in terms of environment-friendliness and high efficiency. And a magnetic refrigeration technology in a room temperature region is actively researched and developed.
- the magnetic refrigeration technology uses a magnetocaloric effect that Warburg discovered on iron (Fe) in 1881.
- the magnetocaloric effect is a phenomenon that the temperature of magnetic material changes according to changing of external magnetic field in an adiabatic state.
- the refrigeration system using paramagnetic salts and compounds represented by Gd 2 (SO 4 ) 3 .8H 2 O or Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12 which show the magnetocaloric effect, was developed.
- Gd 2 (SO 4 ) 3 .8H 2 O or Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12 which show the magnetocaloric effect, was developed.
- Gd 2 (SO 4 ) 3 .8H 2 O or Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12 which show the magnetocaloric effect
- Magnetic refrigeration is carried out by the AMR system using the following steps:
- a magnetic field is applied to a magnetic refrigeration working material
- a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant of an embodiment of the present invention includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, wherein, the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- the magnetic material includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, and the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant of an embodiment of the present invention has AMR bed filled with a magnetic material, a magnetic field generation device for applying and removing a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material, a cooling block, a radiating block, and a refrigerant flow path connected to the AMR bed, the cooling block and the radiating block configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant, wherein the magnetic material includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, and the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus which improves magnetic refrigeration efficiency by the wide operation temperature range of it and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus using the magnetic material.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an operation of a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a first embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system of a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a second embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arrangement of a magnetic material in AMR bed of the second embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another arrangement of the magnetic material in AMR bed of a third embodiment
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing a result of measurement of a refrigerating operation temperature range of examples and comparative examples.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing a result of measurement of the refrigerating operation temperature range of the examples and the comparative examples.
- the inventors have found that when at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures (Tc) are approximately uniformly blended and AMR bed is filled with them, a magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range can be extended without outstandingly lowering a refrigeration capability.
- Tc magnetic transition temperatures
- a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, AMR bed, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of embodiments of the present invention will be explained below referring to the drawings based on the above knowledge found by the inventors.
- two kinds of magnetic particles have different magnetic transition temperatures means that the average values of the magnetic transition temperatures of respective magnetic particles are separated from each other 0.5 K or more.
- a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a first embodiment is a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant. At least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures (Tc) are approximately uniformly blended. The magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- two kinds of magnetic particles for example, Gd particles having a magnetic transition temperature 293 (K) and Gd 95 Y 5 particles having a magnetic transition temperature 283 (K), which is lower than that of the Gd particles, are approximately uniformly blended at a ratio of 1:1.
- ⁇ Tc magnetic transition temperature difference
- the two kinds of the magnetic particles exhibit the approximately spherical shape with the maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- the maximum diameter of the magnetic particles can be visually measured with a calipers and the like, by direct observation under a microscope, or by a microscope photograph.
- GdR shows rear earth elements other than Gd, Y, i.e., Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu
- compounds composed of various kinds of rear earth elements and transition metal elements NiMnGa alloys, GdGeSi alloys, LaFe 13 compounds, LaFe 13 H, MnAsSb, and the like can be used.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an operation of the magnetic material for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the first embodiment.
- An upper view of FIG. 1 is a graph showing the relation between the temperature of the magnetic material and a refrigeration temperature difference ( ⁇ T) of the magnetic material.
- a lower view of FIG. 1 is a conceptual view showing how AMR bed is filled with magnetic materials and the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature ranges to the respective magnetic material by arrows in correspondence to a temperature axis of the upper view of FIG. 1 .
- the refrigeration temperature difference ( ⁇ T) means a temperature difference caused to the magnetic material when a magnetic field is repeatedly applied and removed to and from the magnetic material and used as an index of the refrigeration capability of the magnetic material.
- a reason why the refrigeration capability is not outstandingly lowered against prediction in the first embodiment is considered as described below. That is, at a certain temperature, a temperature change caused by application and removal of the magnetic field is determined depending on materials. Accordingly, it is considered that when all the materials are the same materials, the same temperature change ideally occurs all at once. However, when different materials exist, since dispersion occurs in the temperature change caused by application of the magnetic field, heat is transmitted between the magnetic materials. Since heat is secondarily generated and absorbed by the transmission of heat, a temperature change, which is not caused when the same kind of a material is used, occurs. As a result, it is considered that an effect of an increase of temperature, which cannot be predicted from measurement of the simple material appears. The operation temperature can be increased without outstandingly lowering the refrigeration capability by the addition of the above effect resulting from the blend.
- the magnetic particles exemplified above have different magnetic transition temperatures depending on the compositions thereof.
- a wide range of the refrigeration operation temperature can be guaranteed by appropriately combining two kinds of magnetic particles having appropriate magnetic transition temperatures.
- three kinds or more of magnetic particles may be blended.
