Method development for low-emission engine starts

Research Project, 2019 – 2021

This project will focus on the emissions and vibrations related to engine starts in the studied hybrid driveline by
minimizing torque variations on the drive shafts at engine starts and to develop low-emission start strategies for the
lower cost PFI engine. These strategies must be relevant also for renewable fuels, for example methanol. The
project will be run by CEVT and Chalmers in cooperation, where CEVT take responsibility for the test object and
one industrial PhD student within Automatic controls, and where Chalmers take responsibility for the hybrid test
cell including staff, one PhD student within Combustion Engines and the supervision of both PhD students. The
results from this project will be published and form the base for two PhD dissertations. The project is by CEVT run
in close cooperation with Geely Powertrain and the results will be highly useful for the whole Geely Group.