Active Magnetic Refrigerator Modeling and Magnetocaloric effect in: Manganites oxides materials ‘’(La-Ca)MnO3)’’ and intermetallic compound ‘’AlFe2B2’’

Abstract

Magnetocaloric energy conversion is a cooling technology based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE). The latter is a physical phenomenon which results in the cooling or heating of certain materials under the action of a magnetic field. The objective of the present thesis aims to estimate the potential of application of this phenomenon in magnetic refrigeration technology.