Project ZERAUD Proof of Concept Hybrid Truck Trailer Prototype

重型车辆的零排放之路是漫长而复杂的，需要对基础设施进行重大改变，才能实现全程零排放。ZERAUD项目由Innovate UK IDP 15资助，旨在评估将电力驱动装置安装到半挂车上的可行性，使牵引车单元能够正常运行，但半挂车可以（有效地）推动零排放的组合在城镇周围行驶。提供75英里零排放范围覆盖500英里/天的卡车，使二氧化碳净减少15%-立法要求到2025年减少15%。该项目旨在生产一种原型电气化半挂车，可以连接到牵引车单元进行概念验证工作，并向最终用户/潜在投资者进行演示，为更大规模的试验和预试验做准备。作为可行性研究的一部分，Clairvaux有限公司制作了详细的图纸，并申请了在战车上安装电力驱动系统的专利，该系统提供了牵引车单元和半挂车之间的接口。在这个研发项目中，我们将与英国一家半挂车制造商合作，生产一辆带有战车和电力驱动的完整挂车。我们还将开发牵引车和半挂车之间的通信，使电驱动系统能够及时响应加速器和制动器信号，使柴油和电力之间的切换尽可能平稳和不引人注意。通过为专业的城市拖车配备零排放能力，使整个卡车-拖车组合，向净零交通的转变可以加速--通过比长途更快地将更短、更轻的旅行改为电动，重型运输-以及即时改善市区空气质素。我们的目标是邀请一间大型超级市场及一间环球包裹速递公司参与我们的示范计划，商业信誉的概念。

The Road to Zero for heavy-duty vehicles is long and complicated, requiring significant changes to infrastructure before the whole journey can become zero emissions.Project ZERAUD was funded by Innovate UK IDP 15 to assess the feasibility of putting electric drive onto a semi-trailer to allow the tractor unit to operate as usual, but for the semi-trailer to (effectively) push the combination around town with Zero Tailpipe Emissions. Providing 75miles zero emissions range to a truck covering 500miles/day gives a net 15% reduction in CO2 - Legislation requires a 15% reduction by 2025\.This project aims to produce a prototype electrified semi-trailer that can be coupled to a tractor unit for proof of concept work and for demonstration to end users / potential investors in preparation for larger scale trials and pre-production development work.Clairvaux Ltd produced detail drawings and applied for a patent for installing an electric drive system on a chariot which provides the interface between tractor unit and semi-trailer, as part of the Feasibility Study. In this R&D project, we will work with a UK semi-trailer manufacturer to produce a complete trailer with chariot and electric drive. We will also develop the communications between tractor & semi-trailer so that the electric drive responds at the right time to the accelerator & brake signals, making the switch from diesel to electric and back again as smooth and unnoticeable as possible.By equipping specialist urban trailers with the zero emissions capability for the whole truck-trailer combination, the move to Net Zero Transport can be accelerated - by changing the shorter, lighter-weight journeys to electric sooner than long-distance, heavy haulage journeys - and an immediate improvement in Urban Air Quality.We aim to include a major supermarket and a global parcels delivery company in our demonstration programme to provide commercial credibility to the concept.