美国能源部拨款5500万美元 用于支持31项插电式混合动力汽车和纯电动汽车技术项目

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据海外媒体消息，美国能源部（DOE）日前拨款超过5500万美元用于支持31项汽车技术研究和开发的新项目，加速研发提高燃油效率技术，并且将费用降低到一月宣布的机会成本计划范围内。这些新项目的目的是为了满足美国总统提出的美国电动汽车普及大挑战（19个项目），以及其他诸如改进汽车动力系统、燃料、轮胎和辅助系统等（12项）目标。

其中最大的单项拨款（1000万美元）将被用于德尔福汽车系统的开发，促进其汽油直喷染式（GDCI）低温燃烧技术的发展，以便支持高热效率低NOx和PM的排放。而在开发超级锂离子电池技术这一领域，则获得的拨款项目最多（9项）。

通过先进汽车动力技术联盟和能源部，美国陆军部正在促成一项额外的金额投资大约为370万美元的合作项目，集中在开发超级锂离子电池技术以及降低动力总成的摩擦和磨损技术领域。陆军部还将对他们在沃伦密歇根设置的项目所生产的节油轮胎进行测试和评估。

这些项目选自14个领域，主要可以分为两大部分：

1.为满足美国电动汽车普及大挑战的关键技术，共19项。主要目的是降低成本和提高PEV关键组件的性能。这包括提高使用高能量存储材料的“超锂离子技术”，开发和商化宽能隙（WBG）半导体，在提高其性能表现的同时降低汽车电力电子技术的成本。其他项目重点推进轻质材料的研究，帮助纯电动汽车增加续航里程并降低对电池的需求，同时开发先进的环境控制技术，减少为满足乘客舒适度所消耗的能源，并增加插电式混合动力汽车的续驶里程。

2.提高客车和商用卡车的燃油效率，共12项。主要目的在于改进包括开发和展示双燃料技术，从而减少石油的使用。加速提高轻型车辆的发动机成本竞争力和动力总成系统的效率，使未来汽车的效率越来越高。

Applicant

Description

Federal $

Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1)

Alcoa, Inc.

This project will develop a high strength aluminum alloy with a recycle-friendly composition and more energy-efficient thermomechanical processes during casting and rolling.

$2,391,770

Xtalic Corp.

This project will develop an electroformed nanostructured aluminum sheet material, including the build and test of a vehicle component.

$2,500,000

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2)

Ford Motor Company

This project will develop, integrate and implement predictive models for Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymer composites that link the material design, molding process and final performance.

$6,000,000

Beyond Lithium Ion Technologies (Area of Interest 3)

Michigan State University

This project will demonstrate polycrystalline membranes in Li-metal and Li-sulfur batteries that support current densities approaching that of defect-free crystals.

? $1,233,555

Stanford University

This project will use nanomaterials to improve the interface between lithium metal anodes and the electrolytes to improve the cycle life of lithium metal batteries.

$1,350,000

University of Pittsburgh

This project will develop and scale up synthesis of high capacity cathodes by high-throughput cost-effective approaches.

$1,250,061
(DOE/Army)

State University of New York

This project will replace the carbon anode with a Sn-Fe-C composite with twice the volumetric energy density of carbon, and provide a high energy cathode.

$1,221,125

Liox Power

This project will develop high specific energy, high power and highly reversible Li-air batteries that are based on the concept of replacing traditional electrolytes in the air electrode with a stable inorganic molten salt electrolyte.

$1,500,000

University of Maryland

This project will utilize a multifaceted and integrated (experimental and computational) approach to solve the key issue in solid-state Li-ion batteries, interfacial impedance, with a focus on Garnet-based solid-state electrolytes.

$1,212,877
(DOE/Army)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This project will utilize nanoindentation to determine mechanical properties and identify the causes of premature failures at the protected lithium interface.

$1,000,000
(DOE/Army)

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

This project will improve the design of the electrolyte chemistry and cathode architecture of Li-sulfur batteries based on the development of the “internal shuttle effect” obtained from first-principles atomistic and mesoscopic modeling.

$990,000

Brookhaven National Lab

This project will develop a low-cost, anodeless Li-sulfur battery technology utilizing the Dual Functional Cathode Additives concept and able to deliver energy densities relevant for PEV applications.

