News

Thermofluidics successfully demonstrates a DAHR with 80% efficiency at up to 70W hydraulic power output, proving the technology’s potential as a deep-lift add-on for a human-powered treadle pump.

Thermofluidics finishes riverbank survey and delivers a complete design draft of a 4L/s valved solar-powered pumping engine prototype.

Terry Horsnell joins the Thermofluidics team as an electrical and software engineer.

Thermofluidics begins the second phase of a two-phase project to develop and install a valved solar-powered pumping engine prototype for topping load river drainage in collaboration with the U.K. Environment Agency.

Bart Stockman joins the Thermofluidics team as a full-time site engineer. Bart now runs our U.K. based field trials full time.

Thermofluidics announces a contract with The Wellcome Trust to develop an innovative, low cost irrigation pump to improve the health of smallholders in the developing world – press release here.

Thermofluidics has completed testing in the South of France on further innovations to the NIFTE heat engine technology with positive results. The company has also secured two new contracts with major NGO and environmental clients, details of which will be released shortly. Building on this success, Thermofluidics is now recruiting – the job advert can be found here.

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

Thermofluidics releases video of the Beta prototype DAHR pump operating in a stairwell pumping a 30 metre total head (15 metres above/below ground level). Also released is a video of the NIFTE operating at 5.5 metre head in a closed circuit application as well as a video at 1 metre head.

Thermofluidics presentation as winner at LAUNCH: Energy Challenge released.