Additive Manufacturing for Cooled High-Temperature Automotive Radial Machinery (CHARM)
Reference Number
InnUK/132229/01
Title
Additive Manufacturing for Cooled High-Temperature Automotive Radial Machinery (CHARM)
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Not Energy Related
Not Energy Related
Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Project Contact
HiETA Technologies Limited
HiETA Technologies Limited
Award Type
Feasibility Studies
Funding Source
Innovate UK
Start Date
01 April 2016
End Date
30 September 2017
Duration
18 months
Total Grant Value
£209,319
Industrial Sectors
Region
South East
Programme
Competition Call: 1509_FS_TRANS_IDP12 - Seeding tomorrow’s vehicle technologies today IDP12 feasibility. Activity IDP12 - FS
Other Investigator
Project Contact, Chemical Engineering, University of Bath
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Objectives
Abstract
This project will assess the technical feasibility of using Additive Manufacturing to make high-temperature air- cooled nickel superalloy radial turbine componentry for automotive applications. This is expected to enable turbine operating temperatures of ~1050C, enabling more extreme downsizing of engines, removing the need for integrated cooled exhaust manifolds and leaving more thermal energy for waste heat recovery post- turbine. The project partners are HiETA Technologies Ltd and the University of Bath's Powertrain and Vehicle Research Centre (PVRC) and Turbomachinery Research Group (TRG).
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26/05/20
