Projects
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| Reference Number | InnUK/102256/01 | |
| Title | Adapting Waste Heat Recovery Technologies for Off-Highway Vehicles | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Transport) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Entropea Labs Limited |
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| Award Type | Collaborative Research & Development | |
| Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
| Start Date | 01 June 2015 | |
| End Date | 30 April 2017 | |
| Duration | 23 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £438,725 | |
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| Region | London | |
| Programme | Competition Call: 1409_CRd_TRANS_OFFH - Not Available. Activity World Leading off-highway vehicles | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Entropea Labs Limited (58.544%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Brunel University (41.456%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) technologies aim at recovering part of the otherwise wasted heat in the exhaust of a combustion engine and convert it to useful power, resulting in lower fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. Brunel University and Entropea Labs jointly with Thermadynamics Rail in the US, have optimized WHR technologies, to be retrofitted in Diesel-electric locomotives. Experience gained in the selection, sizing, design and manufacturing of the components of a Steam and Organic Rankine Cycle Waste Heat Recovery system for large displacement diesel engines will be applied to increase the OHV diesel engine fuel economy by up to 10%. The proposed technology will be modular, non-invasive and reversible enabling it to be scaled to across the range of new engine production irrespective of manufacturer while also being retrofittable to the large number of OHV engines already in service. Moreover, the technology and expertise will be further exploited by adapting it and scaling it to other transport and stationary power generation applications. |
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| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 20/07/15 | |
