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EPSRC Reference: EP/L505183/1
Title: PRINTEG - Advanced manufacturing for low-cost Thermo-electric device fabrication
Principal Investigator: Yan, Dr H
Other Investigators:
Reece, Professor M
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Department: School of Engineering & Materials Scienc
Organisation: Queen Mary University of London
Scheme: Technology Programme
Starts: 01 December 2013 Ends: 30 November 2015 Value (£): 131,616
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt Manufacturing Machine & Plant
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing
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For an automotive combustion engine only 35% of the energy produced is harnessed for motive power, with 65% of the

energy being effectively 'lost' to the environment - 25% of that lost energy is transferred into the exhaust gases. For a

typical 100hp (75kW) engine, the waste heat energy is up to 50kW. As a result, automotive OEMS are looking to increase

fuel 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 material

consolidation,machining and hand assembly. As the market for these TEGs grows, it is becoming clear that unless

automated, cost-effective manufacturing technologies are developed then mass production will be exported to low-cost

economies. The PRINTEG project will directly address this by developing advance automated technologies for: TE powder

handling and consolidation; Surface mounted pick and place and interconnect deposition and laser sintering. This will

enable cost-effective manufacture in the UK to produce TEGs at a sales price of £490/kW. By achieving this, our

consortium 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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