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Two research teams from the Universitat Jaume I and the Public University of Navarra have successfully tested new refrigerant mixtures, systems, and components that significantly enhance energy efficiency in this sector. This industry, which accounts for 7.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, sees an annual increase of over 170 million new domestic units.
The project ‘Advanced multi-stage refrigeration systems for low-temperature applications (HELTHA)’, funded by the State Research Agency under the 2021-2023 State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research, which ends in 2025, is working on three aspects: new high-efficiency refrigeration architectures, new refrigerant mixtures and hybrid applications of two technologies (vapour compression and thermoelectricity), which is currently in the development phase.
The research team, led by Daniel Sánchez García-Vacas and Rodrigo Llopis Doménech from the Group in Thermal Engineering (GIT), is made up of Ramón Cabello López, Daniel Calleja Anta, Laura Nebot Andrés, Rafael Larrondo Sancho and Manel E. Martínez Ángeles at the UJI.
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Universitat Jaume I of Castellón
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