The project with a long but eloquent for experts title "Simultaneous conversion of ambient heat and unwanted vibrations into electricity by nanotube-electrification during intrusion / extrusion of non-wetting liquid into nanopores / from nanopores" get a positive review within the H2020-FETPROACT-2018-2020 within HORIZON 2020and is now in a state of signing a grant agreement. An international consortium will work on it, which includes research teams from six European countries (Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Great Britain, Belgium). Our country is represented in the project by the laboratory of thermomolecular energy (TME) of the Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management (IEE) from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (supervisor - candidate of technical sciences, Associate Professor of Institute of Heat Engineering and Energy Saving V.P. Studenets).
A new high-efficiency method and apparatus for simultaneous conversion of mechanical and thermal energy into electricity by means of zero-emission nanotube-electrification by intrusion / extrusion of a non-wetting liquid into nanoporous solids are proposed. A consortium of multidisciplinary teams specializing in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering has been established to carry out the project using state-of-the-art MD simulation methods, high pressure calorimetry and dielectric spectroscopy, material synthesis and characterization, and also prototype development. The proposed method can be used for energy extraction in a wide range of technologies, when vibration and heat become excess (rail transport, aviation, household appliances, drilling, etc.). The final stage of the project involves the development of a regenerative damper-shock absorber and field testing to radically expand the maximum range of hybrid cars or electric vehicles.
The coordinator and inspirer of the project is Yaroslav Grosu (Dr.Y. Grosu, CICenergigune, Spain), IPT graduate, former graduate student and lecturer of the Institute of Heat Engineering and Energy Saving IEE, ex-employee of the laboratory TME IEE. Employees of the Department of Electromechanical Equipment of Energy Consuming Industries of IEE also joined the project implementation : Doctor of Technical Sciences V.M.Slidenko, candidate of technical sciences L.K.Listovschyk, lead.eng. V.S.Lesyk.
The scientific and technological direction "Thermomolecular Energy" was started in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in the early 90s of the last century by Professor V.A. Eroshenko (1940-2015). Within this scientific direction, the work is carried out on the accumulation and conversion of energy using surface phenomena in highly dispersed systems, followed by the creation of efficient energy devices of different classes on the basis of heterogeneous working bodies: hydrocapillary damshpots, batteries, actuators with technical characteristics that far exceed traditional counterparts.
The staff of the Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management IEE sincerely congratulates its colleagues and wishes new achievements!