$1,500,000 (DOE/Army)

Commercialization of Power Electronics for Electric Traction Drives Using Wide Band Gap (WBG) Semiconductors (Area of Interest 4)

Cree, Inc.

his project will evaluate an 88kW SiC inverter with next generation 900V SiC MOSFET technology.

$1,937,752

Delta ProduCTS Corp.

This project will develop a high efficiency high density GaN based 6.6 kW bi-directional on-board charger for Plug-in electric vehicles.

$1,487,593

Tire Efficiency (Area of Interest 5)

PPG Industries, Inc.

This project will develop novel surface modified silica technology to improve dispersion in natural and synthetic rubber for fuel-efficient truck and bus tires.

$939,950

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This project will reduce the rolling resistance and enhance the wear resistance of tires by synergistically combining graphene nanoplatelets and silica nanofibers in the rubber composite.

$1,000,000

Multi-Speed Gearbox for Commercial Delivery Medium Duty Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles (Area of Interest 6)

Eaton Corp.

This project will develop a new transmission, controller and shift strategy to match the bidirectional performance characteristics of a motor/generator and improve top speed, efficiency and acceleration of medium duty plug-in electric vehicles. ?

$2,999,755

Advanced Climate Control Auxiliary Load Reduction (Area of Interest 7)

Delphi Automotive Systems

This project will develop a total thermal management solution for electric vehicles using a compact refrigerant loop, a coolant-based thermal energy distribution network and waste heat harvesting from the power electronics.

$2,536,303

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This project will develop a multi-technology, complete-car solution for minimizing thermal loads and their impact on plug-in electric vehicle range and performance.

$2,433,800

Development of High Performance Low Temperature Catalysts for Exhaust Aftertreatment (Area of Interest 8)

Chrysler Group LLC

This project will develop new catalysts to demonstrate a minimum of 90% conversion efficiency of engine produced NOx during portions of the FTP test near 150 °C.

$1,500,000

Ford Motor Company

This project will demonstrate new low-temperature catalyst materials that are sufficiently durable to meet full useful life emissions targets while minimizing fuel economy penalties and costs.

$1,352,376

Dual-Fuel Technologies (Area of Interest 9)

Argonne National Laboratory

This project will develop light-duty, spark-ignition engines with natural gas direction injection and gasoline port fuel injection systems.

$1,000,000

Fuel Property Impacts on Combustion (Area of Interest 10)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This project will use realistic potential future gasoline formulations to optimize an engine equipped with mainstream technologies.

$1,000,000

Southwest Research Institute

This project will develop Dedicated EGR technology with potential oxygenates (ethanol, n-Butanol, iso-butanol) to enhance production of H2 via in-cylinder reformation.

$793,913

Argonne National Laboratory

This project will develop new fuel quality metrics for low-temperature combustion in a gasoline direct-injection engine and quantify the impacts of fuel properties on combustion performance. ?

$1,000,000

Powertrain Friction and Wear Reduction (Area of Interest 11A)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This project will develop oil-miscible ionic liquid additized lubricants with surface texturing and topographical control for engine and rear-axle applications.

$1,276,000 (DOE/Army)

The George Washington University

This project will develop formulations for SAE 0W- 16 low viscosity lubricant with microencapsulated additives and surface textures to enhance durability of engine components.

$1,000,000
(DOE/Army)

Powertrain Friction and Wear Reduction (Area of Interest 11B)

Ricardo, Inc.

This project will develop tools to predict both friction reductions and wear rates from a combination of lab-scale tests, model predictions and improved correlations.

$1,040,000
(DOE/Army)

Advanced Technology Powertrains For Light-Duty Vehicles Phase 2 (ATP-2) (Area of Interest 12)

Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC.

This project will develop a low temperature combustion technology called Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition that provides high thermal efficiency with low NOx and PM emissions.

$10,000,000

Dual-Fuel/Bi-Fuel Class 8 Vehicle Technologies (Area of Interest 13)

Clean Air Power

This project will develop a dual-fuel approach for heavy-duty engines by replacing diesel fuel with natural gas as the primary fuel while maintaining overall engine efficiency and performance.

? $1,735,194

Early Market Commercialization Opportunities (Area of Interest 14)

Eaton Corp.

This project will demonstrate an electric variable-speed supercharger operating with energy from a waste heat recovery system on a small gasoline engine.

$1,749,820