This research investigates the effects of an electric turbocharger in a hybrid electric powertrain. First generic vehicle models are created and run to understand the overall powertrain requirements of torque, power and energy of a performance consumer vehicle. Then a low fidelity baseline model of a conventional vehicle is created in Simulink to serve as a baseline measure. To analyze an electric turbocharger system a high-fidelity model in AMESIM of a 4 cylinder turbocharged engine was modified. This engine model was analyzed using virtual dynamometer tests and a simplified look-up table based controller was developed for the electric motor within the electric turbocharger. Next this engine model was inserted within three different types of hybrid powertrain architectures models in AMESIM. Each hybrid powertrain required a unique supervisory controller which was developed using Stateflow in Simulink. These controller algorithms were imported into AMESIM and the model was simulated over standard drive cycles. Since a very wide variation of electrification level exists within hybrid powertrains the supervisory controllers are calibrated for charge-sustaining simulations. This allows for impartial comparisons across the hybrid architectures. Lastly a track drive cycle was developed to understand electric turbocharger effects under high performance loading conditions / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc) / Turbochargers on internal combustion engines can utilize a portion of waste exhaust energy to pump more air into the cylinder leading to greater power and efficiency. A modern high performance 4-cylinder turbocharged engine is capable of replacing a V6 engine of much higher cylinder displacement. However turbocharged engines suffer from ‘turbo lag’ when the engine cannot immediately produce power. An electric turbocharger can virtually eliminate this ‘turbo lag’ as well as generate electricity from excess energy the turbocharger does not use. Electric turbochargers have been development by researchers and various automotive manufacturers. However the potential effects of such a system within the framework of a hybrid electric powertrain in a consumer vehicle has not been quantified. The objective of this research is to use high fidelity models to investigate the effects of an electric turbocharger system within a hybrid powertrain.

Researchers have tried to identify the viral factor involved in making a transformed cell oncogenic in newborn hamsters. Although studies on the viral proteins from transformed cells failed to show a relationship to oncogenicity, this study intended to identify and map viral mRNAs from these transformed cell lines in order to test the same relationship. Northern blot hybridizations were used to study the AD5 E1 region specific mRNAs from ten transformed cell lines. These cell lines had been transformed with either virus, total restriction endonuclease digested viral DNA, or specific fragments of viral DNA from the left hand end of the genome. All of these lines were selected for their varying oncogenicity in newborn hamsters, and for the size of the transforming fragment. Ad5 DNA fragments inserted into recombinant plasmids were used as the probes for detection of mRNAs, providing tools for mapping transformed cell mRNAs to specific regions of the Ad5 genome. The results failed to show a relationship between E1 region mRNA production and oncogenicity, but did reveal unusual mRNA transcription patterns from most of the cell lines. All the transformed cell lines tested appeared to have only an E1B 22s mRNA as the major mRNA from that region. An E1A/E1B cotranscript was identified as well as viral/cell chimeric mRNAs. These chimeras were due to either run-off transcription or to preinitiation in cellular sequences. / Thesis / Master of Science (MS)

The aim of the thesis was to obtain information on the effect of hybrid combination, gender and weight of cold JUT on carcass ratios in final pig hybrids. 1742 pig carcasses of four hybrid pig combinations were included in the carcass monitoring: PIC, Topigs, Danbred and France Hybrides. The average carcass weight was 89 kg with an average muscle mass of 59.5%, represented mostly by quality classes S and E. The higher fat content of pigs versus gilts was shown. With increasing slaughter weight, the proportion of muscle decreased and the proportion of fat increased.

This report covers the conceptual design of a new one person hybrid vehicle that is to be fast and convenient to drive on the roads. The vehicle is most of all supposed to be used as a commute vehicle but can also be used at other occasions as well. During the work with this project the group has focused on three larger areas, the outer design (body), wheel chassis and an ergonomically designed interior. The group was not able to just create these parts in 3D to get a trustworthy vehicle, hence number of other components and details were also created to get a better entirety. The outer design starts with idea generation and sketches and ends with a 3D model which is rendered to show how the final product is going to look. The design of the body has been going on during the entire work process due to new ideas and improvements that seemed interesting and had to be changed. The wheel chassis also started with idea generation, research and sketches. It ended up with a simulated 3D model which later on was mounted on the vehicle body to show how the vehicle is going to perform during usage. The simulation was used to see if the ideas that came up were going to work in reality. The simulation in Pro/Engineer made it possible to save a lot of time and make the work process more efficient. Finally the interior were designed inside the vehicle body but most importantly it was built and adjusted to the human body. Important measurements and facts were collected with the help of the ergonomic program Jack. Which controls that should be included was investigated and the steering wheel became the central part of the dashboard since the vital functions are controlled via this unit. The speedometer and likewise functions where also moved to the steering wheel to improve the visibility. The group was also set to explore other interesting details especially the engines. The engines that were chosen to the final concept where so called wheel engines. These engines are mounted inside the rims and can also handle the braking of the vehicle which makes a separate braking system unnecessary. The wheel engines had so many advantages that they became the obvious selection. But the vehicle was from the beginning set to be a hybrid and with only the wheel engines it was not. To make it hybrid, a second, smaller engine was put in, but only for recharging the batteries when needed. This engine is driven by gasoline or ethanol.

