Unlocking the potential of a Free Piston Engine range-extender

该项目将证明，释放创新的自由活塞发动机（FPE）技术的理论潜力是可行的，可以为混合动力电动汽车提供更高的效率和显著减少的二氧化碳排放。自由活塞发动机是一种颠覆性技术，与传统的基于往复式发动机的增程器相比，其效率有可能提高30%，但到目前为止，这在很大程度上只通过模拟和桌面显示。该项目将通过以下方式证明FPE技术用于车辆增程器应用的可行性：·开发FPE控制策略，以提供高效率和低CO2排放·规范和设计创新的电力电子驱动器，以控制和优化FPE线性电动机/发电机的电能产生·确定最合适的车辆应用和FPE增程器的市场潜力

The project will show it is feasibly to unlock the theoretical potential of innovative Free Piston Engine (FPE)technology to deliver increased efficiency and significanly reduced CO2 emissions for hybrid electric vehicles.Free Piston Engines are disruptive technology offering the potential of a 30% efficiency improvement overconventional reciprocating engine based range extenders but until now this has largely only been shownthrough simulation and desk-based analysis.This project will demonstrate the feasibility of FPE technology for vehicle range extender applications by:• Development of an FPE control strategy that delivers the high efficiency and low CO2 emissions• Specification and design of an innovative power electronics drive for controlling and optimising theelectrical energy generation from FPE linear motor/generators• identifying the most appropriate vehicle applications and the market potential for FPE range-extenders