- the magnetic particles of the first embodiment exhibit the approximately spherical shape with the maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. It is important for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus to realize a high refrigeration capability in that a magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled sufficiently exchanges its heat with a liquid refrigerant and realizes high heat exchange efficiency. For this purpose, it is preferable to increase the specific surface area of magnetic particles by increasing the particle diameter thereof. In contrast, when the particle diameter is too small, a refrigerant pressure loss is increased. Accordingly, the refrigeration capability of a magnetic refrigeration apparatus is improved by using the magnetic particles of the first embodiment whose maximum diameter is set to 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- the magnetic material of the first embodiment can extend the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range without outstandingly lowering the refrigeration capability as compared with a magnetic material composed of simple magnetic particles. Further, when the magnetic material is combined with the liquid refrigerant, high heat exchange efficiency can be realized. Accordingly, the refrigeration capability of the refrigeration apparatus can be improved by filling the AMR bed with the magnetic material of the first embodiment and applying the AMR bed to the refrigeration apparatus.
- the first embodiment it is preferable to blend magnetic particles, which make use of secondary magnetic transition without hysteresis, with each other. This is because it is considered that heat is effectively transmitted between magnetic materials and an effect of suppressing a lowering of the refrigeration capability can be increased.
- a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a second embodiment is a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant.
- the magnetic refrigeration apparatus has AMR bed filled with a magnetic material, a magnetic field generation means (device) for applying and removing a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material, a cooling block, and a radiating block. Further, the magnetic refrigeration apparatus has a refrigerant flow path formed by connecting the AMR bed, the cooling block and the radiating block configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant.
- the magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled is formed by approximately uniformly bending at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures, and the magnetic particles has a feature in that they exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. Note that since the magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled is the same as that described in the first embodiment, description of duplicate contents is omitted.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system of the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment.
- the magnetic refrigeration apparatus uses, for example, water as the liquid refrigerant.
- the cooling block 20 is disposed to a low temperature end side of the AMR bed 10
- the radiating block 30 is disposed to a high temperature end side thereof.
- a switching means 40 is interposed between the cooling block 20 and the radiating block 30 to switch a direction in which the liquid refrigerant flow.
- a refrigerant pump 50 as a refrigerant transport means is connected to the switching means 40 .
- the AMR bed 10 , the cooling block 20 , the switching means 40 , and the radiating block 30 are connected by a pipe and form the refrigerant flow path for circulating the liquid refrigerant.
- the AMR bed 10 is filled with the magnetic material 12 having a magnetocaloric effect.
- a horizontally movable permanent magnet 14 is disposed to outside of the AMR bed 10 as a magnetic field generation means.
- the cooling block 20 is composed of a low-temperature bath 22 , in which a low temperature side heat exchanger device 24 is disposed, and a cooling unit 26 .
- the low temperature side heat exchanger device 24 is thermally connected to the cooling unit 26 .
- the radiating block 30 is composed of a hot bath 32 , in which a high temperature side heat exchanger device 34 is disposed, and a radiating unit 36 .
- the high temperature side heat exchanger device 34 is thermally connected to the radiating unit 36 .
- the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment is not particularly limited, it is, for example, a home freezer/refrigerator, a home air conditioner, an industrial freezer/refrigerator, a large frozen/refrigerated warehouse, a frozen chamber for reserving and transporting a liquefied gas, and the like.
- the magnetic refrigeration apparatus is the home freezer/refrigerator
- the cooling unit is a freezing/refrigerating chamber
- the radiating unit 36 is, for example, a radiation plate.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arrangement of a magnetic material in the AMR bed.
- the AMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material having the magnetocaloric effect.
- the magnetic material is a magnetic material formed by approximately uniformly blending two kinds of magnetic particles, for example, Gd particles 16 and Gd 95 Y 5 particles 15 having a magnetic transition temperature lower than that of the Gd particles 16 . Openings are formed to both the ends of the AMR bed 10 so that a refrigerant is caused to flow in both right and left directions in the AMR bed 10 .
- FIG. 2 An operation of the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment will be schematically explained using FIG. 2 .
- the permanent magnet 14 When the permanent magnet 14 is disposed at a position confronting with the AMR bed 10 (position shown in FIG. 2 ), a magnetic field is applied to the magnetic material 12 in the AMR bed 10 . Accordingly, the magnetic material 12 having the magnetocaloric effect generates heat.
- the liquid refrigerant is caused to circulate in the direction from the AMR bed 10 to the radiating block 30 by the operations of the refrigerant pump 50 and the switching means 40 . Hot heat is transported to the radiating block 30 by the liquid refrigerant whose temperature is increased by the heat generated by the magnetic material 12 .
- the liquid refrigerant flows into the hot bath 32 in the radiating block 30 , and the hot heat transported by the refrigerant is absorbed by the high temperature side heat exchanger device 34 .
- the absorbed hot heat is radiated to, for example, the outside air by the radiating unit 36 .
- the permanent magnet 14 is moved from the position confronting with the AMR bed 10 , and the magnetic field applied to the magnetic material 12 is removed.
- the magnetic material 12 absorbs heat.
- the liquid refrigerant is caused to circulate in the direction from the AMR bed 10 to the cooling block 20 by the operations of the refrigerant pump 50 and the switching means 40 .
- Cold heat is transported to the cooling block 20 by the liquid refrigerant that is cooled by the heat absorbed by magnetic material 12 .
- the liquid refrigerant flows into the low-temperature bath 22 in the cooling block 20 , and the cold heat transported by the refrigerant is absorbed by the low temperature side heat exchanger device 24 .
- the cooling unit 26 is cooled by the cold heat.
- the cooling unit 26 can be continuously cooled by repeating application and removal of the magnetic field to and from the magnetic material 12 in the AMR bed 10 by repeatedly moving the permanent magnet 14 .
