Developed at the U. S. Ames National Laboratory, the novel magnetocaloric heat pump utilizes gadolinium as the working medium ...

A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost ...

MCHPs use the magnetocaloric effect to perform heating and cooling. This effect consists of the cooling or heating of magnetic materials with the variation of an externally applied magnetic field.