1 6 instrumentation and test systems
Adapt Your
Testbed to Success
Today’s powertrains are shifting
towards more eco-friendly technologies.
Existing testbeds are being
adapted to ensure that they meet
the requirements of these technologies,
today and tomorrow. As a
result, ICE-based testbeds are being
used differently to the way
they were intended, and with today’s
huge demand to develop electrified
powertrains further adaptation
is a necessity.
As a development engineer, being
able to start the work without available
vehicle prototypes is advantageous.
Developing a hybrid operating
strategy that is based on real
measured emissions and fuel consumption
without any physical hybrid
unit available, is a major step
towards making decisions in an early
development stage. This means a
lot of calibration work can be carried
out before any hybrid engine
prototype is available on the engine
testbed, saving development time
and cost.
At AVL we can help implement hybrid
co-simulation technologies to
convert an engine testbed for hybrid
development – without any
mechanical changes required. To
achieve this, we connect the hybrid
vehicle simulation models to
the real engine on the testbed.
For MHEV development a battery
emulator is provided to deliv-
er a constant supply of power or
to mimic different battery behaviors.
This allows you to conduct
integration and validation tests,
and we can help you achieve this
by extending existing engine testbeds
with low voltage, 48 V e-storage
systems. This requires only minor
changes on the engine testbed,
since the AVL E-Storage LV trolley
that can facilitate this adaptation
and provide the current and
voltage measurement takes up only
minimal space and requires little
effort to install.
To test full hybrid systems such as
P2 or P3 architectures on an existing
test system often requires bigger
changes. Since traction e-mo-
Adapt and future
proof your existing
testbed to the
needs of today and
tomorrow's hybrid
and hydrogenpowered
engines