A consortium consisting of BMW, Daimler, Bosch, Volkswagen, Siemens, Infineon Fraunhofer, AVL Software, the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Lenze Drives, Aachen University and Leibniz University is to investigate how batteries can be charged more efficiently.
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing funding in the amount of about Euro 3.9 million to the project which is called Luftstrom.
The use of new power semiconductors is expected to reduce losses during charging and, ultimately, make charging almost noiseless.
Electric vehicles are mainly charged overnight. However, charging in the charging device and voltage regulators creates heat that fans of water-cooled aggregates have to dissipate, for example. This can be quite noisy.
As a result of the Luftstrom research, the electronic power components will lower the losses during charging by 30%. This means lower waste heat – and with less cooling effort the cooling units become more compact and operate more quietly. Components that already cause very few losses, such as auxiliary power supplies, might even be able to do without the previously required water cooling – which means that the loud fans would be eliminated.
The key to low-loss power electronics lies in state-of-the-art power semiconductors based on gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC). The Luftstrom project will therefore also determine how such power semiconductors can be used reliably in charging devices, voltage regulators and inverters for auxiliary power units. Its research results will accelerate the transition to air-cooled and fan-less systems for future generations of electric vehicles.
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