Profile region mobility systems Karlsruhe
Congested roads, high noise levels and high levels of particulate matter in the air are increasingly reducing the quality of life in cities. Holistic solution concepts are needed here to make mobility more CO2-neutral and sustainable, so that emissions are widely reduced and mobility becomes future-oriented. At the same time, new technologies must be developed to make traffic management more efficient and safer. The Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe project addresses these issues and aims, for example, to test networked and autonomous driving functions for safety in a virtual test field, to develop lightweight battery systems or to reduce emissions from combustion engines through alternative fuels.
IEEM and IKKU research for resource-saving and demand-oriented mobility
The project serves to network the Karlsruhe institutions: KIT, Fraunhofer, HKA and FZI and is led by 3 cluster managers. The profile region is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg in equal parts by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Housing, as well as by own shares of the participating research institutions.
The project is divided into the fields:
- Transport and Society
- Digitisation
- Vehicle and environment
The Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences is active with its research activities cross-sectionally in the fields, especially within the following focus areas:
- Virtual test bed for the verification of connected and autonomous driving functions (IEEM), learn more
- Development of a propulsion system with aromatic-free fuels on a regenerative basis with the sub-work package: "Surface ignition as combustion control using digital development methods" (IKKU), learn more
Sub-project of IKKU
The Institute for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Environmental Technology at HKA is developing an emission-neutral drive based on regeneratively produced, low-aromatic fuels. These fuels are being investigated in experimental tests on a 1-cylinder test bench in conjunction with surface ignition. In addition to determining the ignition behaviour (e.g. glow ignition properties), the aim is in particular to investigate the formation of emissions. These low-aromatic fuels are continuously subjected to extensive experimental testing on the single-cylinder engine test bench. The inovative ignition systems are used and the ignition, as well as the emission formation are analysed.
More about our equipment: GenLab
Subproject of the IEEM
The Institute for Energy Efficient Mobility at HKA is applying its expertise to innovative and networked systems and functions that serve to promote resource-conserving and demand-oriented mobility. One example is a combined energy and route management system for e-vehicles that adapts energy consumption to the remaining route in a sensible and predictive manner depending on internal vehicle conditions and environmental variables. In terms of safety, such systems rely significantly on the quality, consistency and safeguarding of the interfaces to humans and the environment. Another focus of the institute is therefore on the safeguarding and secure processing of these interfaces, especially with regard to security influences.
More about our equipment: Automotive Mobility Lab
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Karlsruhe
Institute of Energy Efficient Mobility (IEEM)
Moltkestr. 30
76133 Karlsruhe
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Institute of Energy Efficient Mobility (IEEM)
Postfach 2440
76012 Karlsruhe