TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
DRIVE
December 7, 2016
A temperature control device, in particular a vehicle temperature control device, comprises a temperature control body (28) constructed with magnetocaloric material, preferably ring-shaped, through which or around which heat transfer medium can flow, a temperature control body receiving housing rotatably receiving the temperature control body (28) about a rotation axis with a temperature control body receiving space, a plurality of temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV) arranged successively in the circumferential direction, each with a cooling region (30) and a magnetic field heating region (32) arranged circumferentially adjacent to the cooling region (30), in at least two adjacent temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV) a heat transfer medium circulation (40) from the magnetic field heating region (32) of one of these temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV) to the cooling region (30) of the other of these temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV) and from the cooling region (30) of the other of these temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV) to the magnetic field heating region (32) of the one of these temperature control sectors (I, II, III, IV), wherein in at least one temperature control sector (I, II, III, IV) the cooling region (30) can be flowed through by a heat input fluid for introducing heat in this temperature control sector (I, II, III, IV) and/or wherein in at least one temperature control sector (I, II, III, IV) the magnetic field heating region (32) can be flowed through by a heat removal fluid for removing heat from this temperature control sector (I, II, III, IV).
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