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Alzuguren Larraza, Iñaki

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Iñaki

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ISC. Institute of Smart Cities

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    Experimental analysis of one and two-stage thermoelectric heat pumps to enhance the performance of a thermal energy storage
    (Elsevier, 2023) Astrain Ulibarrena, David; Aranguren Garacochea, Patricia; Erro Iturralde, Irantzu; Chavarren Oroz, David; Alzuguren Larraza, Iñaki; Ingeniería; Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    This experimental study demonstrates the possibility to enhance the performance of a low-temperature thermal energy storage system (~160 ¿C) based on airflow heating using electrical heaters by including thermoelectric technology. An improvement of the 17 % on COP is reached by using an optimized thermoelectric heat pump system to preheat the airflow, consisting of three one-stage and three pyramidal two-stage thermoelectric heat pumps sequentially installed along the airflow that is heating. This research experimentally analyses and compares the COP of three different configurations of thermoelectric heat pumps: one-stage, square two-stage, and pyramidal two-stage thermoelectric heat pumps. The experimental study aims to characterize the operation of each configuration for heating an airflow of 16.5 m3/h at 25 ¿C as ambient temperature. To that purpose, the airflow inlet temperature, voltage supply, and voltage ratio between stages have been modified. The experimental results show that for 25 ¿C as inlet temperature the one-stage thermoelectric heat pump has the best performance with a maximum generated heat of 78 W. Whereas, a two-stage thermoelectric heat pump is required when the inlet temperature increases. At 40 ¿C as inlet temperature, the square two-stage configuration provides the best performance with a voltage ratio of 2, which reaches a COP of 3.29 generating only 20 W of heat. However, the pyramidal two-stage configuration is able to achieve the maximum heat outputs with a voltage ratio of 1, generating 172; 161; 149 and 138 W, with corresponding COP values of 1.17; 1.16; 1.14 and 1.11 for inlet temperatures of 25; 40; 55 and 70 ¿C. This configuration is the one that achieves the greatest COP values with high inlet temperatures.
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    Thermoelectrics working in favour of the natural heat flow to actively control the heat dissipation
    (Elsevier, 2024) Alzuguren Larraza, Iñaki; Aranguren Garacochea, Patricia; Casi Satrústegui, Álvaro; Erro Iturralde, Irantzu; Rodríguez García, Antonio; Ingeniería; Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    In sectors such as electronics, photonics and HVAC and refrigeration, heat dissipation has a major impact in their performance. However, there is generally not much control over this effect. Thus, one way of making these units more controllable would be to include thermoelectric technology in the heat dissipation systems. Therefore, in this work, a computational model based on the resistance-capacitance model to solve a thermoelectrically aided heat dissipation system is proposed, considering all the thermoelectric effects, temperature dependent thermoelectric properties and four temperature levels. Besides, an experimental prototype has been built to assess the real performance of thermoelectric modules (TEM) working under different operating conditions. Additionally, these results have been used to validate the computational model, obtaining maximum errors of ±6% in the main parameters. Moreover, the computational model has been used to simulate the effect of modifying the temperature difference between the hot and cold sources and the thermal resistances of the heatsinks located on both sides of the TEMs. The results show that the thermoelectrically aided dissipation system would be beneficial when working with low temperature differences and low thermal resistance values of the heatsinks, especially on the heatsink located on the hot side of the TEMs.