Dielectric electro active polymers: development of an industry

Design and development of autonomous high voltage driving system for DEAP actuator in radiator thermostat

“…In terms of specifications for the HV driving system, the continuous capacitive load charging or discharging time is demanded in limited time. Considering the intrinsic capacitive property of DEAP actuator, the energy recovery technique is desirable in order to recycle the energy stored in the actuator back to the source when it needs to be released, with the final goal of extending the lifetime of the batteries [5] [6]. The DEAP actuator as well as the entire HV driving system, eventually, needs to be placed inside the thermostat.…”

Identification of critical technology building blocks

“…The DEAP technology had the potential for multi-industry application as a transducer sub-system (actuator, generator, or sensor). The development included a substantial part of the value chain (Tryson and Kiil, 2010), ranging from the core polymer material, through the transducer concept definition, and over to testing of the product concepts in four industrial applications (Sarban and Guðlaugsson, 2013).…”

“…This example is concentrated on only a partial view of the full overview, i.e. the electrical driver for the DEAP transducer was not included as the main properties of the DEAP product were found in the transducer (Tryson and Kiil, 2010). The overview levels followed the proposed main structure of Step 1, as well as the levels of the project, i.e.…”

“…A spin-out company aimed to commercialize the DEAP technology based on a patent (Tryson and Kiil, 2010). The DEAP technology had the potential for multi-industry application as a transducer sub-system (actuator, generator, or sensor).…”

“…A large part of the value chain may have to be developed from scratch when a novel technology is used for definition of new products (Tryson and Kiil, 2010; Wood and Brown, 1998).…”