MuVaTherm - energy management for fuel cell electric vehicles using multivalent thermal management valves
Present Research Project

To improve the efficiency of thermal management in fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), this project investigates a novel thermal management system for FCEVs based on specially developed multi-functional thermal management valves and coolant pumps using simulation. A research prototype will be built, and its functionality will be experimentally verified.

The main task of the ALF professorship, in collaboration with Litens, is the modeling and simulation of the dynamic electrical and thermal behavior of the overall fuel cell vehicle system. The overall model serves to investigate the dynamic processes within the vehicle's thermal management system and forms the basis for the model-based development of an optimizing energy management strategy that utilizes the thermal management valves and pumps developed in the project.

Duration: 01.08.22 - 31.07.2025

Project Partners:

• Litens Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
• BRINKMANN PUMPS, K.H. Brinkmann GmbH & Co. KG
• ACTech GmbH
• Materialise GmbH
• ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
• Technische Universität Chemnitz/Professur Alternative Fahrzeugantriebe

Funding: Technologieoffensive Wasserstoff im 7. Energieforschungsprogram          

Förderkennzeichen: 03EN5028F

Fördergeber: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz BMWK

 Projektträger: Projektträger Jülich (PtJ)

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