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04 PRINT Poster Annual Conference 2017 Overview Empa NTB BFH
04 PRINT Poster Annual Conference 2017 Overview Empa NTB BFH
04 PRINT Poster Annual Conference 2017 Overview Empa NTB BFH
Currently a diesel-powered dumper is used to transport lime- and vehicle by storing braking energy in the batteries while hauling
marlstone from a higher-lying mining area down to the cement limestone downhill. The recuperated energy is subsequently used
factory at Ciments Vigier SA in Péry. The dumper is being fully to displace the vehicle from the valley to the hill. The E-Dumper will
electrified by Lithium Storage GmbH and Kuhn Group S.A. by be the world’s largest battery electric vehicle (BEV).
replacing the diesel engine with an electric motor and a 700 kWh The project is supported financially by the SFOE through its pilot
battery system. The so called E-Dumper acts as a semi-autarkic and demonstration programme.
Empa, Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt, NTB, Interstaatl. Hochschule für Technik Buchs BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Centre
Dübendorf Prof. Max Stöck, +41 81 755 3429, max.stoeck@ntb.ch Prof. Andrea Vezzini, +41 32 321 63 72, andrea.vezzini@bfh.ch
Marcel Held, +41 58 765 42 82, marcel.held@empa.ch Dr. Gerhard Rizzo, +41 81 755 3467, gerhard.rizzo@ntb.ch Prof. Peter Affolter, +41 32 321 66 49, peter.affolter@bfh.ch
Daniel Aeppli, +41 58 765 42 09, daniel.aeppli@empa.ch Dr. Alejandro Santis, +41 31 848 31 70, alejandro.santis@bfh.ch
References
[1] Scheme: BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Centre, Alejandro Santis
[2] Photo: KOMATSU HD605-7, Andreas Sutter
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