Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOGB20241023008
- Term of Validity
- 23 October 2024 - 23 October 2025
- Company's Country
- United Kingdom
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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The UK SME offers a unique proposition to convert motive power direct to thermal energy in the form of heated fluids at up to 110°C.
Integrated with various turbine technologies, the proposition enables inexpensive heat and displaces greenhouse gas emissions arising from the combustion of fossil fuels.
They are seeking integrator partners under a commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Full Description
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The UK company based in the South West of England manufactures technology and products that convert motive power (rotational input energy) direct to clean thermal energy as heated fluids. They have successfully developed wind-thermal and hydro-thermal systems to deliver low carbon heating solutions using third party turbine technologies.
The consumption of heat accounts for about half of carbon emissions, primarily as a result of combusting fossil fuels or electrified heat, the dominant processes for generating heat.
The UK company’s products are capable of
- delivering clean heat with 97%+ energy efficiency,
- achieving output temperatures of up to 110°C, and
- being integrated into a wide range of fixed and portable solutions.
The products’ applications include the generation of heat and hot water for industrial processes, space heating and cooling by converting:
- wind direct to heat, bypassing the generation of electricity, and
- flowing fluids direct to heat, with proven turbine technologies.
Two products are currently available for applications requiring from 0.2kW to over 200kW of heat.
The UK company's hydro-thermal installations have been operating since 2016 and a world first wind-thermal system was demonstrated in 2024 with reference designs for both horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) and vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) systems
The UK company is seeking to further commercialise their patented technology through developing new collaborative relationships with system integrators and developers associated with turbine technologies to assist increase global access to the technology.
They seek a commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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The patented technology converts motive power (mechanical rotational energy) direct to clean heat. This technology exploits magnetic fields and the eddy current heating effect to generate heat with exceptional efficiency. Minimal energy is lost or wasted during the conversion of motive power to thermal energy.
Clean heat is typically delivered in the form of heated fluids at temperatures up to 110°C, but can exceed over 300°C.
Benefits of the technology include generating zero emission heat and avoiding the
- combustion of fossil fuels
- generation and use of electricity.
The technology and its use of magnetic fields to heat fluid offers several advantages:
- inexpensive solutions to generate heat, avoiding CapEx, and OpEx costs associated with combustion and electrification technologies.
- highly efficient, typically exceeding 97% efficiency.
- compact and relatively light weight (under 20kg for smaller model and under 100kg for larger model).
- provides for a solution which is easily tailored for the power output required.
- avoids wear associated with friction generated heat, or shear heating.
- provides an intrinsically safe system.
- operates from low shaft RPM to 2000 RPM.
- very low initial driving torque required, and minimal cogging torque.
- incorporates a small pump, ideal for closed loop heating systems.
- can work with ancillary equipment such as external pumps to meet user requirements.
Products’ performance has been independently verified according to ISO14034 (EU ETV v1.3). - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- IPR granted
- IPR notes
- Patent
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The company is looking for partners from industry to deliver consumer relevant heating solutions by integrating their mechanical technologies and hydraulic heating technologies.
Today, the partner may have experience of working with turbo machinery technologies used to generate electricity and the partner would want to expand their market proposition to include the generation and delivery of low carbon heating solutions.
Partners will already be committed to delivering renewable energy solutions, for example by working with wind power or hydro power.
The partners will have understanding of larger consumers of heat including district heat networks, industrial process heat, space heating (e.g. operate in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sector).
Their customers may be expressing a need to decarbonise heat consumption.
Partners will work to design-in or integrate the heat generator into their own systems, potentially converting electrical generating systems to heat generating systems. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- SME 50 - 249
- R&D Institution
- Big company
- Other
- University
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04002009 - Turbines
- 04002005 - Generators, electric engines and power converters
- 04002006 - Heat exchangers
- 04002012 - Other energy related machinery
- Market keywords
- 06009 - Energy Distribution
- 06002004 - Hydro-electric
- 06007001 - Other energy production
- Sector Groups Involved
- Renewable Energy
- Targeted countries
- All countries