Technical Session Schedule

Wednesday, October 3

Electric or Hydraulic? Evaluating Hybrid Technologies for Transmission Systems in Commercial Vehicles (Joint Session with CV403)
(Session Code: CV505)

Room 54/56/58  8:30 a.m.

Due to their power management capability, hybrid technologies for power transmissions systems show promise for decreasing the energy consumption of future vehicles. Electric technology has been successfully applied to passenger cars and hydraulic hybrids are showing success for heavier vehicles such as garbage trucks. However, electric technology can be successfully applied to large size vehicles and hydraulic solutions for small vehicles have also been proposed. What are really the pros and cons of the two different technologies? What has limited the commercialization of these technologies? This panel discussion will provide a forum for OEMs, suppliers and research institutes to share their insights and experiences in adopting hybrid solutions, commercial and technical challenges, and emerging solutions. Discussion topics will include: - Current trends in electric and hydraulic hybrid technologies - Features, advantages and disadvantages of the electric and hydraulic technology - Lessons learned from the first hybrids vehicles - Unique challenges faced by small and midsized OEM in ramping up hybrid technologies

Organizers - David Herbert, Sun Hydraulics Corp.; Wensi Jin, MathWorks Inc.
Chairpersons - David Herbert, Sun Hydraulics Corp.; Wensi Jin, MathWorks Inc.
Panelists -
Gerard W. Devito, Eaton Corp.
Aleksandar Egelja, Caterpillar
Monika Ivantysynova, Purdue Univ-West Lafayette
Dan Johnson, Lightning Hybrids
Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Illinois Institute of Technology

Planned by Fluid Power and Hydraulics Group / Commercial Vehicle Activity