TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
DRIVE
December 14, 2016
A temperature control device, in particular a vehicle temperature control device, comprises: - at least one temperature control body (14) which can be flowed through and/or flowed around by a heat transfer medium, constructed with magnetocaloric material, elongated in a temperature control body longitudinal direction (L), - a magnetic field arrangement (16) with magnetic field heating regions (22) and cooling regions (24) arranged sequentially in a displacement direction (V) between the magnetic field heating regions (22), wherein a plurality of heat transfer medium flow zones (Z i) arranged sequentially in the temperature control body longitudinal direction (L) are provided with the temperature control body (14), wherein at least two heat transfer medium flow zones (Z i) adjacent to one another in the temperature control body longitudinal direction (L) provide a heat transfer medium circulation sector (I, II, III), wherein at least one heat transfer medium flow zone (Z 1) can be flowed through and/or flowed around by heat input fluid for introducing heat into this heat transfer medium flow zone (Z 1), and/or wherein at least one heat transfer medium flow zone (Z 8) can be flowed through and/or flowed around by heat removal fluid for removing heat from this heat transfer medium flow zone.
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