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High performance thermoelectric
generators based on samarium sulfide
Deputy director of development:
Ilya V. Groshev
27/05/2013
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Two Product Lines
• Strain Sensors • Thermoelectrics
SmS TEG:
• New thermoelectric effect in SmS discovered and developed by team since 2004
• Energy generation steady heat source (does not need cooler on the back side)
• Best Seebeck TEGs on the market - efficiency <8%,(test samples >30% efficiency)
• Non-toxic samarium sulfide material cheap and available
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Thermoelectrics: Effect & Advantages
SmS TEG
High Efficiency > 25%
Low cost < 5 $/W
Generation without additional cooling
Wide range of temperatures from 50oC to 500oC
Seebeck TEG New SmS generator
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Cost, $/W
SmS TEG (target) > 25 From 50 to 500 10,3 (ΔT=0 oC) < 5
Tellurex (USA) 5 to 350 1,9 (ΔT=200 oC) > 8
Kryotherm (Russia) 3.2 to 200 0,2 (ΔT=100 oC) > 35
Nextreme (USA) < 7 to 300 No data > 500
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Thermoelectrics: Applications & Market
Application fields
Photovoltaic (solar panels) 50% increase of PV panel efficiency
25% costs saving
Automotive up to 30% of power converted to heat
Waste heat utilization at power stations and industrial plants
up to 50-60% of power converted to heat
Autonomous power sources for field applications
2020
$10,6 B
2017
$4,6 B
2013
$1,3 B
* Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting 2012-2022: Devices, Applications, Opportunities. IdTech
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Team
SmS tenzotherm GmbH Dortmund, Germany
Bernd Meyer (Dipl.-Kfm.) - CEO of GmbH + 20 years’ experience in founding and managing high tech start-ups + proven track record on Russian-German companies such as Innolume and OptoGaN.
SmS tenzotherm RUS Ltd SPb, Russia
Andrey A. Molodykh (Dipl.-Ing.-Phys.) - CEO of Ltd + 20-year experience in setting up and directing high-tech companies + business angel of the project
Vladimir V. Kaminski (Prof. Dr. Sc.) - CSO + 30 years experience in investigating SmS + head of laboratory in Ioffe Institute + >150 papers, 16 patents and priority certificates. + Inventor of tenzoresistive, thermovoltaic and cooling effects in SmS
Investor Intellectual Property
4 Russian Patents
1 PCT Patent
2 Applications for Russian Patent
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Cooperation
Investment Opportunities
Q3 2013 – launching of strain sensors pilot production in Germany
Q2 2014 – Results of independent tests of TEC samples working
Q2 2014 – 6 000 000 € Production scaling
TEG and strain sensors customizing
Joint Development Opportunities
Test of TEC samples – Q2 2014
TEG for automobile industry
Solar panels with TEG layer
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Contact
SmS tenzotherm Rus: 191036, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Jukovskogo str 63, office 319 www.tenzo-sms.ru SmS-Tenzotherm GmbH: Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 11 44263 Dortmund, Germany www.sms-tenzotherm.de
Deputy director of development: Ilya V. Groshev +7 921 796 6943 [email protected] CEO Assistant’s Contact Details: Elena Krestnikova +49 231 477 30 300 [email protected]
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Additional information
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Competitive advantages
Parameters Kyowa
(Japan)
BCM-Sensor
(Belgium)
SmS tenzotherm
(Germany)
Material Si Si SmS
Resistance, Оhm 60 - 10000 15 - 1000 400 - 50000
Size, mm 2 – 5 2,6 - 3,8 0,5 - 50
Gage factor (K) 100 – 225 80 - 150 20 - 200
Working temperature range, оС -50 to +150 -50 to +80 -200 to +400
Linearity of output signal - - +
Stability against radiation - - + Stability against strong magnetic fields - - + Bending possibility - - +
Price, $/pcs. > 80 > 10 <10
Application fields
Construction
Load cells
Weighting
Oil / gas production
Automotive industry
Solar and nuclear energetic
Aerospace industry
Strain gauges
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Shareholder and Company Structure
SmS Tenzotherm
Ltd. (St.Petersburg Russia)
SmS Tenzotherm
GmbH (Dortmund, Germany
Share capital € 37,500)
100% shares
Shareholder Structure
Subject of Company Company Structure Scientific Sub-Contractors
SmS Holding
Ru LLC Founders L.P. DFJ VTB
Capital Aurora
More details see: http://www.vtbcapital.com
/#news_661325
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SmS tenzotherm covers the full Value Chain
Our pilot line covers the full value chain from material synthesis to
film- and bulk-technologies for device production up to packaging
of modules and system assembly
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