The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will be hosting a demonstration day to showcase innovations from the Beyond Battery Power Phase 2 competition. The purpose of this event is to encourage collaboration and focus between end users and the successful suppliers within this competition, with a view to further developing exploitation routes. This event will bring together key stakeholders, those with an interest in reliably generating alternative power sources as well as relevant government organisations.

The focus of the day is to:

Provide an opportunity for those suppliers funded as part of the Beyond Battery Power competition to demonstrate the current capability of their product
Outline the potential capability of their product following further investment
To inspire support from potential end users or technology exploiters.

Why Attend?

It is also an exciting opportunity to see and hear about the innovations which have progressed into Phase 2, speak directly with the suppliers, MOD, other government organisations and staff from DASA. Enabling you to;

Learn about new technology and their possible exploitation routes
Form new and beneficial collaborative partnerships
Identify new project opportunities
Learn how the DASA process works and how you could secure funding for future projects.

Who Should Attend?

Public sector organisations interested in the reliable generation of power or integrating these technologies.
An Industry sector that may be able to integrate this technology into a larger system or platform, or requires reliable, remote power generation for up to 2 days
Agencies where mobile power is a key component

Agenda

The agenda will follow shortly but will consist of:

Presentation sessions giving contracted suppliers the opportunity to introduce their projects and perform a live demonstration
An open networking session allowing interested attendees to discuss projects in more detail with suppliers
Presentations by the Knowledge Transfer Network, DASA and the Armed Forces

Background to Beyond Battery Power

Through the Beyond Battery Power competition, Defence and Security Accelerator were looking for proposals for technologies that would reliably generate power for man-portable and robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) where current power sources (batteries, standard internal combustion engines) could not adequately supply the required capability. These technologies were intended to be small, lightweight, modular and preferably have a low acoustic and/or infrared signature.

Particularly technologies:

to improve endurance; stretching to days rather than hours
that are lightweight and man-portable
that have high energy density; greater than 1,000 watt hours per kg
that are low acoustic and/or infrared signature

What technologies are being demonstrated?

There were 3 successful suppliers who gained funding through DASA. These are:

ARTIC VIDA have developed a vacuum engine specifically focusing efficient use of the fuel.
UCL have developed a packaged fuel cell system able to generate power from small cartridges of ammonia.
The University of Sussex have been exploring the benefits of exploiting stored energy to return a two stroke engine reciprocating piston onto the compression stroke without a crankshaft or flywheel. The initial tests have highlighted some design challenges, which are currently being addressed prior to further testing.

Please note:

Registration closes at 17:00, 22 May 2019
Further location details will be released week commencing 6 May 2019
If the event is oversubscribed, we may place a limitation on the number of attendees from a single organisation

Beyond Battery Power Demo Day