Innovation Roundtable: Thermoelectric Generators (TEG) for Waste Heat Usage in the Industry: Technologies, Applications, Future Challenges – November 2021

The first GJETC Innovation Roundtable on 5 November 2021 targeted Thermoelectric generators (TEG) for Waste Heat Usage in the Industry. Suppliers and users as well as research institutes and supporting bodies from Japan and Germany were brought together to exchange information on the current state and new developments of technology, current and new applications and future challenges to be addressed. The event successfully provided ideas and research impulses to define contents for joint R&D projects and will serve as a basis for further discussions with relevant ministries.

Objective of the Innovation Roundtable

• bring together suppliers and users as well as research institutes and supporting bodies from both sides
• exchange of information on the current state and new developments of technology, pros and cons in comparison to other waste heat use technologies such as ORC, possibilities for cost reduction (material, production process etc.) and experiences of use cases
• develop ideas, concepts and research impulses in close cooperation with companies and research institutes on the German and Japanese side
• define contents for joint R&D projects for further improvement of TEGs (efficiency, costs) or for joint demonstration projects for industrial applications