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7Th AVL International COMMERCIAL Powertrain Proceedings 7 TH AVL INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL POWERTRAIN CONFERENCE May 22nd–23rd, 2013, Helmut-List-Halle, Graz Austria RAIN CONFERENCE 2013 RAIN T IONAL COMMERCIAL POWER T ERNA T AVL IN AVL TH 7 Organized by AVL in cooperation with Page 1.1 Keynote 10 CO2 emissions and future initiatives in development countries Sam Burman - Chief Technology Officer; ASHOK Leyland 1.2 Keynote 16 The global challenges of modern agriculture Prof. Martin Richenhagen - Chairman, President and CEO; AGCO Corporation 1.3 Keynote 20 Energy efficiency of construction machines – a contribution to CO2 reduction Werner Seifried - Managing Director; LIEBHERR Hydraulikbagger GmbH 1.4 Reducing GHG from transport – ensuring a role for HDV’s 24 Ian Hodgson - Policy officer, DG Climate Action; European Commission 1.5 Recent developments in European emission regulations for nonroad 31 mobile machinery Dr. Peter Scherm - General Manager; EUROMOT 6 Page 2.1 Commercial vehicle market trends 33 Perspective 1 - On-Highway Perspective 2 - Off Highway Michael Bitter - Director Strategic Dr. Götz Klink - Partner; Marketing, Diesel Systems A.T. Kearney GmbH Ellen Mailänder, Calogero Palumbo; Robert Bosch GmbH 2.2 Shaping future transportation: CleanDrive technology 42 Roland Dold - Senior Manager Truck Product Engineering Alternative Powertrain; DAIMLER AG 2.3 Reducing CO2 emission in tractor application 47 Dr. Heribert Reiter - Vice President Engineering, Simon Pinter; AGCO GmbH (Fendt) 2.4 Liebherr Pactronic® - Hybrid Power Booster: 59 Energy recovery and increased performance with hybrid drive system Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schneider - Director Drive Systems, Walter Länge, Rudolf Ellensohn; LIEBHERR 2.5 Tractor/Implement simulation to optimize in-field CO2 emission and 65 drivability Udo Kneitz - Managing Director; AVL Commercial Driveline & Tractor Engineering GmbH, Christof Danner; AVL List GmbH 2.6 Paccar’s engine portfolio – developed for low CO2 emission 83 Erik Versluis - Assistant Chief Engineer; DAF Trucks 2.7 ISUZU‘s scenario for commercial vehicle engines 88 Dr. Naoki Shimazaki - General manager, 1st Engine Research Dept.; Isuzu Advanced Engineering Center, Ltd, Yoshiyuki Abe - Chief Engineer PT Product Planning & Engineering Dept. No.2; ISUZU Motors Limited 2.8 Estimation of results and potential of electromechanical drivetrain in 101 agricultural tractors Dr. Stanislav Florentsev - General Director; Ruselprom Electric Drive 7 Page 3.1 The hybrid architecture for chassis frame vehicles 112 Alessandro Bernardini - Head of Innovation & Advanced Engineering; IVECO 3.2 Electric drives in mobile agricultural machinery – products and 115 potentials Dr. Joachim Sobotzik - Lead, Electric Drive Systems, Ag & Turf Global Platform Services; John DEERE 3.3 Fuel efficiency in construction equipment – optimize the machine as a 121 system Gunnar Stein - Global Director Driveline Systems, Anders Fröberg, Jonas Martinsson, Björn Brattberg, Reno Filla, Joakim Unnebäck; VOLVO Construction Equipment 3.4 Definition, design and thermal integration of a WHR system 130 Lukas Walter - Vice President Commercial Powertrain Systems; AVL List GmbH 3.5 Modern agricultural transmission systems: demands and features 138 Jürgen Pohlenz - Senior Manager Development Agricultural CVT Transmissions, Thomas Cappellaro; ZF Friedrichshafen AG 3.6 Close coupled DOC mixer SCR for Tier 4 final 148 Dr. Korneel De Rudder - Development Manager Emissions; DONALDSON Europe B.V.B.A. 8 Page 4.1 Emissions calculation in the logistic industry and its impact and trends 157 for the powertrain industry Matthias Loebich - Partner, Matthias Wohlfahrt; BearingPoint GmbH, Dr.Andreas Opelt; INFONOVA GmbH 4.2 From clean diesel to clean energy, CO2 emissions will change the game 162 Giovanni Bartoli - CEO; FPT Industrial 4.3 Compact and powerful engine package - the DEUTZ way for competitive 167 agricultural and industrial applications Dr. Ralf Marquard - Senior Vice President Research & Development, Dr. Ing. Georg Töpfer; DEUTZ AG 4.4 Life cycle analysis of representative offroad machines 180 Dr. Xinqun Gui - Manager, Powertrain Technology and Electronic Engine Controls; John DEERE 4.5 Targeting 50 % brake engine efficiency: a reactivity-controlled dual-fuel 185 multi-cylinder HD engine concept Dr. Andrew M. Ickes - Lead Engineer; ARGONNE National Laboratory 9 Eine CD-ROM mit allen Vorträgen erhalten Sie per Post nach der Konferenz. A CD-ROM with all presentations will be sent to you by post after the conference..
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