- the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment can realize high heat exchange efficiency by using the magnetic material whose magnetic refrigerating operation temperature is increased without outstandingly lowering a refrigeration capability.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another arrangement of the magnetic material in the AMR bed.
- the AMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material, in which magnetic particles A and B having two kinds of different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, on the low temperature end side thereof.
- the AMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material, in which magnetic particles C and D having two kinds of different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, on the high temperature end side thereof.
- the magnetic material on the low temperature end side are separated from that on the high temperature end side by, for example, a lattice-shaped partition wall 18 in which a refrigerant can flow so that they are not blended with each other.
- the magnetic particles A, the magnetic particles B, the magnetic particles C, the magnetic particles D, and the blend ratio thereof are determined so that the magnetic material on the low temperature side have a refrigeration operation temperature range lower than that of the magnetic material on the high temperature side.
- the magnetic refrigerating operation temperature can be more increased and a magnetic refrigeration apparatus that realizes higher heat exchange efficiency can be provided by employing the arrangement of the magnetic materials in the AMR bed shown in FIG. 4 .
- the magnetic refrigerating operation temperature can be more increased by providing a layered structure having three or more layers.
- the void ratio of the AMR bed filled with the magnetic materials is preferably 30% or more to 50% or less.
- AMR bed filled with magnetic particles for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant it is preferable to form a sufficient amount of void space through which a fluid flows so that the flow of the liquid refrigerant is not inhibited in the AMR bed.
- the void ratio is less than 30%, since a pressure loss is excessively increased, there is a possibility that refrigeration efficiency is lowered.
- the void ratio exceeds 50%, since the magnetic particles that contribute to a refrigerating operation are reduced, there is possibility that a sufficient refrigeration capability cannot be obtained.
- the void ratio is a value defined by the mass ratio of the mass of a magnetic material equivalent to the volume of AMR bed and the mass of a magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled.
- the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd 95 Y 5 particles was 283 K
- the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd particles was 293 K
- a magnetic transition temperature difference ( ⁇ Tc) was 10 K.
- the refrigeration temperature difference ( ⁇ T) was evaluated by the following method.
- the AMR bed was filled with the specimen so that the specimen did not easily move.
- a thermocouple was inserted into the specimen vessel through a 0.8 mm ⁇ hole formed to an upper lid of the vessel so that it was positioned in a central portion of the specimen vessel.
- the specimen vessel was entirely covered with a heat insulating material and fixed to a specimen holder in a constant temperature bath.
- the specimen holder was located at a position at which it was possible to apply and remove a magnetic field by the operation of yoke magnet,and it was possible to adjust the internal temperature of the constant temperature bath from the outside. After the inside of the constant temperature bath was shut off from the outside, the temperature of the inside thereof was adjust, and it was waited that the inside temperature thereof was made uniform.
- the magnetic field was repeatedly applied and removed to and from the specimen by operating the yoke magnet, and ⁇ T was measured by a temperature difference at the time. Subsequently, after the temperature in the constant temperature bath was adjusted, ⁇ T at the respective temperatures of the specimen was evaluated by repeating a process of measuring the temperature dependence of ⁇ T by applying and removing the magnetic field to and from the specimen.
- the temperature range which satisfies ⁇ T ⁇ 1.6 K was set as the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range of the specimen.
- the condition of ⁇ T ⁇ 1.6 K is a condition by which the superiority of the magnetic material is verified by the refrigeration test performance in the AMR system obtained up to that time. Table 1 shows an obtained result.
- FIG. 5 is a graph in which the results of the examples 1 to 3 and the comparative example 1 are plotted.
- the magnetic transition temperature difference ( ⁇ Tc) was 10 K
- the Gd ratio was 25% to 75%
- the weight ratio of first magnetic particles, which have a heaviest weight in contained magnetic materials, and second magnetic particles, which have a next heaviest weight in contained materials was 5:5 to 3:1
- a particularly wide refrigeration operation temperature range could be obtained.
- FIG. 6 is a graph in which the results of the examples 4 to 8 and the comparative example 2 are plotted.
- ⁇ Tc magnetic transition temperature difference
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There are provided a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, which improves magnetic refrigeration efficiency by the wide operation temperature range of it, AMR bed using the magnetic material, and a magnetic refrigeration apparatus. The magnetic material is used for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant, formed by approximately uniformly blending at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures, and the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. The AMR bed is filled with the magnetic particles.
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- This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Applications No. 2008-047663, filed on Feb. 28, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present invention relates to a magnetic material having a magnetocaloric effect and used for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, AMR bed using the magnetic material, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus.
- At present, a refrigeration technology in a room temperature region which closely relates to a human daily life, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer, a room air conditioner, and the like, almost employs a gas compression/expansion cycle. However, as to the gas compression/expansion cycle, a serious problem of environmental destruction is caused by specific freon gases discharged into the environment, and CFC's substitutes also have a problem of an adverse affect to the environment. From the above background, researches on the use of natural refrigerants (CO2, ammonia, and the like) and isobutane which have little environmental risk and the like are carried out. Thus, it is required to put the refrigeration technologies, which have no environmental problems and work safety and efficiency, to practice use.
