Libertine FPE signs Memorandum of Understanding with Enovate

Libertine FPE signs Memorandum of Understanding with Enovate

Joins Advanced Propulsion Centre UK on Chinese Technology Mission 7 January 2019: Libertine FPE Limited (‘Libertine’), the Smart Engine IP licensing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chinese automotive company Enovatemotors, with the intent to work together on future ‘Smart Range Extenders’ based on an innovative ‘Free Piston Engine’ (FPE) design. Enovatemotors … Read more

Libertine’s technology development centre opened

Libertine's research and development facility opens

Sir Gary Verity, Yorkshire ambassador, has officially opened Libertine’s new technology development centre in Sheffield.

Sir Gary, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, formally opened the new research and development facility, which will also act as Libertine’s headquarters, for furthering the global development of linear motor-generator technologies.

The 6,610 sq ft unit located at Sheffield’s Vantage Park industrial estate, will progress the research, development and prototyping of linear power generation systems and free piston engines to profit from clean sources of energy worldwide, such as agricultural waste material, biomass and biofuels.

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Libertine exhaust heat recovery system demonstrated at Brighton University

A new type of automotive waste heat recovery system has been fired up on a recently commissioned test rig at the University of Brighton. The organic rankine cycle test rig uses a novel linear free piston expander to overcome the technical and economic barriers to using rankine cycle technology for automotive waste heat recovery.

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