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eMPROVE – Flagship Project of Electromobility
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eMPROVE aims at innovative solutions for the industrialization of
electrified vehicles, increasing both energy and cost efficiency, with
particular focus on possibilities for future industrial mass production.
The Project eMPROVE
Our USPs
The flagship project eMPROVE aims at innovative solutions for
the industrialization of electrified vehicles, increasing both energy and cost efficiency, with particular focus on possibilities for
future industrial mass production. This will be accomplished by
improving dedicated vehicle components (e.g. transmission, energy storage systems), by using novel methods, processes and
materials for new components (e.g. for battery housing, gear box
and thermoelectric heating), and by integrating requirements
and recommendations regarding recycling and second life of
battery systems into the development and product cycle. Eventually, eMPROVE will offer an internationally competitive combination of performance capability with increased energy efficiency (range, comfort, safety) and cost-effectiveness/efficiency
(mass production and recycling/second life of energy storage
systems).
eMPROVE is able to provide a main contribution to a plug-in
hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and a modularized battery system
pack for BEVs and PHEVs, both serving as volume models for the
global market (planned market entry 2020).
• Focus on mass production from requirements to product
• Focus on recycling of environmentally critical components
of the storage and energy system
• Design of intelligent battery housing concept
• Second Life Cycle Instructions for batteries
• Demonstrators for PHEV (overall system) and modularized
battery (component level)
Impact for 2020
• Series production of efficient & production-optimized
electrified trans-mission unit
• Modularized battery component system ready for
various applications
• Significant improvements regarding energy efficiency for
next generation electric vehicles (incl. safety and comfort)
• Batteries design ready for second life
Project Data
Project Title: eMPROVE
Duration: 01 october 2015 – 30 September 2018
Consortium Leader: IESTA - Institute for advanced Energy
Systems & Transport Applications
Consortium: AVL List, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, ATT
advanced thermal technologies, 4a manufacturing, IESTA, LKR
Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen, Montanuniversität
Leoben, REDUX Recycling, SAMSUNG SDI Batteries Systems,
Saubermacher, Virtual Vehicle, Zoerkler Gears
Project Budget: 6.7 M €
Project Funding: 2.8 M €
Focus of eMPROVE
• Development and Build-up of demonstrators:
1) PHEV full demonstration vehicle based on a Golf class
vehicle and
2) Modularized battery system demonstrator including
new technology elements (e.g. heating device for high
efficient warm up of vehicle and transmission)
• Demonstration of full PHEV vehicle, battery and results of industrial research
2 Batteries Safety, Recycling and Second Life
Design
Second
Life
Recycling
· Design rules
· Virtual disassembly
· Recycling quota
· Assessment of design
· Second life enablers
· Cell status device
· Safety issues
· Logistic concept
· Pure mechanical
recycling process
· Further treatment
of output materials
Security and environment
1 Energy- & cost-optimized Demonstrator
for PHEV and Battery
3 Research for Improvement
• Improve component energy efficiency by 4% via thermal active
material based on sheet layer composite m and integration of
heating technologies, while keeping the same costs
• Development, integration and demonstration of surface
heating concepts in order to improve the efficiency of the
cabin heating system
• Development, integration and demonstration of thermal
active gearbox housing concept in order to intelligently
control the oil temperature also while the vehicle is parked
• Recycling concepts for new developed materials
• T he Consortium
• Increase of energy efficiency of overall recycling process due
to pure mechanical recycling step up to 20% + Cost reduction
by 5% via re-design and re-design and increased output
fraction quality
•D
evelopment of design rules regarding future recycling
concepts to include recycling already during the development
process (mass producibility)
• E xtension of battery safety life cycle to logistics, second
life, decommissioning and recycling, indicating potential
influence factors on early battery design and risk mitigation
measures (instructions)
• Virtual disassembly of existing and new developed systems
•A
ssessment of materials for second life handling and
establishment of instructions for design compartments for
future batteries suited for second life
Coordinator
DI Dr. Michael Noest, MBA
emprove@iesta.at
www.emprove.at
This project is funded by the Climate and Energy Fonds and realized in the programme “Flagship projects of electromobility”.
Operative Project Leader
DI (FH) Jörg Worschech
joerg.worschech@iesta.at
www.iesta.at