- A magnetic refrigeration is one of the promising technology, in terms of environment-friendliness and high efficiency. And a magnetic refrigeration technology in a room temperature region is actively researched and developed. The magnetic refrigeration technology uses a magnetocaloric effect that Warburg discovered on iron (Fe) in 1881. The magnetocaloric effect is a phenomenon that the temperature of magnetic material changes according to changing of external magnetic field in an adiabatic state. In early 1900's, the refrigeration system using paramagnetic salts and compounds represented by Gd2(SO4)3.8H2O or Gd3Ga5O12, which show the magnetocaloric effect, was developed. However that system was mainly used in an ultracold temperature region around 20 K or less, and needed a high magnetic field around 10 T which is created by a superconducting magnet.
- In 1970's and thereafter, researches making use of magnetic transition between a paramagnetic state and a ferromagnetic state in a ferromagnetic material have been actively carried out up to now to realize magnetic refrigeration in a high temperature region. As a result of these researches, some magnetic materials are proposed. For example, a simple substance of rare earth (Pr, Nd, Dy, Er, Tm, Gd and the like), rare earth alloys which include at least two kinds of rare earth element, such as Gd—Y, Gd—Dy, and intermetallic compounds such as RAl2 and RNi2 (R represents rare earth elements), GdPd, and the like.
- In 1982, Barclay proposed an AMR (“Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration”) system as a magnetic refrigeration system for a room temperature region in the United States. The key feature of this system is to use the two effect, a magnetocaloric effect and a heat accumulation, of magnetic materials (refer to U.S. Pat. No. 4,332,135). That is, this system actively uses the lattice entropy which was conventionally considered as a disincentive.
- Magnetic refrigeration is carried out by the AMR system using the following steps:
- (1) A magnetic field is applied to a magnetic refrigeration working material;
- (2) The magnetic refrigeration working material heat up at step (1) and this heat energy is transported to one side by a heat transfer fluid;
- (3) The magnetic field removed; and
- (4) The magnetic refrigeration working materials cool down at step (3) and this cold energy is transported to the other side by a heat transfer fluid.
- Repeating the cycle from (1) to (4), the heat energy generated by magnetic refrigeration material is transported to one direction and then the temperature gradient is created in AMR bed. As a result, a refrigeration work is carried out by generating a large temperature difference.
- In United States in 1998, Zimm, Gschneidner, Pecharsky et al succeeded in a continuous operation of a magnetic refrigeration cycle by using AMR systems with Gd (gadolinium) under the high magnetic field (5 T) generated by a superconducting magnet.
- Incidentally, since the magnetocaloric effect of the magnetic refrigeration material can obtain a large effect only in the vicinity of a magnetic transition temperature, a problem arises in that the working efficiency is lowered when temperature is shifted from the magnetic transition temperature of the material. To cope with the above problem, it is proposed to increase a working temperature by filling AMR bed with magnetic materials having different magnetic transition temperatures in a layer state in accordance with a temperature difference generated in the AMR bed (JP-A 4-186802 (KOKAI)).
- A magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant of an embodiment of the present invention includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, wherein, the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- In AMR bed filled with a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant of an embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic material includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, and the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- A magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant of an embodiment of the present invention has AMR bed filled with a magnetic material, a magnetic field generation device for applying and removing a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material, a cooling block, a radiating block, and a refrigerant flow path connected to the AMR bed, the cooling block and the radiating block configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant, wherein the magnetic material includes at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures and blended approximately uniformly, and the magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- According to the present invention, there can be provided a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus which improves magnetic refrigeration efficiency by the wide operation temperature range of it and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus using the magnetic material.
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FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an operation of a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a first embodiment; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system of a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a second embodiment; -
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arrangement of a magnetic material in AMR bed of the second embodiment; -
FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another arrangement of the magnetic material in AMR bed of a third embodiment; -
FIG. 5 is a graph showing a result of measurement of a refrigerating operation temperature range of examples and comparative examples; and -
FIG. 6 is a graph showing a result of measurement of the refrigerating operation temperature range of the examples and the comparative examples. - The inventors have found that when at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures (Tc) are approximately uniformly blended and AMR bed is filled with them, a magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range can be extended without outstandingly lowering a refrigeration capability. A magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, AMR bed, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of embodiments of the present invention will be explained below referring to the drawings based on the above knowledge found by the inventors. Note that, in the specification, two kinds of magnetic particles have different magnetic transition temperatures means that the average values of the magnetic transition temperatures of respective magnetic particles are separated from each other 0.5 K or more.
- A magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a first embodiment is a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant. At least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures (Tc) are approximately uniformly blended. The magnetic particles exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- In the magnetic material of the first embodiment, two kinds of magnetic particles, for example, Gd particles having a magnetic transition temperature 293 (K) and Gd95Y5 particles having a magnetic transition temperature 283 (K), which is lower than that of the Gd particles, are approximately uniformly blended at a ratio of 1:1. Hereinafter, the difference between the magnetic transition temperatures of the two kinds of the magnetic particles is called a magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc).
- The two kinds of the magnetic particles exhibit the approximately spherical shape with the maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. The maximum diameter of the magnetic particles can be visually measured with a calipers and the like, by direct observation under a microscope, or by a microscope photograph.
