A device that improves the energy efficiency of autonomous refrigeration equipment for perishable products (IMAGE)
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Top image: Rodrigo Llopis Doménech, Rafael Larrondo Sancho, Manel Enric Martínez Angeles, Daniel Sánchez García-Vacas and Ramón Cabello López from the GIT - Thermal Engineering Research Group GIT-UJI.
Bottom image: Iñaki Alzuguren Larraza, Antonio Rodríguez García, David Astrain Ulibarrena, Patricia Aranguren Garacochea and Álvaro Casi Satrústegui – Thermal and Fluids Engineering Group ITF - UPNA.
Two research teams from the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló and the Public University of Navarre have developed a passive thermoelectric subcooling device for self-contained refrigeration units that improves the efficiency and performance of the refrigeration circuit.
The invention is particularly applicable to the commercial refrigeration sector, specifically to self-contained refrigeration units used to preserve perishable products, as it not only reduces the energy consumption of the equipment but also increases its control capacity.
The new device can be easily integrated into self-contained refrigeration units. It is compact, robust and silent, offers a high level of control thanks to thermoelectric mechanisms, and has no moving parts, which means minimal maintenance. Its main advantages include improved energy efficiency of the refrigeration unit, ease of integration, low maintenance requirements and the absence of noise.
The device, which has been validated at experimental scale in a laboratory environment and protected by a European patent application, is seeking collaboration with companies to further develop and adapt the technology to specific applications through tailored agreements, followed by a licensing agreement.
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