Abstract:
The invention relates to a magnetocaloric device, comprising a field generator, arranged to provide a changing external magnetic field and a magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement. The magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement comprises a magnetocaloric element, wherein the magnetocaloric element comprises magnetocaloric material, and wherein the magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement is arranged to be exposed to the changing external magnetic field of the field generator. Furthermore, the invention is characterized in that the magnetocaloric device further comprises an insulating means wherein the insulating means is arranged such that the magnetocaloric regenerator arrangement is hermetically surrounded by the insulating means.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a magnetocaloric lattice element formed by fibres of magnetocaloric material, wherein the fibres are arranged in respective parallel lattice planes, each fibre having a respective mass of magnetocaloric material, the fibres of a given lattice plane do not contact each other but each fibre of a given lattice plane is attached to at least two fibres in a next neighbouring lattice plane, and wherein the magnetocaloric lattice element exhibits exactly one predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension. When arranged in alignment of its predominant mass-weighted direction of longitudinal fibre extension with an external magnetic field, the magnetocaloric lattice element achieves an advantageous, particularly high magnetization of the magnetocaloric material, and as a consequence improves the performance of the magnetocaloric cooling device.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional porous catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent structure of stacked strands of catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent material, composed of layers of spaced-apart parallel strands, wherein parallel strands within a layer are arranged in groups of two or more closely spaced-apart, equidistant strands separated by a small distance, wherein the groups of equidistant strands are separated from adjacent strands or adjacent groups of strands by a larger distance.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method and a device for feeding at least one chemical substance into a main process stream. The method of the invention comprises the steps of providing a concentrated stream of said chemical substance, mixing said concentrated stream with a diluent stream to provided a diluted stream of said chemical substance, injecting said diluted stream of said chemical substance into said main process stream, wherein said mixing of said concentrated stream with said diluent stream is effected by injecting a jet of either one of said concentrated stream or said diluent stream into the respective other stream. The device of the invention comprises a first pipe segment (21) having a first inlet (22) for a first fluid and a first outlet (23) for a mixed fluid, a second pipe segment (24) having a second inlet (25) for a second fluid and a second outlet (26) connected to and leading into said first pipe segment (21) between said first inlet (23) and said first outlet (24), and first connection means (27) for connecting said first outlet (23) of said first pipe section (21) to a main pipe (14) of said main process stream, wherein said second pipe segment (24) comprises at least one nozzle (28) for generating a jet (29) of said second fluid arranged upstream of said second outlet (26).
Abstract:
A porous catalyst monolith for the oxidation of SO 2 to SO 3 , composed of alternating layers of linear spaced-apart parallel strands of catalyst material comprising vanadium, at least one alkali metal and sulfate on a silicon dioxide support material, wherein the strands in alternating layers are oriented at an angle to one another, wherein the distance between inner spaced-apart parallel strands is larger than the distance between outer spaced-apart parallel strands in at least a part of the layers of the monolith.
Abstract:
Described is a magnetocaloric stack (200) with at least two magnetocaloric layers (211, 212, 213) comprising magnetocaloric material, wherein at least one stabilization layer (221, 222) comprising soft magnetic material is sandwiched between the at least two magnetocaloric layers (211, 212, 213).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a magnetocaloric cascade containing a sequence of magnetocaloric material layers having different Curie temperatures T c , wherein - the magnetocaloric material layers include a cold-side outer layer, a hot-side outer layer and at least three inner layers between the cold-side outer layer and the hot-side outer layer, and each pair of next neighboring magnetocaloric layers of the magnetocaloric cascade has a respective Curie-temperature difference amount ΔΤ c between their respective Curie temperatures, wherein - the hot-side outer layer or the cold-side outer layer or both the hot-side and cold-side outer layer exhibits a larger ratio mΔS max /ΔΤ c in comparison with any of the inner layers, m denoting the mass of the respective magnetocaloric material layer and ΔS max denoting a maximum amount of isothermal magnetic entropy change achievable in a magnetic phase transition of the respective magnetocaloric material layer.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional porous catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent monolith of stacked strands of catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent material, composed of layers of linear spaced-apart parallel strands that are rotated against one another, wherein part of the layers of the same orientation are congruent and part of the layers of the same orientation are not congruent to one another, wherein in the not congruent layers of the same orientation at least part of the parallel strands are laterally offset to one other.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional porous catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent monolith of stacked strands of catalyst, catalyst carrier or absorbent material, composed of alternating layers of linear spaced-apart parallel strands, wherein the strands in alternating layers are oriented at an angle to one another, wherein the distance between inner spaced-apart parallel strands is larger than the distance between outer spaced-apart parallel strands in at least a part of the layers of the monolith.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a magnetocaloric cascade containing a sequence of magnetocaloric material layers having different Curie temperatures T c , wherein - the magnetocaloric material layers include a cold-side outer layer, a hot-side outer layer and at least three inner layers between the cold-side outer layer and the hot-side outer layer, - for each pair of next neighboring magnetocaloric material layers of the magnetocaloric cascade there exists a respective crossing temperature, at which an entropy parameter mΔS of both respective neighboring magnetocaloric material layers assumes the same crossing-point value, the entropy parameter mΔS being defined as a product of the mass m of the respective magnetocaloric material layer and an amount of its isothermal magnetic entropy change ΔS in a magnetic phase transition of the respective magnetocaloric material layer, - at least two of the inner layers have masses m differing from each other and - all crossing-point values of the entropy parameter mΔS of all pairs of next neighboring inner layers are equal, either exactly or within a margin of ±15%, to a mean value of all crossing-point values of all pairs of next neighboring inner layers of the magnetocaloric cascade.