- Note that it is possible to use compounds, in which Gd is combined with Y having different composition ratios, or GdR (R shows rear earth elements other than Gd, Y, i.e., Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) as the magnetic particles in addition to Gd95Y5 and Gd described above. Further, for example, compounds composed of various kinds of rear earth elements and transition metal elements, NiMnGa alloys, GdGeSi alloys, LaFe13 compounds, LaFe13H, MnAsSb, and the like can be used.
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FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an operation of the magnetic material for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the first embodiment. An upper view ofFIG. 1 is a graph showing the relation between the temperature of the magnetic material and a refrigeration temperature difference (ΔT) of the magnetic material. Further, a lower view ofFIG. 1 is a conceptual view showing how AMR bed is filled with magnetic materials and the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature ranges to the respective magnetic material by arrows in correspondence to a temperature axis of the upper view ofFIG. 1 . Note that the refrigeration temperature difference (ΔT) means a temperature difference caused to the magnetic material when a magnetic field is repeatedly applied and removed to and from the magnetic material and used as an index of the refrigeration capability of the magnetic material. - In the upper view of
FIG. 1 , when magnetic particles A and magnetic particles B, which have two kinds of different magnetic transition temperatures and the refrigeration temperature characteristics of which are shown by two broken lines, are blended, a magnetic refrigerating operation temperature is increased without outstandingly lowering the refrigeration capability as shown by a solid line (actually measured) of the upper view ofFIG. 1 . In general, when the magnetic particles A and B having the two kinds of the different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, it is predicted that the refrigeration capability is lowered although the magnetic refrigerating operation temperature is increased as shown by a single-dashed line (predicted) of the upper view ofFIG. 1 . - A reason why the refrigeration capability is not outstandingly lowered against prediction in the first embodiment is considered as described below. That is, at a certain temperature, a temperature change caused by application and removal of the magnetic field is determined depending on materials. Accordingly, it is considered that when all the materials are the same materials, the same temperature change ideally occurs all at once. However, when different materials exist, since dispersion occurs in the temperature change caused by application of the magnetic field, heat is transmitted between the magnetic materials. Since heat is secondarily generated and absorbed by the transmission of heat, a temperature change, which is not caused when the same kind of a material is used, occurs. As a result, it is considered that an effect of an increase of temperature, which cannot be predicted from measurement of the simple material appears. The operation temperature can be increased without outstandingly lowering the refrigeration capability by the addition of the above effect resulting from the blend.
- The magnetic particles exemplified above have different magnetic transition temperatures depending on the compositions thereof. In the magnetic material of the first embodiment, a wide range of the refrigeration operation temperature can be guaranteed by appropriately combining two kinds of magnetic particles having appropriate magnetic transition temperatures. Although the example, in which the two kinds of the magnetic particles having the different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, is explained here, three kinds or more of magnetic particles may be blended.
- As described above, the magnetic particles of the first embodiment exhibit the approximately spherical shape with the maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. It is important for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus to realize a high refrigeration capability in that a magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled sufficiently exchanges its heat with a liquid refrigerant and realizes high heat exchange efficiency. For this purpose, it is preferable to increase the specific surface area of magnetic particles by increasing the particle diameter thereof. In contrast, when the particle diameter is too small, a refrigerant pressure loss is increased. Accordingly, the refrigeration capability of a magnetic refrigeration apparatus is improved by using the magnetic particles of the first embodiment whose maximum diameter is set to 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
- As described above, the magnetic material of the first embodiment can extend the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range without outstandingly lowering the refrigeration capability as compared with a magnetic material composed of simple magnetic particles. Further, when the magnetic material is combined with the liquid refrigerant, high heat exchange efficiency can be realized. Accordingly, the refrigeration capability of the refrigeration apparatus can be improved by filling the AMR bed with the magnetic material of the first embodiment and applying the AMR bed to the refrigeration apparatus.
- Further, in the first embodiment, it is preferable to blend magnetic particles, which make use of secondary magnetic transition without hysteresis, with each other. This is because it is considered that heat is effectively transmitted between magnetic materials and an effect of suppressing a lowering of the refrigeration capability can be increased.
- Note that, in the first embodiment, even if particles other than the magnetic particles for exhibiting the advantage of the first embodiment are contained as impurities in an amount of several percentages to the total weight of the magnetic material, they do not inhibit the advantage of the first embodiment.
- A magnetic refrigeration apparatus of a second embodiment is a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant. The magnetic refrigeration apparatus has AMR bed filled with a magnetic material, a magnetic field generation means (device) for applying and removing a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material, a cooling block, and a radiating block. Further, the magnetic refrigeration apparatus has a refrigerant flow path formed by connecting the AMR bed, the cooling block and the radiating block configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant. The magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled is formed by approximately uniformly bending at least two kinds of magnetic particles having different magnetic transition temperatures, and the magnetic particles has a feature in that they exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less. Note that since the magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled is the same as that described in the first embodiment, description of duplicate contents is omitted.
