A Flexible Net Zero Hybrid Power System for Off Highway Applications

Perkins Engines Company Limited、Equipmake和拉夫堡大学（Loughborough University）将合作设计、开发并展示一种创新的“插入式”预集成、高度可配置的电动混合动力系统，该系统能够使用氢或低碳强度燃料运行，广泛的客户可以将其轻松集成到他们的非公路车辆和机器中。许多非公路车辆和机械制造商缺乏将先进动力系统集成到其产品中的规模和资源。这限制了低碳动力系统在英国非道路移动机械（NRMM）市场的渗透。这将影响工业支持英国政府在建筑和基础设施等工业部门实现净零排放目标的能力。正如先进推进中心2040年路线图报告所述，越野车辆的能源转型将需要多种替代燃料\[including hydrogen and lower-carbon intensity fuels,\]以及不同程度的电气化。每种应用的最合适的解决方案将由机器的操作概况以及工作现场不同能源的可用性决定。这些不同的燃料类型在发动机设计上有很大的不同，并能产生不同的动力特性，从而影响传动和机器的设计。这使得将它们集成到数千种用于执行不同工作功能的机器中成为一个巨大的挑战。利用项目合作伙伴的大量技能，该项目提出，通过电力系统设计和电力混合的创新组合，灵活的燃料插入式替代电源组是可能的，大大减少了变革的障碍，并加速了许多非道路移动机器应用向净零的过渡。

The collaboration between Perkins Engines Company Limited, Equipmake, and Loughborough University is to design, develop and demonstrate an innovative 'drop-in' pre-integrated, highly configurable electric hybrid power system capable of operating using hydrogen or lower carbon intensity fuels that a wide-range of customers can readily incorporate into their off-highway vehicles and machines.Many off-highway vehicle and machine manufacturers lack the scale and resources to integrate advanced power systems into their products. This is limiting the penetration of reduced carbon power systems in the UK Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) markets. This will impact the ability of industry to support the UK government's targets for net zero in industrial sectors such as construction and infrastructure.As outlined in the Advanced Propulsion Centre's roadmap 2040 report, the energy transition for off road vehicles will require a diverse range of alternative fuels \[including hydrogen and lower-carbon intensity fuels,\] combined with varying degrees of electrification. The most appropriate solution for each application will be determined by the operational profile of the machine, as well as availability of different energy sources at the work site. Many of these different fuel types require significant differences in engine design and can produce different power characteristics which effect transmission and machine design. This makes integrating them into the thousands of machine types used to perform different job functions, a big challenge.Using the vast skills of project partners, this project proposes that through an innovative combination of power system design and electric hybridisation, a flexibly fuelled drop-in replacement powerpack is possible, greatly reducing the barriers to change and accelerating the transition to net zero for many non-road mobile machine applications.