Investigating hybridization possibilities from the driveline with hydrodynamic transmission
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Context
Because of the recent focus and stricter government legislation on CO2 emissions, hybridization becomes interesting for driveline manufacturers.
For a large supplier of off-highway transmissions, ALTEN conducted research on electrical and hydraulic hybrids for the off-highway vehicle market. The research on different aspects of this technology was conducted in collaboration with other specialists (University of Brussels, Flanders’ Mechatronics Technology Centre).
ALTEN's achievements
The following tasks were performed:
Hydraulic hybrid
Theoretical study of hybridisation possibilities and influence parameters
Setting up test bench and starting HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulations
Electrical hybrid
Theoretical study of hybridization possibilities for 4 vehicles
Extra: simulations power-split system.
ALTEN's Added value
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