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FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a system of the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment. The magnetic refrigeration apparatus uses, for example, water as the liquid refrigerant. Thecooling block 20 is disposed to a low temperature end side of theAMR bed 10, and the radiatingblock 30 is disposed to a high temperature end side thereof. A switching means 40 is interposed between the coolingblock 20 and the radiatingblock 30 to switch a direction in which the liquid refrigerant flow. Further, arefrigerant pump 50 as a refrigerant transport means is connected to the switching means 40. TheAMR bed 10, thecooling block 20, the switching means 40, and the radiatingblock 30 are connected by a pipe and form the refrigerant flow path for circulating the liquid refrigerant. - The
AMR bed 10 is filled with themagnetic material 12 having a magnetocaloric effect. A horizontally movablepermanent magnet 14 is disposed to outside of theAMR bed 10 as a magnetic field generation means. Thecooling block 20 is composed of a low-temperature bath 22, in which a low temperature sideheat exchanger device 24 is disposed, and acooling unit 26. The low temperature sideheat exchanger device 24 is thermally connected to thecooling unit 26. In contrast, the radiatingblock 30 is composed of ahot bath 32, in which a high temperature sideheat exchanger device 34 is disposed, and a radiatingunit 36. The high temperature sideheat exchanger device 34 is thermally connected to the radiatingunit 36. - Although the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment is not particularly limited, it is, for example, a home freezer/refrigerator, a home air conditioner, an industrial freezer/refrigerator, a large frozen/refrigerated warehouse, a frozen chamber for reserving and transporting a liquefied gas, and the like.
- When, for example, the magnetic refrigeration apparatus is the home freezer/refrigerator, the cooling unit is a freezing/refrigerating chamber, and the radiating
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FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an arrangement of a magnetic material in the AMR bed. As shown in the figure, theAMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material having the magnetocaloric effect. The magnetic material is a magnetic material formed by approximately uniformly blending two kinds of magnetic particles, for example,Gd particles 16 and Gd95Y5 particles 15 having a magnetic transition temperature lower than that of theGd particles 16. Openings are formed to both the ends of theAMR bed 10 so that a refrigerant is caused to flow in both right and left directions in theAMR bed 10. - Next, an operation of the magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment will be schematically explained using
FIG. 2 . When thepermanent magnet 14 is disposed at a position confronting with the AMR bed 10 (position shown inFIG. 2 ), a magnetic field is applied to themagnetic material 12 in theAMR bed 10. Accordingly, themagnetic material 12 having the magnetocaloric effect generates heat. At the time, the liquid refrigerant is caused to circulate in the direction from theAMR bed 10 to the radiatingblock 30 by the operations of therefrigerant pump 50 and the switching means 40. Hot heat is transported to the radiatingblock 30 by the liquid refrigerant whose temperature is increased by the heat generated by themagnetic material 12. Then, the liquid refrigerant flows into thehot bath 32 in the radiatingblock 30, and the hot heat transported by the refrigerant is absorbed by the high temperature sideheat exchanger device 34. The absorbed hot heat is radiated to, for example, the outside air by the radiatingunit 36. - Thereafter, the
permanent magnet 14 is moved from the position confronting with theAMR bed 10, and the magnetic field applied to themagnetic material 12 is removed. When the magnetic field is removed, themagnetic material 12 absorbs heat. At the time, the liquid refrigerant is caused to circulate in the direction from theAMR bed 10 to thecooling block 20 by the operations of therefrigerant pump 50 and the switching means 40. Cold heat is transported to thecooling block 20 by the liquid refrigerant that is cooled by the heat absorbed bymagnetic material 12. The liquid refrigerant flows into the low-temperature bath 22 in thecooling block 20, and the cold heat transported by the refrigerant is absorbed by the low temperature sideheat exchanger device 24. The coolingunit 26 is cooled by the cold heat. - The cooling
unit 26 can be continuously cooled by repeating application and removal of the magnetic field to and from themagnetic material 12 in theAMR bed 10 by repeatedly moving thepermanent magnet 14. - The magnetic refrigeration apparatus of the second embodiment can realize high heat exchange efficiency by using the magnetic material whose magnetic refrigerating operation temperature is increased without outstandingly lowering a refrigeration capability.
- Note that the arrangement of the magnetic material in the AMR bed is not necessarily limited to the arrangement shown in
FIG. 3 .FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another arrangement of the magnetic material in the AMR bed. As shown inFIG. 4 , theAMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material, in which magnetic particles A and B having two kinds of different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, on the low temperature end side thereof. Then, theAMR bed 10 is filled with a magnetic material, in which magnetic particles C and D having two kinds of different magnetic transition temperatures are blended, on the high temperature end side thereof. The magnetic material on the low temperature end side are separated from that on the high temperature end side by, for example, a lattice-shapedpartition wall 18 in which a refrigerant can flow so that they are not blended with each other. - The magnetic particles A, the magnetic particles B, the magnetic particles C, the magnetic particles D, and the blend ratio thereof are determined so that the magnetic material on the low temperature side have a refrigeration operation temperature range lower than that of the magnetic material on the high temperature side.
- The magnetic refrigerating operation temperature can be more increased and a magnetic refrigeration apparatus that realizes higher heat exchange efficiency can be provided by employing the arrangement of the magnetic materials in the AMR bed shown in
FIG. 4 . - Note that although the case, in which the magnetic materials in the AMR bed have a laminated structure having two layers, is shown in
FIG. 4 , the magnetic refrigerating operation temperature can be more increased by providing a layered structure having three or more layers. - Further, the void ratio of the AMR bed filled with the magnetic materials is preferably 30% or more to 50% or less. In AMR bed filled with magnetic particles for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant, it is preferable to form a sufficient amount of void space through which a fluid flows so that the flow of the liquid refrigerant is not inhibited in the AMR bed. When the void ratio is less than 30%, since a pressure loss is excessively increased, there is a possibility that refrigeration efficiency is lowered. Further, when the void ratio exceeds 50%, since the magnetic particles that contribute to a refrigerating operation are reduced, there is possibility that a sufficient refrigeration capability cannot be obtained. Note that the void ratio is a value defined by the mass ratio of the mass of a magnetic material equivalent to the volume of AMR bed and the mass of a magnetic material with which the AMR bed is filled.
