Alchemi · programme 09
CALOR
Power from heat that would otherwise be wasted.
A clean-sheet Reinventy programme for a high-temperature thermoelectric skin whose architected thermal lattice concentrates useful heat while protecting its electronics.
EARLY-STAGE R&D · THERMAL-LATTICE BENCH VALIDATION IS THE NEXT GATE
Concept visualization · not a tested CALOR skin · no measured performance implied
01 · The leap
From waste heat to a protected source of power.
High-temperature energy harvesting is limited by more than the thermoelectric junction: the electronics that use the power must survive beside the hot surface. CALOR explores a thermal metamaterial that concentrates heat where conversion is useful and diverts it around a protected electronics pocket, forming one self-sustaining sensing skin.
02 · One skin, three ambitions
Concentrate. Convert. Protect.
CALOR's novelty path treats heat-flow architecture and electronics survival as one governed materials problem.
Concentrate
Steer heat flux through an architected lattice so a useful local temperature gradient reaches the conversion junction.
Convert
Integrate high-temperature thermoelectric elements where the concentrated gradient can feed autonomous sensing.
Protect
Divert heat around a bounded cool pocket so the associated electronics can remain viable.
03 · Born inside Alchemi
Industrial heat defines the opportunity. Alchemi governs where every thermal path must go.
Reinventy combines refractory materials, thermal management, autonomous sensing and edge systems. Alchemi compares lattice candidates, conversion interfaces and protection strategies while bench measurements keep simulated heat maps tied to physical temperature and power data.
04 · Civil pathways first
The first fuel is heat industry already discards.
Open civil plants provide measurable hot surfaces where conversion, isolation and long-duration sensor operation can be validated without overstating the programme.
Furnaces & kilns
Battery-free sensing around persistent high-temperature industrial processes.
Exhausts & turbines
Harvesting research on bounded hot-flow surfaces and rotating-equipment infrastructure.
Steel & cement
Autonomous telemetry where battery service is difficult and waste heat is abundant.
Industrial IoT
Self-powered sensor nodes for condition monitoring in prohibitive thermal environments.
05 · Evidence path
The skin must power a real load while keeping its electronics cool.
CALOR advances only when declared hot-side conditions produce repeatable thermal concentration, electrical output and protected-pocket temperatures on physical hardware.
Programme definition
Thermal environment, sensor load, protection boundary and evidence plan are declared.
Lattice bench
Map heat flow and conversion across an architected coupon with a bounded cool zone.
Next gateIntegrated skin
Combine the lattice, thermoelectric junction and sensor electronics in one traceable article.
Demonstrator
Transfer validated operation to a bounded furnace, exhaust or industrial-process surface.
Build the evidence
A partner for the first physical CALOR campaign.
Reinventy is interested in thermal laboratories, thermoelectric specialists, industrial plant operators, refractory-material partners and sensor integrators.