MAGNETIC COOLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A magnetic cooling apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The magnetic cooling apparatus provides a replacement having a simplified structure for motors providing driving force and power transmission systems of reciprocation type and rotation type cooling apparatuses. The magnetic cooling apparatus includes magnets forming a magnetic field magnetic regeneration units formed of a magnetocaloric material that are provided with coils and using electromagnetic force generated when currents are supplied to the coils in the magnetic field as kinetic energy and a controller controlling the currents supplied to the coils of the magnetic regeneration units to control moving speeds and directions of the magnetic regeneration units.