PRINTEG - Advanced manufacturing for low-cost Thermo-electric device fabrication
Reference Number
EP/L505183/1
Title
PRINTEG - Advanced manufacturing for low-cost Thermo-electric device fabrication
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Energy Efficiency(Other)
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr H Yan
Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 December 2013
End Date
30 November 2015
Duration
24 months
Total Grant Value
£131,616
Industrial Sectors
Manufacturing
Region
London
Programme
Manufacturing : Manufacturing
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr H Yan, Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
Other Investigator
Dr M Reece, Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
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Abstract
For an automotive combustion engine only 35% of the energy produced is harnessed for motive power, with 65% of theenergy being effectively 'lost' to the environment - 25% of that lost energy is transferred into the exhaust gases. For atypical 100hp (75kW) engine, the waste heat energy is up to 50kW. As a result, automotive OEMS are looking to increasefuel efficiency through waste exhaust heat power recovery - one very attractive approach for this is the use of Thermo-Electric Generators (TEGs). To date these approaches have been too expensive due to labour intensive materialconsolidation,machining and hand assembly. As the market for these TEGs grows, it is becoming clear that unlessautomated, cost-effective manufacturing technologies are developed then mass production will be exported to low-costeconomies. The PRINTEG project will directly address this by developing advance automated technologies for: TE powderhandling and consolidation; Surface mounted pick and place and interconnect deposition and laser sintering. This willenable cost-effective manufacture in the UK to produce TEGs at a sales price of 490/kW. By achieving this, ourconsortium of research capable partners will not only safeguard TEG manufacture in the UK but will also commercialise the results of our existing Thermo-electric research activities that are already producing globally competitive materials and processes
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