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Engine and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory (C025)

Laboratory for engine and vehicle technology (C025)

The Laboratory for Engine and Vehicle Technology at THI is a central component of engineering education and research, offering students a practical and research-oriented learning environment. It helps to prepare the next generations of engineers for the challenges of modern vehicle technology.

 

Goals and idea

The laboratory offers students and researchers extensive opportunities to gain and implement practical experience in vehicle technology. The laboratory is equipped with industry-related technology that enables a wide range of engines and vehicle components to be examined and tested. Innovative projects in the areas of traction drives, emission control, vehicle dynamics and acoustics are carried out here. The open-technology approach as a guiding principle enables students to deal with a wide range of drive technologies, so that they can work on e-fuels for internal combustion engines as well as battery-electric drives and hydrogen mobility.

360-degree virtual tour

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  1. Guest lecture on fuel cells and a demonstration of the BMW ix5 Hydrogen

  2. Guest lecture on charging technologies and a demonstration of the Porsche Taycan

  3. Internship in electric drive systems using the Tesla Model 3

  4. Internship on internal combustion engines with the BMW M5

  5. Internal Combustion Engines Work Placement with the BMW 840d

  6. Supervision of student research projects in C025

  7. Carrying out student research projects in room C025

Laboratory equipment and activities

Equipment and function

The laboratory has two engine test benches, a roller test bench and a component test bench for auxiliary units.

Technical data engine test benches:      

Motor test bench 1: Asynchronous machine 330 kW, 1400 Nm, 8000 rpm, AVL Puma      
Engine test bench 2: Asynchronous machine 250 kW, 718 Nm, 10,000 rpm, AVL Puma      
Roller test bench: double roller all-wheel drive, max. 2,000 hp, 16 kN tractive force      
Component test bench: 2*30 kW, 6000 1/min, air conditioning hood up to max. 100°C

Test vehicles:

BMW i7, BMW 840d, Audi A4 2.0 TDI

Software used (for teaching and research purposes):

AVL Cruise M: 0D-/1D-Simulation
AVL Fire: 3D CFD
AVL Cameo: Design of Experiments (DoE)
AVL Puma: Automation software for test benches
AVL Concerto: Data analysis and preparation
Vector CANape: Measurement data acquisition and evaluation
IPG CarMaker: Virtual Testing, HiL, MiL, SiL
Matlab/Simulink and NI LabVIEW: Control and regulation (partly real-time systems)

Courses

Practical courses accompanying the lectures:

Vehicle engines
Vehicle drives
Innovative drive systems     
Fundamentals of vehicle technology      
Vehicle dynamics      
Vehicle acoustics      

Use in the degree programs:      

Automotive Engineering (B. Eng.)      
Mechanical Engineering (B.Eng.)
Engineering Sciences (B. Eng.)
Industrial Engineering (B. Eng.)
Automotive Engineering (M. Eng.)
Technical Development (M. Eng.)
Hydrogen Technologyies and Applications (M. Eng.)

Research

Current research projects:

Development of an innovative biogas micro-cogeneration unit based on a free-piston engine 
Range extender using a methanol-reformed high-temperature PEM fuel cell

The latest news

  • BMW handed over a new i7 as a test vehicle for the 2026/2027 winter semester.
  • A Hatz 4H50TICD is currently being commissioned on the engine test bench as a test unit.

 

Laboratory management and team

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