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The team at BluWāv develops and commercializes its breakthrough hybrid-electric driveline technology by maintaining and nurturing key core
competencies within the group. The team is organized into two functional groups representing electric drive design and development, and overall
vehicle integration. BluWāv's core competencies are listed below:
Motor Design
- ELECTROMAGNETICS - Electromagnetic circuit finite element modeling and design of various electric machine technologies using state-of-the-art development tools and proprietary techniques.
- THERMAL - heat generation, rejection, and overall thermal management of propulsion system in steady-state or transient operation with simulation and validation of electric machine as well as integrated electronics and controller thermal performance.
- MECHANICAL - complete design, integration, packaging of drive, motor and all rotating components, including rotor assembly, bearings, shafts, gear and gear reduction assemblies, and intelligent positioning, sealing, and structural validation of, housings, cabling, electronics, and cooling systems.
Motor Control Hardware, Software, and Drive Electronics
- POWER ELECTRONICS - low voltage MOSFET and high voltage IGBT bridges (full/half bridge), bus distribution and interconnects.
- GATE DRIVE AND FAULT TOLERANT DESIGNS integrated diagnostics and fault management, electrical protection, current, and voltage sensing.
- CONTROLS - efficient control using latest techniques of position sensing, vector drive, field weakening, and phase advance for overall electric machine operational efficiency with compensation for variation in bus voltage, internal motor and external ambient temperature, rpm, and required torque production.
- INTERFACE - Electrical interfaces to application, vehicle controller, energy storage, etc.
- CONTROL HARDWARE - multiple DSP and micro-controller platforms.
- PERIPHERAL INTERFACE - external parametric calibration, user/operator, peripherals.
- FUNCTIONS - Options that are controllable by design, the factory, the user, the system.
Vehicle Requirements Analysis, System Optimization, and Performance Validation
- DYNAMIC VEHICLE MODELING - enables electric machine and energy storage technology comparisons, system and component sizing, optimization, and control system development while establishing and/or measuring vehicle performance attributes such as acceleration, gradeability, all-wheel-drive and stability enhancement performance (when applicable), and fuel economy assessment using simulated or actual drive cycles.
- MECHANICAL DESIGN CAPABILITY - structural chassis and drive train components including axles, transfer cases, suspension, steering, and brake systems.
- VEHICLE INTEGRATION PROFICIENCY - interface design and packaging of electric propulsion system components, system topology analysis and "right-sizing" components.
- VEHICLE DYNAMICS MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS - verification of architectural design, functional attributes and performance of electric propulsion systems.
Vehicle Control Systems
- AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS - electric distribution system and in-vehicle communication network design for seamless integration of hybrid technology.
- AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS - design of power and control electronics to manage electric propulsion system hardware.
- VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS - total torque and energy management algorithms, on-vehicle communication, diagnostic and data acquisition systems.
- ELECTRONICS & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT - established vehicle control hardware and algorithm development infrastructure designed to allow for rapid transformation from prototype controls development in the Matlab/Simulink environment to production software release.
Energy Storage Systems
- BATTERY PACK DESIGN AND ANALYSIS - optimal configuration for energy needs of specific vehicle applications, cell level and pack testing infrastructure established and operational.
- BATTERY MANAGEMENT - electronics hardware and proprietary algorithm developed to monitor, control, and report the state of charge and state of health of a battery pack and when applicable, balance and monitor individual cells.
Systems Integration and Testing
System, Component, and End of Line Testing & Design
Test fixture design & build
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