Technology Transfer & Commercialisation of Ideas Making an Impact: Isis Innovation Ltd Chim K Chu: Senior Technology Transfer Manager Materials Dept

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1 Technology Transfer & Commercialisation of Ideas Making an Impact: Isis Innovation Ltd Chim K Chu: Senior Technology Transfer Manager Materials Dept Graduate Induction Day 8 th Oct 2013

2 Intellectual Property Policy (from October 2000) TT University claims ownership of all employees and students IP rights resulting from University research activities The University assists those researchers who wish to commercialise their research by patenting, licences, spinout companies & consultancy Researchers share the benefits Royalty shares from licences Equity in spinout companies Income from personal consultancy isis-innovation.com

3 Isis Impacts The impact of Isis activities is seen through the take-up of new technologies and ideas that form the basis for new products and services. isis-innovation.com

4 Oxford Honeywell Dytecna Collaborative Ventures An articulation by Honeywell and Dytecna on behalf of: Chim K Chu: Isis Innovation Ltd Mike Dadd, Paul Bailey, Richard Stone, Nick Jelley: Oxford Engineering and Physics Depts.

5 Oxford Honeywell Stirling Cooler Technology Dr Pete Iredale Honeywell Hymatic

6 History / Heritage Oxford Design Heritage Original Oxford/Rutherford Stirling cycle Cryocooler designed to provide 1W of cooling at 80 K for an IR sensor on the ISAMS satellite Oxford type Stirling/Pulse Tube Cryocoolers accepted as the global standard for small space Cryocoolers Cryocoolers & compressors Space Qualified and Life Tested. (Lifetimes over 10 years demonstrated Serving as an industrial partner taking innovation to product offering Oxford Honeywell (formerly Hymatic Engineering Co Ltd.) Established relationship late 80 s Productionisation of tactical, non-space, Stirling cycle cryocooler Forward Looking Infra-red (FLIR) detector markets Oxford licensed technology to Honeywell Now develops coolers for various non-space applications Oxford Northrop Grumman (formerly TRW) Honeywell Established 3-way relationship early 90 s Productionisation of space compressors for US markets Oxford licensed technology to Northrop & Honeywell Honeywell bring production expertise and manufacturing Range of space compressors manufactured for Satellite applications Oxford remain Design Authority

7 Current Application Space NGST HEC Cryocooler (compressor designed by Oxford, made by HH) Earth Observation e.g. GOES-ABI (Advanced baseline Imager) AIRS (Atmospheric Infra-red Sounder JAMI (Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager Science e.g. James Webb Space Telescope (MIRI instrument) TASHE (Thermo-Acoustic Stirling Heat Engine) with Los Alamos Military e.g. Can t tell you!!!! >35 flight qualified cooler systems >110 years of operation in space to date 16 currently operating in orbit Terrestrial Gamma Ray Sensors Homeland Security smuggling illicit nuclear material Military IR Cameras, Targeting Pods Low Noise Amplifiers / Superconductors Square Kilometer Array (future) Telecommunications >1000 units in the field Demonstrated life >120,000 hours No returns No failures

8 Stirling Power Generation Stirling power generation presents an efficient alternative to current small scale remote generators using bio-mass, solar, gas sources Utilising Long-Life Oxford Stirling technology for power generation applications realises the following: High efficiency (up to 40%) Significantly reduced engine maintenance as opposed to existing CHP engines (Combined Heat-Power) Engine requires no maintenance Peripherals require some maintenance i.e. burners etc. Ability to use different heat-sources to suit application and location No wear, long-life hardware as demonstrated on space applications Easily scalable (3kW to 30kW) In collaboration with Oxford and other businesses (Dytecna & Cosworth), Honeywell are developing a low-cost compressor / engine to satisfy the above requirements Currently in preliminary design phase Development hardware in 2013 Aim to demonstrate technology for engine and cooler applications

9 Oxford Dytecna Collaborative Technology Mr Steve Harrison Dytecna

10 Relationship development Oxford Dytecna Established relationship 2011 Dytecna operations focussed around robust deployable products, strong military heritage, systems integration based activities Emerging projects and products in renewables as design and manufacturing partners and deploying fuel-of-opportunity solutions Initial contact based on Solar-Stirling concentrator Leverhulme Trust funded project based on flat surfaces forming curved mirrors Evolved to application evaluation of deployable Concentrated Solar PV system Provide flat-pack power generation capability Robust, easily transportable Project shelved Q when Solar PV costs plummeted Revived as Albedo solar oven Q Provide fossil-fuel-free cooking and heating for humanitarian aid and disaster recovery scenarios Cheap, technology free, easy to use, easy to transport, robust and reliable Proof-of-concept Q Design for manufacture in progress, field trials planned for Q3 2013

11 Current Projects Albedo Solar Oven (in collaboration with ISIS) Aimed at addressing one of the major challenges facing humanitarian aid - fuel for cooking and heating Flat-pack solution, slots together, very robust Provides in excess of 300W at the focus, sufficient to raise the temperature in the oven to over 200 C Includes working surface and can heat storage system for overnight heating QuickQube Deployable Anaerobic Digester providing approximately 3kWe/4kWh Main system is 1.4 x 1.2 x 1.5m with additional collapsible digester Ideal for disaster recovery or refugee scenarios Additional benefit of recycling organic waste with pollution reduction and disease control benefits Full potential will be exploited by addition of Linear Stirling CHP engine & generator

12 Fuel-Of-Opportunity Required for: Powering remote communities, Humanitarian Aid (refugee support), Disaster Relief, Military, Oil and Gas & mining exploration Anaerobic Digester (PowerQube) Wind turbine Diesel generation Hybrid Power Generation System LOAD Single Phase 120/208/240V Anaerobic Digester (QuickQube ) Three Phase 277/480V DC 12, 24, 48V Biomass Missing piece from the jigsaw: Reliable, low maintenance, high availability generator Concentrated Solar PV Solar PV Hydro Energy Storage e.g. Linear Stirling CHP (ISIS Honeywell Cosworth Dytecna collaboration)