Overview

KiriTEG aimed to revolutionise TEG manufacturing, introducing flexible, miniaturised devices for wireless sensors, addressing the need for energy-efficient solutions.

Outcome

The KiriTEG project, a higher-risk, lower technology readiness level endeavour focusing on film-based devices, successfully demonstrated a thin film, heat sink-free device with impressive voltage output and a cutting-edge power level for a printed film-based device.

Overview

The MIUS-TEC project aimed to enhance the thermoelectric n-type semiconductor material for coolers, with a focus on material efficiency and scalability.

Outcome

MIUS-TEC has made substantial progress in advancing undisclosed, in-house bismuth telluride-based devices.

Overview

The aim is to develop new heavy duty dual-fuel (DF) combustion and after-treatment technologies to meet future international legislation including future Euro VI+ emissions compliance with reduced carbon footprint at acceptable cost.

Overview

A vaccine carrier developed without the use of thermal buffers (ice packs or PCM packs). The unit uses active cooling through inbuilt rechargeable battery, directly from auxiliary power supplies such as solar or from an AC supply (generator or mains) to power the unit and recharge enabling stabilisation indefinitely.

Outcome

An environmentally friendly active cooling system designed with accurate adjustable temperature control.

Investigating the joining of incompatible materials and selection of effective diffusion barriers are one of the major challenges of device manufacturing in electronic industry.

Overview

The DEPICT project intends to solve the above problem using effective thermal management and active and instantaneous temperature control with thermoelectric technology. This will lead to increased compound semiconductor multi-junction concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) voltage output and significantly improved power generation performance.

Outcome

“The partners attended the 9th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE2017, 21-24 August 2017, Cardiff, UK.

The conference presentation was entitled, “Experimental characterization and multi-physics simulation of a triple-junction cell in a novel hybrid III:V concentrator photovoltaic–thermoelectric receiver design with secondary optical element”, Tracy Sweet.  “

The primary aim was the development of a novel energy efficient climate system for the optimisation of interior temperature control management.

Overview

The ENHANCED project (ENergy Harvester for AutoNomous Commercial Electronic Devices) will develop an inter-operable platform wireless system for autonomous sensors and electronics, powered by thermoelectric energy harvesting technology.

VIPER 2 builds on the success of the VIPER project. Using conventional concepts of engine management in thermal energy, the engine will be re-examined using state-of-the-art simulation tools and a novel test engine which will allow the heat available to be directed to the most import components such as the cylinder liner walls.

Overview

The GRAPHTED project will develop improved thermoelectric (TE) materials intended for waste heat recovery devices for automotive exhaust gas and other high temperature energy harvesting applications, significantly improving the efficiency and achieving cost-effective means to recover energy that would otherwise be lost.

Outcome

The project has improved our understanding of the influence of sintering conditions and impact of both sintering additives and various carbon additives.

Overview

The Prestege project is the development of a cost effective, innovative printing process for the manufacture of energy harvesting thermoelectric generators (TEGs).

Overview

This project aimed to develop and demonstrate three key advanced repair technologies, including the cost-efficient high-integrity repair of blisks, on-platform repair and structural repair of composite components.

Overview

H2ESOT is an ambitious project to progress scientific and technical know-how with organic thermoelectric materials. It is expected to be a challenging project and if successful, will provide disruptive technology in the area of sustainability.

Overview

The BASSE project (Building active steel skin) seeks to develop a building envelope considering biometric principles to make the building envelope act in a similar way to nature in the way that human skin is refrigerated by a fluid; blood.

Overview

The projects aimed to develop an open inter-seasonal thermochemical energy storage system for use within a large industrial building.

Overview

TITAN is a feasibility study, its objective is to develop a small-scale ThermoAcoustic Generator (or TAG) prototype. Thermoacoustics (TA) is a relatively new technology which is concerned, for the purposes of TITAN, with a direct conversion of internal heat into sound. The intention is that TITAN will use this energy conversion to produce a novel TAG for useful electricity.

Outcome

“The project achieved the following: Pre-analysis, design and fabrication of a laboratory pre-production prototype.
The TAG reached the internally-pressurised air test stage, however leaks in the braze joints were discovered. Part of the system is now being re-designed to fix this issue.
A novel linear alternator was designed and produced.
A new design of secondary ambient HX (which was based on the “shell-and-tube “principle) was devised.”

Overview

PrinTEG’s key aim was the development of an automation process to provide high volume production at low cost to satisfy the demand of TEG applications.

Overview

The MaxCOP project aims to develop a smart thermoelectric cooling system with maximum coefficient of performance (COP); it will be an efficient system for reducing the amount of energy used in temperature control applications using thermoelectrics.

The project will significantly improve the system performance and efficiency of thermoelectric cooling systems, creating market-leading technology which will be sold into a range of industrial sectors.

Overview

The Adaptive Plant project will develop a battery-free wireless sensor platform for monitoring plant and process parameters in harsh/hazardous environments. The sensor node is powered by harvested thermoelectric power using the latest commercially available technologies and the core sensor module will be connected to low power sensor components to take measurements.

Outcome

This project is still in progress.

Overview

The Powerdriver project aimed to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly thermoelectric power generation system for automotive and marine applications that is powered by exhaust waste thermal energy to reduce fuel consumption.

Outcome

Silicide thermoelectric materials development produced p- and n-type materials via mechanical alloying, however, they demonstrated significant handling and processing difficulties. An alternate method produced an n-type material with a ZTmax of up to 1.4. Telluride thermoelectric materials development generated p-type GeTe with a ZTmax of 1.7 and two n-type compositions based on PbI2 doped PbTe with ZTmax values of 0.9 & 1.2.

Overview

The project aims to develop a high-performance thermochemical energy storage pumping pipe (TESPP) system using off-peak power and renewable sources to minimise energy demands from fossil fuels

Overview

The aim of the INNOVTEG project is to create nano-structured thermo-electric materials based on (low cost and abundant) sulphur with carefully controlled structure and properties.

Outcome

The project produced some significant results in terms of sulphur based thermoelectric materials performance and scaled-up commercial production of the powders.