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Design and comparison of electro-permanent magnetic field sources for magnetocaloric heat pumps

Researchers at the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE, Process Engineering), in collaboration with researcher from the Laboratory for Structure Evaluation (LAVEK), have conducted a comprehensive study of the design, numerical analyses and experimental validation of various electro-permanent magnetic structures that can be used in magnetocaloric refrigeration. The research Read more…

By lahde, 2 years6 months ago

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A conceptual design of a thermal switch capacitor in a magnetocaloric device

Researchers at the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy (LAHDE, Process Engineering), in collaboration with researchers from the Laboratory for Tribology and interface nanotechnology (TINT), have conducted a comprehensive study of the thermal properties of thermal switch capacitors used in magnetocaloric devices. The research results were published in the Journal Read more…

By lahde, 2 years2 years ago

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We are heading to Paris for the prestigious 26th International Congress on Refrigeration!

We’re excited to share with you pleasant news that has us counting down the days with excitement. In August, our team will be flying to Paris to attend the highly anticipated 26th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, organized by IIFIIR – International Institute of Refrigeration. This prestigious event, held every Read more…

By lahde, 2 years6 months ago

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International Conference SZE 2023

The Slovenian Energy Association (SZE) organized the International Conference SZE 2023 in Portorož between June 4th and June 6th, 2023. The main theme of the conference was Energy efficiency and sustainable, secure, and accessible energy supply. We participated in the conference with the following contribution:Developments on thermoelectric heat pump booster Read more…

By lahde, 2 years6 months ago

EASE receives funding from the 3rd Call of the Innovation Fund of the University of Ljubljana

We are pleased to announce that members of our Laboratory (dr. Luka Lorbek, dr. Luka Porenta, prof. dr. Andrej Kitanovski) were chosen as one of this year’s recipients of the University of Ljubljana Innovation Fund. A grant of 25.000€ was obtained to develop a prototype cooling system (EASE) and demonstrate Read more…

By lahde, 3 years6 months ago

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Protocol to evaluate a (magneto)caloric device with static thermal switches using a 1D numerical model

We were invited to publish a protocol on the use of the numerical model for the simulation of (magneto)caloric devices with thermal switches.The protocol is available here: link.The numerical model is available here: Zenodo in Github This protocol describes the use of a simple 1D numerical model to evaluate a Read more…

By lahde, 3 years3 years ago

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International conference of SZE

We presented our work at the International Conference of SZE:High-temperature thermal energy storageThermoelectric micro heat pump booster for low temperature district heating systemHigh-temperature heat pumpsPlease contact us for more information!

By lahde, 3 years3 years ago

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LAHDE annual report: 2021

LAHDE Scientific annual report: Published papers MAIORINO, Angelo, DEL DUCA, Manuel Gesù, TOMC, Urban, TUŠEK, Jaka, KITANOVSKI, Andrej, APREA, Ciro. A numerical modelling of a multi-layer LaFeCoSi active magnetic regenerator by using artificial neural networks. Applied thermal engineering, ISSN 1359-4311. [Print ed.], Oct. 2021, vol. 197, str. 1-13, ilustr. https://www.sciencedirect. Read more…

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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Happy New Year 2022

May the peace and joy of this holiday season be with you today and throughout the New year. *** We wish you health, happiness and success in 2022!

By lahde, 4 years6 months ago

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Rector’s Award for the best innovation 2021 for EASE

The traditional Rector’s Award for the Best Innovation of the University of Ljubljana promotes innovation at the University of Ljubljana and helps innovators on their way to the market. The competition was divided into two categories: 1st category of students and alumni and 2nd category of researchers employed full-time at Read more…

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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We are hiring!

We are hiring /job advertisementThe Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Ljubljana) is actively seeking qualified researchers with diverse experience and education levels (M.Sc. or PhD) to support its scientific (academic) and industry-related research and development projects. The group develops state-of-the-art and Read more…

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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ARRS will (co-)finance TCCbuilder research project

The Public Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (ARRS) will finance a basic science project entitled TCCbuilder: An open-source simulation tool for thermal control circuits. The project was selected together with 12 other projects of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering UL.The project concerns the development of World’s first numerical Read more…

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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Investigating the Feasibility of Preparing Metal-Ceramic Multi-Layered Composites Using Only the Aerosol-Deposition Technique

We have published a research paper on preparation of metal-ceramic multi-layered composites using only the aerosol-deposition technique in collaboration with researchers from Josef Stefan Institute. The article was published in the journal Materials.

By lahde, 4 years ago

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Numerical modelling of active magnetic regenerator by using artificial neural networks

We have published a research paper on numerical modelling of multi-layered LaFeCoSi active magnetic regenerator by using artificial neural networks in collaboration with researchers from University of Salerno. The article was published in the journal Applied Thermal Engineering.

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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Thermal rectification using multi-layered materials

A paper on increasing thermal rectification using multi-layered materials has been published in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Twente. The article was published in the journal iScience.

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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CHC Caloric Heating and Cooling seminar, Twente 2020

Eurotherm CHC (Caloric Heating and Cooling) 2020 is another scientific seminar that was postponed from last year to 2021. It took place virtually between 13 and 15 July. The LAHDE laboratory participated in 4 conference papers and an invited lecture:Cool future: magnetocaloric devices based on static and rare earth free Read more…

By lahde, 4 years4 years ago

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IEEE – AIM 2020

AIM (Advances in magnetics) 2020 is another scientific conference that was postponed from last year to 2021. It took place virtually between 13 and 16 June. The LAHDE laboratory presented two papers and an invited lecture:The future of magnetic refrigeration and heat pumping (Andrej Kitanovski)Design, enhanced thermal and flow efficiency Read more…

By lahde, 4 years6 months ago

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Thermag X, Ljubljana 2022 is cancelled

The 10th IIR International Conference on Caloric Cooling and Applications of Caloric Materials is CANCELLED. Dear colleagues, We hope your are healthy and safe. Peace, safety and health of the conference participants is our main concern, including of course the high quality of conference service to participants, which we want Read more…

By lahde, 4 years6 months ago

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Thermag IX, 2021

After a one-year delay, the 9th International IIR Conference on Caloric Cooling and Use of Caloric Materials was held in June 2021. Although the conference was held in virtual format, many interesting research activities were presented. For more information on the conferences, please visit this website. Members of the LAHDE Read more…

By lahde, 4 years6 months ago

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Fluidic and mechanical thermal control devices

An extensive review of thermal management with fluidic and mechanical thermal control devices has been published in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Twente (Dr. Miguel Muñoz Rojo and Timm Swoboda). A review article published in the journal Advanced electronic materials (published by Wiley) presents the second of two Read more…

By lahde, 5 years4 years ago