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Cool BatMan featured as M-ERA.NET Success Story
The project aimed to build a fundamental understanding of the dynamic thermal behavior of a compact cooling concept.
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A completed research secondment at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Our PhD student Kamyar Dobakhti recently completed a research secondment at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).
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Emerging opportunities for high-temperature solid-state and gas-cycle heat pumps
Researchers from LAHDE, together with an international team, have published a study in Nature Energy.
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Delft days on magnetocaloric 2025
On November 20 and 21, the 6th DDMC Conference took place in Delft, Netherlands, organized by the Technical University of Delft.
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Heat4Energy School “Simulations, data mining and artificial intelligence”
From November 17th to 19th, the school “Simulations, data mining and artificial intelligence” took place in Delft, Netherlands, for PhD students participating in the HEAT4ENERGY project.
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MAGCCINE – 1st annual meeting in Grenoble
The first annual meeting of the MAGCCINE consortium took place on 17 October 2025 in Grenoble. The event was hosted by the Institut Néel (CNRS).
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AI-Driven Monte Carlo Uncertainty Analysis of Curie Temperature Effects on Active Magnetic Regenerator Performance
In the paper AI-Driven Monte Carlo Uncertainty Analysis of Curie Temperature Effects on Active Magnetic Regenerator Performance , published in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IF = 3.8), researchers from the Laboratory for Refrigeration and District Energy revisited the methodology for analyzing the impact of statistical variations in Curie temperature on the performance of multilayer magnetocaloric regenerators.
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Influence of Layering and Curie Temperature Uncertainty on the Performance of Magnetocaloric Regenerators
An article titled Influence of Layering and Curie Temperature Uncertainty on the Performance of Magnetocaloric Regenerators published in Advanced Functional Materials (IF = 19.0).
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FisMat 2025, Venice
At this year’s FisMat conference, held in Venice, Italy, a special workshop on cooling of electronics and sensors took place.
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The Advances in Magnetics 2025, Bressanone/Brixen
The Advances in Magnetics AIM 2025 conference in Brixen/Bressanone in Italy was a fantastic opportunity to dive into cutting-edge research, exchange ideas with brilliant minds, and connect with experts from around the world.
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TCCbuilder: an open-source tool for the analysis of thermal switches, thermal diodes, thermal regulators, and thermal control circuits
Researchers of the LAHDE laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, have developed an open-source tool for 1D modeling of thermal control circuits, TCCbuilder.
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Calorics 2024, Cambridge
Attending the Calorics 2024 conference was an exceptional experience, offering invaluable opportunities for learning and collaboration.
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SDEWES 2024
LAHDE had a presentation on “Heat Pump Modelling in District Heating and Cooling Grid.”
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TCCbuilder WS: we discovered the possibilities of modeling thermal circuits
An online workshop on TCCbuilder was held.
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LAHDE Team Attends Thermag 2024 and Visits the World’s Largest Rare Earth Manufacturing Hub
The LAHDE team recently had the privilege of attending the 10th IIR Conference on Caloric Cooling and Applications of Caloric Materials (THERMAG 2024) in Baotou, China. This event was particularly memorable as it also provided our team the opportunity to visit Baotou, the world’s largest hub for rare earth production. Read more…
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LAHDE’s Experience at Eurotherm 2024 Conference at Bled, Slovenia
Our laboratory had the pleasure of attending the Eurotherm 2024 conference, held in the picturesque town of Bled, Slovenia from 9th – 13th June The conference was a fascinating experience, showcasing the latest advancement in thermal science and technology. We were thrilled to be part of such an esteemed gathering Read more…
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The launch of Heat4energy project
TU Delft leads HEAT4ENERGY, a European consortium, dedicated to develop thermomagnetic devices and novel materials to harvest heat from data centres, food, pulp and paper industries and convert this waste heat to electricity. This project ticks all the boxes: energy transition, decarbonising, low and high power devices for conversion of Read more…
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We attended the Dresden Days of Magnetocalorics DDMC2023
LAHDE concluded an enlightening visit to the conference in Dresden, which took place on November 13-14. Our team members demonstrated their expertise with interesting contributions: Prof. Dr. Andrej Kitanovski took to the stage as an invited speaker Title of the lecture: Magnetocalorics and thermomagnetics: the past, the present and the Read more…
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Successful completion of ICR2023
We are pleased to announce that the LAHDE team has successfully completed its active participation in the 26th International Congress on Refrigeration (ICR 2023) in stunning Paris! This unique and extremely important meeting takes place every 4 years, and perhaps this year was all the more special because it returned Read more…