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Mid-Term Project PresentationCopenhagen, 6 February 2014
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SEQ patent inventionPCT/IT2007/000554,granted by EPO,USPTO, CIPO,…
K-VEC project goalsRealization of a pure EV with the following specs:
Autonomy can be moved from the vehicle to the territory (road infrastructure)
K-vec prototype Technology target values
Vehicle autonomy (km) 1-2 1-10
Charging time 40”- 60” 10”- 20”
On-vehicle energy storagesystem LCA
----Improvement compared to
standard pure EV
Overall costs (investments +operational)
----Reduction, compared to
standard pure EV
Charging system Automatic
Braking energy recovery > 95%
Deployability in urban context In sub-urban context
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K-VEC project's contribution to the Key dimension objectives
1. Socio economic issues
- Energy savings in EV transport;- Cost reduction in EVs that will increase social acceptability - Increasing deployment of EVs within current transportation systems.
2. Technological strategies
- Low cost recharging infrastructure for EM, deployable on several types of vehicles
- A boost of ITC applied to transportation: K-VEC implies a fully controlled two-ways com link between vehicle(s) and stops.
- A thoroughly new system concept of energy and power management on an EV, validated by the main public patent offices (US, CAN, EU,...).
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Electrochemicalsystems
ECDLsystems
Energy density (Wh/kg) Up to 250 Up to 30
Charging time Ca. 15/30 min* Ca 5-20 sec.**
Lifecycle (n. charging cycles) 200 (Pb) - 2500 (LiOn) > 1.000.000
Dismission/disposal complex n.a.
OPEX High Very low
Initial costs (€/Wh) 0,14 (pb) – 1,2 (LiOn) 10
LCA costs (€/kWh) 0,70 (pb) – 0,48 (LiOn) 0,01
* According to technology, power, life cycle,...** According to technology, power, power line and connections, ...
The K-VEC enabling technology: ultracapacitors
Ultra-capacitors at the stop
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standard grid connection
On-road feeding carpet
300 kg of ultra-capacitors� store up to 1,5-4,2 kWh (4-15 MJ) of energy � enable a 20 tons vehicle to ride for > 3 km� could be recharged in few seconds
System’s components
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Working cycle
Prototype carpets 1 (PCB)
PCB design
PCB manufactured
Cable passage layout
Prototype carpet 2 (bronze, brass & vetronite)
Socket bronze prototypes
Solid brass & vetronite carpet prototype
Sensorized Plug prototype(avionic aluminum, vetronite, gold plated probes, sensors, actuators,…)
Testing the Plug prototype on a movable frame simulating a vehicle, automatic control
UltraCapacitor’s charging and monitoring electronic system development
UC on-vehicle
UC charging system test bench
UC charging system boards
Probe tests
Mercedes-Benz CITO hybrid bus adaptation to K-Vecsystem’s deployment
CITO Bus procurement
Bus engine re-link for bus control system
layout design
Room cleared for K-vec components
Bus / Probe Integration
design
Depiction of the K-VEC systemReliability analysis using the workflow of methods including RBD, FTA, FMECA, MTBFEvaluation and minimization of risks Requirements
Components
Processes
Functions
K-VEC system
Reliabilityparameters,
risks
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Three routes of a german public transport provider were evaluated for
● distance between two stops
● minimal door open time
● slope
Sequoia Automation S.r.l. - All rights reserved
Mid-Term Project PresentationCopenhagen, 6 February 2014