Thermo-magnetic motor
Thermo-magnetic motors convert heat into mechanical work using the thermomagnetic effect, i.e., the influence of temperature on the magnetic material magnetization.[1] This technology dates back to 19th century, when a number of scientist submitted patents on the so called “pyro-magnetic generators”.[2] These systems operate in a magnetic Brayton cycle, in a reverse sense of the magnetocaloric refrigerators.[3] Experiments have only produced extremely inefficient working prototypes,[4][5][6] however thermodynamic analysis indicate that thermomagnetic motors present high efficiency related to Carnot efficiency for small temperature differences around the magnetic material Curie temperature.[3][7] The thermo-magnetic motor principle has been studied as a possible actuator in smart materials.[8]
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References
- ^ Gama, Sergio; Ferreira, Lucas D. R.; Bessa, Carlos V. X.; Horikawa, Oswaldo; Coelho, Adelino A.; Gandra, Flavio C.; Araujo, Raul; Egolf, Peter W. (2016). "Analytic and Experimental Analysis of Magnetic Force Equations". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 52 (7): 1–4. doi:10.1109/tmag.2016.2517127.
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- ^ Murakami, K.; Nemoto, M. (1972). "Some experiments and considerations on the behavior of thermomagnetic motors". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 8 (3): 387–389. doi:10.1109/tmag.1972.1067406.
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- ^ Egolf, Peter W.; Kitanovski, Andrej; Diebold, Marc; Gonin, Cyrill; Vuarnoz, Didier (2009). "Magnetic power conversion with machines containing full or porous wheel heat exchangers". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 321 (7): 758–762. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.11.044.
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