Title
High Performance Electric Compressor (HiComp2)

CoPED ID
13f39692-cb06-4552-b90d-b245d9c031ef

Status
Closed


Value
£5,224,332

Start Date
July 31, 2019

End Date
March 30, 2022

Description

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Commercial vehicles contribute to 25% of all transport CO2 emissions in the EU, but to date have not been subject to CO2 emissions regulations. Commercial vehicle CO2 regulations are expected within the next 5 years. Additionally, air quality in cities is increasingly has become a major issue, leading to many cities announcing stricter emissions legislation in poor air quality areas. These developments will lead to an increasing requirement for zero emission capability for commercial vehicles. All medium and heavy commercial vehicles require a compressed air supply for brake and suspension operation. Conventionally the compressor is engine driven, however zero emission running requires that the compressor be electrically driven. Current solutions to this need are inefficient, heavy and expensive. Equipmake, Hieta, Bladon, and University of Bath will under this project collaboratively develop a novel high speed twin turbine compressor utilising state of the art developments in the fields of turbomachinery and power electronics producing a more efficient, significantly lighter and lower cost compressor. The product will act as an enabler to accelerate the adoption of zero emission commercial vehicles.

Equipmake Limited LEAD_ORG
Equipmake Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
University of Bath PARTICIPANT_ORG
Bladon Jets (UK) Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
Hieta Technologies Ltd PARTICIPANT_ORG

Ian Foley PM_PER
Ian Foley PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Vehicles
  3. Compressors
  4. Air quality
  5. Energy efficiency
  6. Suspension (vehicles)
  7. Air protection
  8. Lorries
  9. Brakes
  10. Compressed air
  11. Carbon dioxide

Extracted key phrases
  1. Commercial vehicle CO2 regulation
  2. Emission commercial vehicle
  3. High Performance Electric Compressor
  4. Heavy commercial vehicle
  5. CO2 emission regulation
  6. Transport CO2 emission
  7. Strict emission legislation
  8. Emission capability
  9. Emission running
  10. Poor air quality area
  11. Novel high speed twin turbine compressor
  12. Compressed air supply
  13. Low cost compressor
  14. Art development
  15. City

Related Pages

UKRI project entry

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