- The embodiments of the present invention have been explained above referring to the specific examples. However, the above embodiments are exemplified as only examples and do not restrict the present invention. Further, in the explanation of the embodiments, although the explanation of the components in the magnetic material for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, the AMR bed, the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, and the like, which are not directly necessary to the explanation of the present invention, is omitted, necessary components, which relate to the magnetic material for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, and the like, can be appropriately selected and used.
- In addition to the above-mentioned, all the magnetic material for the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, the AMR bed, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus, which have the components of the present invention and the design of which can be appropriately modified by persons skilled in the art, are included in the scope of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims and the scope of the equivalents thereof.
- Examples of the present invention will be explained below in detail.
- AMR bed (hereinafter, called also a specimen vessel) was filled with a specimen, in which Gd95Y5 particles and Gd particles formed in a spherical shape and having a diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less were blended at a weight ratio of 3:1 (Gd ratio=25%), at a void ratio of 30% to 50%, and a refrigeration temperature difference (ΔT) was evaluated. Note that the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd95Y5 particles was 283 K, the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd particles was 293 K, and a magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 10 K. The refrigeration temperature difference (ΔT) was evaluated by the following method.
- The AMR bed was filled with the specimen so that the specimen did not easily move. Next, a thermocouple was inserted into the specimen vessel through a 0.8 mm φ hole formed to an upper lid of the vessel so that it was positioned in a central portion of the specimen vessel. Further, the specimen vessel was entirely covered with a heat insulating material and fixed to a specimen holder in a constant temperature bath. The specimen holder was located at a position at which it was possible to apply and remove a magnetic field by the operation of yoke magnet,and it was possible to adjust the internal temperature of the constant temperature bath from the outside. After the inside of the constant temperature bath was shut off from the outside, the temperature of the inside thereof was adjust, and it was waited that the inside temperature thereof was made uniform. Thereafter, the magnetic field was repeatedly applied and removed to and from the specimen by operating the yoke magnet, and ΔT was measured by a temperature difference at the time. Subsequently, after the temperature in the constant temperature bath was adjusted, ΔT at the respective temperatures of the specimen was evaluated by repeating a process of measuring the temperature dependence of ΔT by applying and removing the magnetic field to and from the specimen.
- As a result of the measurement, the temperature range which satisfies ΔT≧1.6 K was set as the magnetic refrigeration operation temperature range of the specimen. The condition of ΔT≧1.6 K is a condition by which the superiority of the magnetic material is verified by the refrigeration test performance in the AMR system obtained up to that time. Table 1 shows an obtained result.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd95Y5 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:1 (Gd ratio=50%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd95Y5 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:3 (Gd ratio=75%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen of simple Gd95Y5 particles was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd97Y3 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 3:1 (Gd ratio=25%), was prepared. Note that the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd97Y3 particles was 287 K, the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd particles was 293 K, and a magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 6 K.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd97Y3 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 3:2 (Gd ratio=40%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd97Y3 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:1 (Gd ratio=50%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd97Y3 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 2:3 (Gd ratio=60%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd97Y3 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:3 (Gd ratio=75%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen of simple Gd97Y3 particles was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd98Y2 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 3:2 (Gd ratio=40%), was prepared. Note that the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd98Y2 particles was 289 K, the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd particles was 293 K, and the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 4 K.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd98Y2 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:1 (Gd ratio=50%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd98Y2 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 2:3 (Gd ratio=60%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd98Y2 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:3 (Gd ratio=75%), was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen of simple Gd98Y2 particles was prepared.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen, in which Gd98.5Y1.5 particles and Gd particles were blended at a weight ratio of 1:1 (Gd ratio=50%), was prepared. Note that the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd98.5Y1.5 particles was 290 K, the magnetic transition temperature of the Gd particles was 293 K, and the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 3 K.
- The same evaluation as that of the example 1 was executed except that a specimen of simple Gd98.5Y1.5 particles was prepared.
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TABLE 1 Refrigerating operation Gd temperature Magnetic blending range (K) Sample Material ratio (%) when T ≧ 1.6K Tc (K) Example 1 Gd95Y5 + Gd 25 18.3 10 Example 2 Gd95Y5 + Gd 50 18.6 10 Example 3 Gd95Y5 + Gd 75 18.3 10 Comparative Gd95Y5 0 10.7 — Example 1 Example 4 Gd97Y3 + Gd 25 15.6 6 Example 5 Gd97Y3 + Gd 40 19.0 6 Example 6 Gd97Y3 + Gd 50 19.6 6 Example 7 Gd97Y3 + Gd 60 17.8 6 Example 8 Gd97Y3 + Gd 75 15.7 6 Comparative Gd97Y3 0 13.1 — Example 2 Example 9 Gd98Y2 + Gd 40 17.0 4 Example 10 Gd98Y2 + Gd 50 17.2 4 Example 11 Gd98Y2 + Gd 60 18.0 4 Example 12 Gd98Y2 + Gd 75 16.5 4 Comparative Gd98Y2 0 15.9 — Example 3 Example 13 Gd98.5Y1.5 + Gd 50 20.0 3 Comparative Gd98.5Y1.5 0 17.2 — Example 4 - It is apparent from the results of the examples 1 to 3 and the comparative example 1 that the refrigeration operation temperature range of ΔT≧1.6 K, which was only 10.7 K in the simple Gd95Y5 particles, was increased by about 8 K by adding the Gd particles.
