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Table 7.20 Rotary magnetic prototype from Kobe University
Name and address of institute Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku,

Kobe, 657-8501 Japan

Name of contact person/email Tsuyoshi Kawanami/[e-mail]

Year of production 2011

Type Rotary

Maximum frequency 1 Hz

Maximum cooling power 10 W

Maximum temperature span 5 K

Type of AMR Packed bed

MC material(s) Gd

Type of magnets Permanent, 0.6 T

7.2.5 French Prototypes

Tables 7.23 and 7.24 present characteristics and photographs of rst and second

rotary magnetic prototypes built by Cooltech Applications, while Table 7.25 pre-
sents the rotary prototype from the Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory.
The rst French rotary magnetic device was built by HVAC Department of

National Institute of Applied Sciences in Strasbourg and the company Cooltech
Applications. It was presented in 2005 and 2006 by Vasile and M

ü ller [ 52 , 53 ].

Unfortunately, no data regarding the prototype s performance was given at that

point. However, the design of different prototype elements is thoroughly discussed.

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