ToSKa
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Project objective
Predictive power management based on environmental sensors
- Determination of the currently required power
- Prediction of actuator use and power based on the environment sensors
- Prediction of the additional power required
- Predicting the available power reserve
- Increasing the power reserve by prematurely switching off loads and/or increasing the generator output
Overview
- The aim of the joint project is to design and demonstrate new wiring system concepts for future automated vehicles that ensure the reliability of power and signal distribution.
- For a safe energy supply, the concept provides for predictive power management, which uses the new autonomous driving functions to predict the expected power requirements. In this way, safety-critical conditions are anticipated and compensated for by means of prematurely initiated measures. The efficiency of this method is optimized via an on-board network topology to be defined in the project and potential control using power semiconductors.
- Heterogeneous redundancy via a powerline-based bus system is planned for secure communication. To reduce costs, this system is specifically designed only to maintain safety-critical functions.
Pillars of the project
To achieve the overall goal of a stable and expandable vehicle electrical system for future vehicle applications, the ToSKa funding project is based on three pillars:
- Power and energy
- communication
- topology
Runtime
01.03.2017 - 29.02.2020
Project partners
- Continental Automotive GmbH, Regensburg (project coordinator)
- Ford-Werke GmbH, Ford Research & Innovation Center, Aachen
- Department of Vehicle Systems and Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, University of Kassel
- Chair of Digital and Circuit Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology
Supported by:
Federal Ministry
for Economic Affairs
and Energy
on the basis of a resolution
of the German Bundestag