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Thermofluidics releases first video footage of NIFTE pump in first outdoor trials operating in the Winter Sun after successfully self-starting automatically 15 minutes after sunrise. Also released is a video of the Beta DAHR pump narrated by Tom Law, Chief Prototype Engineer at Thermofluidics.

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About
Thermofluidics was formed in February 2006 to develop and commercialise Tom Smith's prize winning work on applied Thermofluidics. Funded by private investments and an EEDA/DTI Grant for Research and Development, the business scaled Tom's Ph.D. prototypes to pump useful flow rates in two priority applications;
  • Solar powered water pumps, using cheap solar thermal (water heating) collectors in place of more expensive PhotoVoltaic cells.
  • Simultaneous water circulation and heating in domestic heating systems.
Thermofluidics was the first start-up company to be hosted by Cambridge University Engineering Department. We were also one of the first companies to be accepted into the Carbon Trust Incubator and the SDSU - Aztec Business Alliance support program in San Diego, California.
A combination of new equity investment, a new management team and an Applied Research Grant from the Carbon Trust is enabling us to build a series of solar powered water pumps for field trials in agriculture in Brazil, India, Ethiopia, California and either Portugal or the South of Spain. Further trials may be conducted in Ghana and Kenya, depending on resources. We have recently received confirmation of further grant funding from the Public Interest Energy Research Program, funded by the California Energy Commission, to develop an extension to the NIFTE based on the Mongolfier Hydraulic Ram, enabling it to draw water from up to 100m below ground.

We are based in the Oxford University Science Park, and carrying out our ongoing Research and Development activities in collaboration with academics and students in the Cryogenics Group at Oxford University and Imperial College.
 
We have successfully completed a round of private funding to secure Thermofluidics financial position for the foreseeable future.
 
 
Our People
Mark Bryant
Mark is Chief Executive Officer of Thermofluidics with over 25 years experience working in High Tech industries. He was Managing Director at Accenture leading their High Tech business across Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services in UK/Ireland, where he sat on the Board. Mark grew many of the Firm's most prestigious client relationships operating in the C-Suite and delivering major change programmes across all business functions. As Managing Director Mark also then delivered significant growth across a number of Accenture's businesses across Europe and Latin America. Mark is delighted to be focusing his extensive experience of global business to achieve major growth at Thermofluidics. Mark has an Engineering Degree from the University of Cambridge.


 
Tom Smith
Tom Smith is a co-founder, and the Chief Technical Officer of Thermofluidics. He is the inventor of numerous energy and water related technologies, including Thermofluidics' NIFTE and Hydraulic Ram. He has a proven track record in all aspects of start-up development including equity and grant fundraising, contract negotiation, patent drafting and a range of technical skills from mathematical and numerical modelling , through 3D CAD design to prototype fabrication and testing. Tom has a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, a first class degree in Physics from Imperial College, London and has won numerous prizes for his work including the Royal Institution Science Graduate of the Year Award, 2004, and the Sunday Times One Minute Pitch, for £100,000, in 2005.


 
Tom Law
Tom Law recently joined the Thermofluidics team to lead the development of our patented Hydraulic Ram technology. Before working withThermofluidics, he worked on the production of thermoacoustic/aerodynamic models for aircraft engine turbine manufacturer, ITP SA in Madrid, Spain. These are currently used in the design of the Rolls Royce Trent engine family. Tom has a Ph.D. in aeroacoustics from the University of Cambridge, completed as part of a large international design project with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology known as the“Silent Aircraft Initiative”. Prior to this, he gained a first class MEng degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Hull where he was the IMechE Student of the Year for each of the 4 years.


Bart Stockman
Bart has recently joined the Thermofluidics team as a Prototype Development Engineer. He has several years of experience in numerous structural and mechanical engineering projects. He has his own self-built workshop and runs Thermofluidics' U.K. field test site on his farm near Tiverton in Mid Devon. Bart has a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Exeter.
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