Case Study
For years now, hybrid drives have been gaining ground in passenger cars.
For years now, hybrid drives have been gain ing ground in passenger cars. But mobile work machines, with their typical stopandgo operation, are also ideal candidates for hybrid drives. Engine specialist Deutz and construction equipment manufactu rer Atlas Weyhausen used dSPACE tools to develop a wheel loader with a hybrid drive. This carries a lot of advan tages over a pure diesel engine. Page 26 dSPACE Magazine 2/2008 · © dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn, Germany · info@dspace.com · www.dspace.comDeutz Page 27 Diesel Meets Electric Developing hybrid drives for mobile machines dSPACE Magazine 2/2008 · © dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn, Germany · info@dspace.com · www.dspace.comDeutz Load curve of a mobile machine. A fast sequence of braking, accelerating, and idling phases is typical