Effect of thermoelectric subcooling on COP and energy consumption of a propane heat pump

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dc.contributor.authorAranguren Garacochea, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorHaida, Michal
dc.contributor.authorSmolka, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorCabello, Ramón
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez García, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAstrain Ulibarrena, David
dc.contributor.departmentIngenieríaes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentIngeniaritzaeu
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute of Smart Cities - ISCen
dc.contributor.funderUniversidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-20T12:35:36Z
dc.date.available2024-11-20T12:35:36Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-01
dc.date.updated2024-11-20T12:25:12Z
dc.description.abstractThe building sector has an important impact on the environment, being responsible for 30 % of the total greenhouse gas emissions. Knowing that the energy consumption devoted to HVAC systems accounts for 50 % of the total energy consumption of buildings, it is paramount to develop environmentally friendly technologies able to provide green space heating to the building sector. To that purpose, this manuscript presents a computational study on propane vapor compression heat pumps which include thermoelectric subcooling to boost their operation. The combination of these technologies has been proven in the past to be very beneficial for refrigeration systems and this study concludes for the first time that propane heat pumps can highly benefit from thermoelectric subcooling. The widely conducted research includes the following parameters: ambient temperatures from -20 to 15 °C, voltage supplies to the thermoelectric modules from 0.5 to 10 VDC, number of thermoelectric subcooling blocks from 1 to 8 and two water inlet temperatures, 40 and 55 °C to study their influence on heating capacity, compressor and thermoelectric power consumptions, subcooling degree, propane mass flow, compressor capacity, COP, energy consumption and SCOP of the combined heat pump. The obtained results are very conclusive, COP enhancements up to 12.29 % are achieved when a thermoelectric subcooler with 16 modules is included in a propane heat pump already provided with an internal heat exchanger for an ambient temperature of -20 °C and a water inlet temperature of 55 °C. Additionally, improvements in Seasonal COP up to 9.98 % are achieved if the above-mentioned technologies integration between a vapor compression heat pump and a thermoelectric subcooler substitutes a conventional propane heat pump with an internal heat exchanger for space heating a single-story two-family house.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to acknowledge the support of the grants PID2021-126926OB-C21 and PID2021-126926OB-C22 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by "ERDF A way of making Europe". Furthermore, the authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Centre of Poland through the project No. UMO-2021/43/D/ST8/02631. Open access funding provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra.
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dc.identifier.citationAranguren, P., Sánchez, D., Haida, M., Smolka, J., Cabello, R., Rodríguez, A., Astrain, D. (2024). Effect of thermoelectric subcooling on COP and energy consumption of a propane heat pump. Applied Thermal Engineering, 257, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124242.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124242
dc.identifier.issn1359-4311
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/52549
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Thermal Engineering (2024), vol. 257, part. A, 124242
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-126926OB-C21/ES/
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-126926OB-C22/ES/
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124242
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCOP enhancementen
dc.subjectEnergy savingsen
dc.subjectHeat pump, thermoelectric subcooleren
dc.subjectPropaneen
dc.titleEffect of thermoelectric subcooling on COP and energy consumption of a propane heat pumpen
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