Main Fields of Research
Operational strategies/energy management
- Fuel cell systems
- Battery management systems
- Concepts for range extenders
- Hybrid concepts
Ecological/economic analysis
- Diffusion of new technologies on the basis of life cycle costs
- Efficiency of energy storage technologies
- Well-to-wheel analyses
Characterisation of components of advanced powertrains
- Durability
- Performance/dynamics
- Energy density
- Safety
Modelling and simulation
- Transport processes
- Flow processes
- Vehicle dynamics
- Efficiency
- System dynamics
Powertrain hybridisation/powertrain development
- Hybrid transmission
- Coupling of ancillary units
- Efficient power distribution
Production processes for components
- Fuel cell components
- Fuel cell stacks
- Battery systems
- Vehicle integration