摘要 |
A magnetic refrigerator has a housing, heat exchangers filled with magnetic particles having a magnetocaloric effect, a rotary drive, a rotating shaft, a magnetic field generator fixed to the rotating shaft which applies a magnetic field to or eliminates a magnetic field from the magnetic particles in the heat exchangers following rotation of the rotating shaft, a refrigerant pump which circulates the refrigerant following rotation of the rotating shaft, a rotary refrigerant control valve which controls supply of the refrigerant to and discharge of the refrigerant from the heat exchangers following rotation of the rotating shaft, and a refrigerant circuit. The magnetic field generator and the rotary refrigerant control valve are configured to synchronize application of the magnetic field to or elimination of the magnetic field from the magnetic particles with supply of the refrigerant to or discharge of the refrigerant from the heat exchangers.
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