Thermal Engineering Group (GIT)
Thermal Engineering Group (GIT)
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Aims
Aims
The Thermal Engineering Group conducts research in Thermal Engineering, especially within the field of technology for producing cold and its applications. The group’s main lines of research are: (i) increasing the energy efficiency of simple vapour compression facilities; (ii) increasing the energy efficiency of double vapour compression facilities; (iii) introducing environmentally harmless natural fluids as refrigerating agents (CO2); (iv) recovery of the thermal energy released in medium- and low-level hot spots, for the activation of ORCs, Absorption and Adsorption; and (v) application of new methods of producing cold, without using HFC fluids, such as Vortex, Absorption and Adsorption.
Members
Members
UJI research staff: R. Cabello, R. Llopis, J. Patiño, D. Sánchez, J. G. Sánchez. Laboratory technician: M. Piñana. External collaborators: E. Torrella & J. A. Larumbe (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).
Lines of Research
Lines of Research
- Minimisation of the environmental impact generated by refrigeration facilities: reduction in energy consumption and using environmentally friendly working fluids
- Energy evaluation of new refrigerant blends
- Optimisation and development of new refrigerant cycles for CO2 refrigeration in transcritical and subcritical conditions
- Integration of no-fluid technologies to improve the energy performance of vapour compression cycles
- Energy recovery, either to raise energy quality through the application of heat pumps arranged in cascade, either by the activation of absorption chillers, or for the generation of electrical energy through the activation of Peltier cells or Organic Rankine Cycles
Techniques & services
Techniques & services
- Knowledge and technology transfer
- Experimental evaluation of prototypes in energy terms
- Model development
- Analysis of thermal problems and proposal of solutions
- Specialised training
Research equipment
Research equipment
- Refrigeration facility for producing cold in transcritical cycles with CO2
- Simple compression refrigeration facility for testing cooling fluids
- Multi-stage compression refrigeration facility for testing cooling fluids and cycle settings
- Cogeneration test bench
- Gas chromatography
- IR thermography camera (Thermographers ITC-FLIR Certified)
Contact GIT
Contact GIT
R. Cabello López, TC-2333-DD, e-mail: cabello@uji.es, www.git.uji.es. Tel. +34-964728135.
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