Development of a Magnetic Refrigerator for Hydrogen Liquefaction.

For hydrogen infrastructure aiming at a fuel cell society, development of hydrogen liquefaction technology is an urgent necessity. Magnetic refrigeration is a promising method since it can most closely follow the Carnot cycle. This paper reports the design and construction of a magnetic refrigerator being developed and a cooling cycle simulation, which estimate its cooling efficiency and cooling power. © 2006 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]