Qdot Technology Ltd

With the support of the UK Aerospace Technology Institute, a British based consortium consisting of Honeywell Aerospace, 3T, BeyondMath, Qdot and Oxford University Thermofluids Institute will bring next-generation aircraft and engine technologies faster to market, at a reduced cost, and drive the reduction of the environmental footprint of the air transpo...

The ATI Destination Zero roadmap highlights fuel cells as a key future propulsion and power technology. One of the biggest challenges with realising the use of fuel cells within an aerospace environment is thermal management. In particular, radiators for fuel cells must be able to reject significant quantities of heat with only a small temperature differe...

By 2050, the Committee on Climate Change has forecast that aviation could be the single largest contributor to UK emissions. Globally, it is predicted that aviation will contribute over 22% of all transport CO2 emissions by the same date. This trend is being driven by rapid expansion in passenger numbers, coupled with a lack of technological solutions to ...

Over the past 30 years, not only has the frequency of statistics-defying natural disasters increased, but also their severity and complexity. Now, on average, more than 20 million people are displaced annually by such events. One of the key challenges with any disaster relief effort is the delivery of aid to affected regions. Typically, in their aftermath...

Qdot Technology and Meta Additive will work together to develop a heat exchanger design, and manufacturing process, taking advantage of hierarchical binder jetting. The project is applying novel, aluminium binder-jetting technology for the thermal management of eVTOL aircraft systems. Opening the design space, and scalability of the process will result in...

The UK's stated objective to emit zero carbon emissions by 2050 means that future cars and commercial vehicles will need to be driven by electric motors powered by compact batteries. The battery technology of the future is expected to be a descendant of existing Lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries used in existing Electric Vehicles (EVs) - such as the Toyota P...

The UK's stated objective to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 means that the aerospace industry must focus on research and development that will deliver future sustainable commercial aircraft. The propulsion systems for these sustainable aircraft may be electric, fuel-cell, hybrid or ultra-high bypass ratio gas turbines. Regardless, all will brin...

Decarbonisation of the automotive sector is key to reducing climate change. 72% of the CO2 emissions caused by transport in the EU are from road transport (EASAC, 2019). Globally, transportation emits 23% of energy-related CO2 - a proportion which could increase to 60% by 2050 (Crist, 2019). Thankfully, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) have the potential ...