THE EXERGYN DRIVE™ – AN ENGINE THAT RUNS ON HOT WATER

Project Information

The Exergyn Drive

Grant agreement ID: 672528

DOI 10.3030/672528

Project closed

EC signature date 29 May 2015

Start date 1 June 2015

End date 31 May 2017

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 3 547 219,00

EU contribution € 2 483 053,00

Coordinated by

EXERGYN LIMITED
Ireland

Deliverables

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Epsilon-1 Pilot Build & Demo

Fully operational Epsilon-1 Pilot Prototype Model assembled, validated and ready for industrial trialling.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Publication of validation report from third party
Attendance and dissemination at 3+ academic conferences

Attendance at a number of recognized scientific & academic conferences to present research results

Publication of at least 1 article in a recognized scientific journal
18 Blog articles & social media engagement
Attendance at trade conferences

Attendance at trade conferences (e.g. UK AD & Biogas Conferences, Nextgen Expo 2015, other European conferences) & interaction with members of trade groups

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

A new technology for cost effective low grade waste heat recovery

Author(s): Michael Langan, Kevin O'Toole
Published in: Energy Procedia, 2017, ISSN 1876-6102
Publisher: Elsevier

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (17)

Optimised Diametric Contraction of a SMA Element for use in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: PCT/EP2015 080102
Date: 2015-12-16
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Wire Forming

Application/Publication number: GB 1709602.5
Date: 2017-05-31
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

SMA Bundle Piston Cushioning System for use in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: GB 1511473.9
Date: 2015-06-30
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Hysteresis manipulation for long fatigue life

Application/Publication number: GB 1709601.7
Date: 2017-05-31
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

SMA Performance Boosting

Application/Publication number: GB 1709594.4
Date: 2017-05-31
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Core Configuration Concept

Application/Publication number: GB 1709605.8
Date: 2017-05-31
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Energy Conversion from Heat to a Rotational Mechanical Power Output by Torsional Straining of a SMA Material

Application/Publication number: GB 1605144.3
Date: 2016-03-23
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Shape Memory Alloy Engine for use in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: GB 1605132.8
Date: 2016-03-23

Method and System for Efficiency increase in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: GB 1511487.9
Date: 2015-06-30
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Method and System for healing a Power Producing Element to Improve Fatigue Life

Application/Publication number: GB 1610534.8
Date: 2016-06-16
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Heat Transfer in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: PCT/EP2015 080114
Date: 2015-12-16
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Energy Conversion from Heat to a Mechanical and Fluid Power Output Through the Axial Strain of a SMA Material

Application/Publication number: GB 1605139.3
Date: 2016-03-23
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Reconditioning a Core for use in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: PCT/EP2015 080338
Date: 2015-12-17
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Method and System for Dynamic Balancing of a Core in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: GB 1511479.6
Date: 2015-06-30
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Heat Transfer in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: PCT/EP2015 080350
Date: 2015-12-17
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

Wire Element arrangement in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: PCT/EP2015 079660
Date: 2015-12-14
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED

SMA Bundle Wire Optimisation in an Energy Recovery Device

Application/Publication number: GB 1511466.3
Date: 2015-06-30
Applicant(s): EXERGYN LIMITED