EPSRC Reference: |
EP/L505298/1 |
Title: |
Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery (REVB) |
Principal Investigator: |
Offer, Dr GJ |
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Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
Starts: |
01 January 2014 |
Ends: |
05 May 2017 |
Value (£): |
827,503
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EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
Electric Motor & Drive Systems |
Energy Storage |
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EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
Energy |
Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery (REVB) project aims to develop a revolutionary Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) vehicle
battery and Battery Energy Management (BEM) system which will provide breakthrough improvements in energy density,
cost, range and safety of electric vehicle batteries and put the UK in a world leading position to exploit this.
The project intends to double the rate of improvement of the Oxis Li-S battery, by developing and embedding a model led
R&D culture within Oxis, using a deep understanding of the underlying science which will be developed with Imperial
College to inform product development at Oxis. It is a proven approach within other sectors (such as crash testing) within
the automotive industry, but rarely adopted by battery developers. The project will also develop a battery energy manager,
working with Lotus and Cranfield, in order to be able to push the chemistry to its limits and achieve 400Wh/kg cell energy
density with practical cycle life and performance metrics. The output of the project will offer a battery system for automotive applications that can not only store more energy than today's technology but can also harness significantly more of the that
energy, resulting in a compound improvement for next generation Electric Vehicles.
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Organisation Website: |
http://www.imperial.ac.uk |