Electric Drivetrains

Based on Prof. Jaensch's 16 years of industrial experience in the development of electric vehicle drives, we focus on the research area electric drives with topics around the core components electric motor, inverter and the electric drive as a complex, electro-mechanical overall system.

Within this young but increasingly important field of research, the following three main research areas have been established:

Axial flux machines

Axial flux machines represent a subgroup of synchronous machines in which the magnetic flux does not flow perpendicular to the shaft as in conventional radial flux machines, but parallel to the shaft in the axial direction. This unusual design results in special geometric and electromagnetic properties, which make axial flux machines very interesting for certain mobile applications.

As your contact person, our colleague Carsten Sonntag will be happy to answer your questions about this highly interesting technology.

HV Simulation

With the increasing use of electric drives in vehicles of all kinds in the context of electromobility, new, so far less considered questions arise around the topic of high-voltage simulation. In the working group HV Simulation we have combined the simulation activities around the core components e-motor and inverter as well as the active and passive components connected to the high voltage system, such as HV battery, DCDC converter, charger, HV cables, fuses and connectors.

For questions and discussions in the field of HV simulation, please contact our colleagues Andreas Zepf or Jonas Heindl.

Testing of electric drives

The ongoing transformation of the chair towards sustainable mobile propulsion systems requires the development of new areas of research. We can rely on our long-time expertise in the field of testing and measurement of drive systems. Consequently, we are expanding the research field of testing to include the technology of test bench testing of electric drives.

We are focusing in particular on the high-precision measurement of e-drives and the integration of test benches into an overall vehicle simulation environment.

If you have any questions regarding this research focus, please do not hesitate to contact our employee Jonas Heindl as your central contact person.

If you have any further questions concerning the research area of electric drives, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Jaensch directly.