Abstract: The invention relates to a production station for use in producing at least one layered bed, in particular a plurality of layered beds, of a magneto caloric material, the station comprising a frame work and further for arrangement at the frame work the station comprising:—a material receptacle for receiving a particulate magnetocaloric material,—a dosing plate, having at least one intake opening adapted to receive a magneto-caloric material of one layer of the layered bed—at least one reservoir below the at least one intake opening, wherein the reservoir is adapted to receive the one or more layers of the particulate magnetocaloric material, wherein the production station further comprises:—a shutter plate arranged between the reservoir and the dosing plate, wherein the shutter plate is switchable through motion with respect to the dosing plate and wherein the shutterplate is arranged and adapted to at least activate a filling modus, wherein in the filling modus the at least one reservoir is filled with parti

Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by descending Curie temperature, wherein none of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has a higher layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature and wherein at least one of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has as lower layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature wherein Lp of a particular magnetocaloric material being calculated according to formula (I): Lp=m*dTad,max with dTad,max: maximum adiabatic temperature change which the particular magnetocaloric material undergoes when it is magnetized from a low magnetic field to high magnetic field during magnetocaloric cycling, m: mass of the particular magnetocaloric material contained in the magnetocaloric cascade.

Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by descending Curie temperature, wherein none of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has a higher layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature and wherein at least one of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has as lower layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature wherein Lp of a particular magnetocaloric material being calculated according to formula (I): Lp=m*dTad,max with dTad,max: maximum adiabatic temperature change which the particular magnetocaloric material undergoes when it is magnetized from a low magnetic field to high magnetic field during magnetocaloric cycling, m: mass of the particular magnetocaloric material contained in the magnetocaloric cascade.

Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by descending Curie temperature, wherein none of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has a higher layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature and wherein at least one of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has as lower layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature wherein Lp of a particular magnetocaloric material being calculated according to formula (I): Lp=m*dTad,max with dTad,max: maximum adiabatic temperature change which the particular magnetocaloric material undergoes when it is magnetized from a low magnetic field to high magnetic field during magnetocaloric cycling, m: mass of the particular magnetocaloric material contained in the magnetocaloric cascade.

Abstract: Provided is a packed heat exchanger bed composed of thermomagnetic material particles having a mean particle diameter of 50 ?m to 1 mm. The packed bed has porosity of 30-45%. A thermomagnetic material is a metal containing material such as (AyB1-y)2+?CwDxEz, La(FexAl1-x)13Hy or La(FexSi1-x)13Hy, La(FexAlyCoz)13 or La(FeSiyCoz)13, LaMnxFe2-xGe, Heusler alloys, Gd5(SixGe1-x)4, Fe2P-based compounds, manganites of the perovskite type, Tb5(Si4-xGex), XTiGe, Mn2-xZxSb, or Mn2ZxSb1-x, wherein A- E, P, and Z represent various metal atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a packed heat exchanger bed composed of thermomagnetic material particles having a mean particle diameter of 50 ?m to 1 mm. The packed bed has porosity of 30-45%. A thermomagnetic material is a metal containing material such as (AyB1?y)2+?CwDxEz, La(FexAl1?x)13Hy or La(FxSi1?x)13Hy, La(FexAlyCoz)13 or La(FexSiyCoz)13, LaMnxFe2?xGe, Heusler alloys, Gd5(SixGe1?x)4, Fe2P-based compounds, manganites of the perovskite type, Tb5(Si4?xGex), XTiGe, Mn2?xZxSb, or Mn2ZxSb1?x, wherein A-E, P, and Z represent various metal atoms.

Abstract: A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by descending Curie temperature, wherein none of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has a higher layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature and wherein at least one of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has as lower layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature wherein Lp of a particular magnetocaloric material being calculated according to formula (I): Lp=m*dTad,max with dTad,max: maximum adiabatic temperature change which the particular magnetocaloric material undergoes when it is magnetized from a low magnetic field to high magnetic field during magnetocaloric cycling, m: mass of the particular magnetocaloric material contained in the magnetocaloric cascade.

Abstract: A heat exchanger bed is formed from a cascade of at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by ascending or descending Curie temperature and are preferably isolated from one another by intermediate thermal and/or electrical insulators, the difference in the Curie temperatures of adjacent magnetocaloric materials being 0.5 to 6° C.

Abstract: A heat exchanger bed is formed from a cascade of at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by ascending or descending Curie temperature and are preferably isolated from one another by intermediate thermal and/or electrical insulators, the difference in the Curie temperatures of adjacent magnetocaloric materials being 0.5 to 6° C.

Abstract: What are described are a packed heat exchanger bed composed of thermomagnetic material particles which have a mean diameter in the range from 50 ?m to 1 mm and give rise to a porosity in the packed bed of 30 to 45%, and a heat exchanger bed composed of a thermomagnetic material monolith which has continuous channels with a cross-sectional area of the individual channels in the range from 0.001 to 0.2 mm2 and a wall thickness of 50 to 300 ?m, a porosity in the range from 10 to 60% and a ratio of surface to volume in the range from 3000 to 50 000 m2/m3, or which has a plurality of parallel sheets with a sheet thickness of 0.1 to 2 mm and a sheet separation of 0.05 to 1 mm.