On September 26th, 2024, INFERNO was represented by the project coordinator, Dr. Kafil M. Razeeb (Tyndall Institute) and Prof. Kornelius Nielsch (IFW Dresden), in the workshop “Re-structuring of EU value chain on Thermoelectrics – From supply chain to end user”, gathering research centres, industries, and academia together to discuss the present status of thermoelectrics value chain: from research to product and applications.
The aim of this workshop is to give thermoelectrics an impactful boost. The workshop started with an opening speeches from the European Commission on the review of energy research in EU and on thermoelectric applications and value chains in Europe, USA, Japan and South Korea. Later there were presentations on the industrial applications and on-going research and development projects of thermoelectrics, which is particularly interesting for INFERNO project.
A range of applications for thermoelectric generator by converting waste heat into electricity to power different types of wireless sensors for industrial process automation has been discussed. Applying TEG in excessive heat recovery and decentralized power supply are two other major areas which are presented by several speakers.
Dr. Kafil M. Razeeb, INFERNO coordinator and Senior Researcher from Tyndall National Institute, gave an invited talk on Micro-Thermoelectric generator for wearable sensors. There he presented the development of micro-thermoelectric devices on silicon platform to be applied for converting body heat into electricity for powering wearable sensor system for medical applications.
Prof. Kornelius Nielsch, from the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, presented the development of sustainable thermoelectric modules for solid states cooling and waste heat recover from MgSb-based alloys and emphasized the long-term testing and thermal stability of these novel and highly efficient modules by encapsulation with atomic layers deposition, which is a 3D coating technology.
The thermoelectric workshop has more than 70 participants, including 27 confirmed speakers from a broad range of industries and research institutes and universities.