Power-split hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) provide two power paths between the internal combustion (IC) engine and the driven wheels through gearing and electric machines (EMs) composing an electrically variable transmission (EVT). EVTs allow IC engine control such that rotational speed is independent of vehicle speed at all times. By breaking the rigid mechanical connection between the IC engine and the driven wheels, EVTs allow the IC engine to operate in the most efficient region of its characteristic brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) map. If the most efficient IC engine operating point produces more power than is requested by the driver, the excess IC engine power can be stored in the energy storage system (ESS) and used later. Conversely, if the most efficient IC engine operating point does not meet the power request of the driver, the ESS delivers the difference to the wheels through the EMs. Therefore with an intelligent supervisory control strategy, power-split architectures can advantageously combine traditional series and parallel power paths. In the first part of this work, two different power-split HEV powertrains are compared using a two-term cost function and steady-state backward-looking simulation (BLS). BLS is used to find battery power management strategies that result in minimized fuel consumption over a user-defined drive-cycle. The supervisory control strategy design approach amounts to an exhaustive search over all kinematically admissible input operating points, leading to a minimized instantaneous cost function. While the approach provides a valuable comparison of two architectures, non-ideal engine speed fluctuations result. Therefore, in the second part of the work, two approaches for designing control strategies with refined IC engine speed transitions are investigated using high-fidelity forward-looking simulation (FLS). These two approaches include: i) smoothing the two-term cost function optimization results, and ii) introducing a three-term cost function. It is found that both achieve operable engine speed transitions, and result in fuel economy (FE) estimates which compare well to previous BLS results. It is further found that the three-term cost function finds more efficient operating points than the smoothed two-term cost function approach. From the investigations carried out in parts one and two of this work, a two-phase control strategy development process is suggested where control strategies are generated using efficient steady-state BLS models, and then further tested and verified in high-fidelity FLS models. In conclusion, the FLS results justify the efficacy of the two-phased process, suggesting rapid and effective development of implementable power-split HEV supervisory control strategies.

Proefschrift--Leiden, 1978. / Vita. Summary in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 95 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60).

Proefschrift--Leiden, 1978. / Vita. Summary in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2007. / Text document in PDF format. Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 28, 2009). "Received by ITS-Davis: December 2007"--Publication detail webpage. Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-323).

<p>This report covers the conceptual design of a new one person hybrid vehicle that is to be fast and convenient to drive on the roads. The vehicle is most of all supposed to be used as a commute vehicle but can also be used at other occasions as well.</p><p>During the work with this project the group has focused on three larger areas, the outer design (body), wheel chassis and an ergonomically designed interior. The group was not able to just create these parts in 3D to get a trustworthy vehicle, hence number of other components and details were also created to get a better entirety.</p><p>The outer design starts with idea generation and sketches and ends with a 3D model which is rendered to show how the final product is going to look. The design of the body has been going on during the entire work process due to new ideas and improvements that seemed interesting and had to be changed.</p><p>The wheel chassis also started with idea generation, research and sketches. It ended up with a simulated 3D model which later on was mounted on the vehicle body to show how the vehicle is going to perform during usage. The simulation was used to see if the ideas that came up were going to work in reality. The simulation in Pro/Engineer made it possible to save a lot of time and make the work process more efficient.</p><p>Finally the interior were designed inside the vehicle body but most importantly it was built and adjusted to the human body. Important measurements and facts were collected with the help of the ergonomic program Jack. Which controls that should be included was investigated and the steering wheel became the central part of the dashboard since the vital functions are controlled via this unit. The speedometer and likewise functions where also moved to the steering wheel to improve the visibility.</p><p>The group was also set to explore other interesting details especially the engines. The engines that were chosen to the final concept where so called wheel engines. These engines are mounted inside the rims and can also handle the braking of the vehicle which makes a separate braking system unnecessary. The wheel engines had so many advantages that they became the obvious selection. But the vehicle was from the beginning set to be a hybrid and with only the wheel engines it was not. To make it hybrid, a second, smaller engine was put in, but only for recharging the batteries when needed. This engine is driven by gasoline or ethanol.</p>