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Magnetocaloric heat generator

  • US 9,523,519 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2012
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetocaloric heat generator (1, 10, 20) comprising:

  • at least one magnetocaloric unit (21, 22) provided with at least one magnetocaloric material (3) in thermal contact with a heat transfer fluid (F) and at least one magnetic unit (41, 42) capable of subjecting the magnetocaloric material (3) to a variable magnetic field,wherein each unit (21, 22, 41, 42) has a modular configuration and comprises at least one fitting form (E1, E2, E3, E12, E13) in order to be assembled, without common assembly shaft, along a same median axis (M), with another unit (41, 42, 21, 22) which comprises a complementary fitting form (E1, E2, E3, E12, E13).

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