Akshay Reddy

Hello Everyone,

I am Post graduate student in Automotive engineering from Coventry University ,United Kingdom. I am currently setting up my business with the support of my University.At the moment I am currently conducting market research to understand the viability of a new technology capable of generating electricityfrom waste heat. This technology uses 'thermoelectric generators' (TEG) to generate electricity. This is currently being developed in conjunction with Coventry University in Coventry, West Midlands.waste heat. This technology uses 'thermoelectric generators' (TEG) to generate electricity. This is currently being developed in conjunction with Coventry University in Coventry, West Midlands.

How could this add value to my company ?

Given the nature of industry, there is a lot of waste heat which is produced and by using this technology it is possible to generate electricity in the range of 4 - 50 Kilo-watts per hour there by saving business approximately£2000 - £7000 per annum, and around £30,000 - £70,000 over a 20 years period.

Benefits of implementing this technology are :

  • Reduced carbon footprint
  • Cost saving
  • Efficient utilization of space within industry

Solar harvesting set for future... or is it ?

While solar panels are a good way to generate electricity from sun, there are a lot of situations where it is not the best solution. As temperature on the solar panels increase its overall power output drops, also they have to be mounted on roof tops and occupy large area.

Now comparing Thermo-Electric generators (TEG) with solar panels, TEG has similar capacity to generate electricity but from a much smaller form factor and it does not require rooftop installations. This makes it ideal for applications where there is lot of heat produced inside a building structure.

If you have solar panels installed, TEG can be used in conjunction with Solar harvesting to increase your power output by 100 % or more thereby improving the overall efficiency of your system.TEG is also a complementary technology

Delivering this technology

Developing this technology is exciting and challenging, and with funding in place we aim to launch our product mid 2017 to the wider market.

  • Estimated cost of setting up 4 KW-KW TEG Energy ge