Case Study – Analysis, Modelling, Simulation – Therminator Project: Electrocaloric materials modelling
Thermoacoustic/electrocaloric behaviour modelling 1
Electrosciences collaborates on a EU Horizon flagship project ‘Therminator’.
Our development of complex thermos-electro-mechanical FEA simulations of electrocalorics for electricity generation from wasted heat energy sources is leading to better designs of combined integrated thermoacoustic/electrocaloric energy harvesting, cooling systems.
The models bridge the gap between bulk materials behaviour and that of a multilayered architecture (MLC) device, where higher voltages can be applied compared to bulk ceramics, and higher efficiencies of conversion from waste heat to electricity may be gained.
Thermoacoustic/electrocaloric behaviour modelling 2
Thermoacoustic/electrocaloric behaviour modelling 3- Electric field norm (V/m)
Thermoacoustic/electrocaloric behaviour modelling 4 - Electric Potential (V)
Thermoacoustic/electrocaloric behaviour modelling 5 - Velocity magnitude (m/s)
