Establishing a globally competitive, UK centric supply chain with leading edge technology to support the more environmentally sustainable, more electric future of aviation. Future Aerospace power conversion Building Blocks for High Voltage DC electrical power systems (FABB-HVDC) is a collaboration pulling together domain and aerospace industry expertise, involving systems integrators, second and third tier suppliers (including an SME), leading universities and a Catapult. The project is led by TT Electronics Power Solutions in partnership with Safran Electrical and Power, Aero Stanrew (a TT Electronics group company), the University of Nottingham, the University of Manchester, Mage Control Systems, and the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult. The project is focused on development of technology supporting electrical power conversion and electric machines for future more electric and all electric aircraft operating at higher voltages. FABB-HVDC primarily addresses challenges in higher voltage DC systems required by large commercial More Electric Aircraft operating at altitudes of 40-45,000ft, and considers modular design re-use, system integration, fault-tolerance, lightweight thermal and structural elements, multi-disciplinary analysis, smart control and monitoring, and overall efficiency. Outputs will include high DC input voltage converters and more integrated, fault-tolerant electrical machines.

This project will deliver an efficient and production-ready Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid (FCEV) powertrain. The consortium will undertake R&D and productization of the full vehicle powertrain, covering engineering, testing and development as well as the development of an advanced powertrain control system. Technical challenges addressed include integrating mature electric powertrain components, largely from the UK supply chain, into a production-ready powertrain for the HGV market. This innovative project will result in a fully functional integrated FCEV powertrain for the UK's first indigenous hydrogen-powered HGV and will contribute to the UK's ambition to decarbonise the HGV sector as described in the UK's Hydrogen Strategy.

Our vision for the project is to create a chemical free hand sanitiser using a blend of proven sterilisation techniques in an innovative and new way. The key objective is to rapidly develop a wall mounted hand sanitiser that could be used in clinical, business and home settings to provide rapid hand sanitation. This innovation would look to employ a time dosed exposure to non-chemical agents around the hands for improved surface sterilisation. Because the device is contactless, it would utilise NFC technology so that it can only be used by people who are trained in the proper method of sterilisation. Sterilisation can also be tracked by linking the units to the any local or distributed network and integrating this into the recording management systems (typically using HL7 Protocol in hospitals). For non-clinical settings, a Human Machine Interface (HMI) can instruct users on correct usage without the need for an NFC tag. The device can also be programmed for use in non clinical environments such as catering and public buildings were no NFC tag would be required for use.