A central challenge for the mobility of the future and its necessary transformation lies in ensuring efficient and sustainable transport of people and goods.
Together with the DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts and many other DLR institutes involved, we are researching new ways in which the agreed environmental and climate protection goals can be achieved and implemented in a timely manner.
As part of the FFAE project, various research and development activities are addressed in this regard, with our institute concentrating on the area of waste heat utilization using thermoelectric generators (TEG).
Our goal was to make sensible use of the large temperature differences that occur when using cryogenic energy sources (LNG, LH2) through adapted segmented thermoelectric modules.
Last month we not only achieved these goals, but even exceeded them by 2 percentage points. We have developed a TEG module with the highest efficiency in all of Europe!
The methods and technologies of our experts for thermoelectric functional materials in combination with the microstructure analysis at our institute cover R&D from material production to component testing, thus enabling a holistic approach that takes the interaction between material, process and component into account in technology development.