FIG. 5 is a graph in which the results of the examples 1 to 3 and the comparative example 1 are plotted. In the examples 1 to 3 in which the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 10 K, when the Gd ratio was 25% to 75%, that is, when the weight ratio of first magnetic particles, which have a heaviest weight in contained magnetic materials, and second magnetic particles, which have a next heaviest weight in contained materials, was 5:5 to 3:1, a particularly wide refrigeration operation temperature range could be obtained. - It is apparent from the results of the examples 4 to 8 and the comparative example 2 that the refrigeration operation temperature range of ΔT≧1.6 K, which was only 13.1 K in the simple Gd97Y3 particles, was increased by about 6.5 K by adding the Gd particles.
FIG. 6 is a graph in which the results of the examples 4 to 8 and the comparative example 2 are plotted. In the examples 4 to 8 in which the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 6 K, when the Gd ratio was 40 to 60%, that is, when the weight ratio of first magnetic particles, which have a heaviest weight in contained magnetic materials, and second magnetic particles, which have a next heaviest weight in contained materials, was 5:5 to 3:2, a particularly wide refrigeration operation temperature range could be obtained. - It is apparent from the results of the examples 9 to 12 and the comparative example 3 that the refrigeration operation temperature range of ΔT≧1.6 K, which was only 15.9 K in the simple Gd98Y2 particles, was increased by about 2.1 K at most by adding the Gd particles. Further, in the examples 9 to 12 in which the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 4 K, when the Gd ratio was 40 to 60%, that is, when the weight ratio of first magnetic particles, which have a heaviest weight in contained magnetic materials, and second magnetic particles, which have a next heaviest weight in contained materials, was 5:5 to 3:2, a particularly wide refrigeration operation temperature range could be obtained.
- It is apparent from the results of the example 13 and the comparative example 4 that the refrigeration operation temperature range of ΔT≧1.6 K, which was only 17.2 K in the simple Gd98Y2 particles, was increased by about 2.8 K by adding the Gd particles. Further, in the example 13 in which the magnetic transition temperature difference (ΔTc) was 3 K, when the Gd ratio was 50%, that is, when the weight ratio of first magnetic particles, which have a heaviest weight in contained magnetic materials, and second magnetic particles, which have a next heaviest weight in contained materials, was 5:5, the refrigeration operation temperature range could be increased.
- As described above, the advantage of the present invention is confirmed by the examples.
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1. A magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus comprising:
first magnetic particles contained in a heaviest weight; and
second magnetic particles contained in a next heaviest weight having a different magnetic transition temperature from that of the first magnetic particles,
wherein, both of the magnetic particles are blended approximately uniformly and exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
2. The material according to claim 1 , wherein;
the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 1 K or more to less than 10 K; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:2.
3. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 10 K or more to 15 K or less; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:1.
4. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic particles are Gd (gadolinium) or GdR alloys (R: rear earth elements).
5. AMR bed filled with a magnetic material for a magnetic refrigeration apparatus, wherein the magnetic material comprises first magnetic particles contained in a heaviest weight and second magnetic particles contained in a next heaviest weight having a different magnetic transition temperature from that of the first magnetic particles, and both of the magnetic particles are blended approximately uniformly and exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
6. The AMR bed according to claim 5 , wherein a void ratio of the AMR bed is 30% or more to 50% or less.
7. The AMR bed according to claim 5 , wherein:
the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 1 K or more to less than 10 K; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:2.
8. The AMR bed according to claim 5 , wherein:
the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 10 K or more to 15 K or less; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:1.
9. The AMR bed according to claim 5 , wherein the magnetic particles are Gd (gadolinium) or GdR alloys (R: rear earth elements).
10. A magnetic refrigeration apparatus using a liquid refrigerant comprising:
AMR bed filled with a magnetic material;
magnetic field generation device for applying and removing a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material;
a cooling block;
a radiating block; and
a refrigerant flow path formed by connecting the AMR bed, the cooling block and the radiating block configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant,
wherein the magnetic material comprises first magnetic particles contained in a heaviest weight and second magnetic particles contained in a next heaviest weight having a different magnetic transition temperature from that of the first magnetic particles, and both of the magnetic particles are blended approximately uniformly and exhibit an approximately spherical shape with a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein:
the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 1 K or more to less than 10 K; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:2.
12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein:
the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of first and second magnetic particles is 10 K or more to 15 K or less; and
the first magnetic particles are blended with the second magnetic particles at a weight ratio from 5:5 to 3:1.
13. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the magnetic particles are Gd (gadolinium ) or GdR alloys (R: rear earth elements).
14. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein a void ratio of the AMR bed is 30% or more to 50% or less.
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