Funded Research

Innovations in Clean Energy: Pioneering a Greener Tomorrow

As an expert provider of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing and simulation solutions, Typhoon HIL offers support on a wide range of funded research projects.  From power electronics, e-Mobility, renewable energy systems, and microgrids – Typhoon HIL is here to assist your research institution, corporate R&D division, or government agency with HIL testing, verifying, and validation needs. 

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Partner with Typhoon HIL on your funded research project to:

  • Leverage our ultra high-fidelity HIL hardware and software simulation environment
  • Collaborate with your research teams by offering technical expertise, guidance, and consultation
  • Gain support in developing replicable and modular models of your state-of-the-art technologies
  • Conduct virtual experiments and evaluate the performance of new technologies, control strategies, and system configurations
  • Explore a wide range of scenarios, assess system behavior under different conditions, and optimize your research outcomes
  • Validate and verify your research findings and ensure accuracy and reliability 
  • Build confidence in the research outcomes and support their wider acceptance within the academic and industrial communities

Typhoon HIL is here to support your research mission by collaborating, contributing, and providing valuable insights to your funded research project. Coupled with our extensive network and industry connections we can help your research team showcase their work, disseminate research outcomes, and foster collaborations with other stakeholders in the field. 

Speak to a funded research consultant today to discuss your project objectives, funding arrangements, and the nature of your collaboration possibilities.  

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InnoBMS

Situationally aware innovative battery management system for next generation vehicles

InnoBMS
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InnoBMS

Situationally aware innovative battery management system for next generation vehicles

InnoBMS
Goal

InnoBMS will develop and validate a novel wireless BMS design that achieves a 12% higher effective battery pack volumetric density and a 33% longer battery lifetime than the state of the art. The results will be demonstrated using novel testing methods that provide a 36% reduction in the testing time of a BMS.

More about the project.

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InnoBMS

Situationally aware innovative battery management system for next generation vehicles

InnoBMS
Our Role

Typhoon HIL is responsible for leading the testing, validation and demonstration activities, with a focus on performing C-HIL tests of the wireless BMS control card at up to 1000 V ahead of full-stack testing.​

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InnoBMS

Situationally aware innovative battery management system for next generation vehicles

InnoBMS
Applications

E-mobility, BMS testing

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InnoBMS

Situationally aware innovative battery management system for next generation vehicles

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Partners

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE, Coordinator), Bosch (DE), AVL List (AT), AVL Software and Functions (DE), Tofas (TR), IDIADA Automotive Technology (ES), FPT Motorenforschung (CH), Fundacion CIDITEC (ES), Univerza v Ljubljani (SI), Uniresearch (NL), Electronic Systems Design (BE), Potenza Technology (UK)

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Energetic

Next generation battery management system based on data rich digital twin

Energetic
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Energetic

Next generation battery management system based on data rich digital twin

Energetic
Goal

Energetic seeks to develop a next generation BMS using a hybrid of multiple AI and physics-based models to optimize battery utilization in the first (transportation) and second life (stationary). The project will use enhanced sensing technologies, cloud and edge control integration, and investigate explainable AI models as methods to achieve this.

See the project website.

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Energetic

Next generation battery management system based on data rich digital twin

Energetic
Our Role

Typhoon HIL is leading real-time testing activities of the developed Smart Digital Twin BMS software both prior to and after its subsequent integration in the BMS hardware. This will be performed at Typhoon HIL’s headquarters in Novi Sad, Serbia using state of the art BMS control-testing equipment.

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Energetic

Next generation battery management system based on data rich digital twin

Energetic
Applications

e-Mobility, BMS, grid modernization

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Energetic

Next generation battery management system based on data rich digital twin

Energetic
Partners

INSA-Strasbourg (FR, Coordinator), Université du Luxembourg (LU), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UBFC (FR), Femto-st (FR), TalTech (EE), EDF (FR), PowerUp (FR), Capgemini Engineering – Altran (FR), Hochschule Karlsruhe (DE), Forsee Power (FR), Zabala Innovation (FR), Coventry University (UK), University of Bath (UK)

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iPlug

Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks

iPlug
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iPlug

Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks

iPlug
Goal

Develop novel multiport (DC + AC) converters and develop and advanced controls for medium voltage and low voltage grids to allow for a smooth penetration of multiple renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and loads.

See the project website.

 

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iPlug

Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks

iPlug
Our Role

Typhoon HIL is providing academic partners access to its TyphoonSim software as well as managing joint access to a hardware-in-the-loop testbed hosted in Novi Sad, Serbia for the purposes of supporting Model-in-the-loop and Control-hardware-in-the-loop tests considering low and medium voltage grids.

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iPlug

Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks

iPlug
Applications

Power Electronics

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iPlug

Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks

iPlug
Partners

UPC-CITCEA (ES, Coordinator), Chalmers University of Technology (SE), Università degli Studi di Padova (IT), IREC (ES), Infrastructures.cat (ES), Estabanell Energia (ES)

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InnoCYPES

Innovative tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

InnoCYPES
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InnoCYPES

Innovative tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

InnoCYPES
Goal

The principal goal of the InnoCyPES ITN is to train a new generation of 15 high-achieving early stage researchers (ESRs) to develop a cutting-edge system management platform that covers the entire lifecycle of data for energy system planning, operation, and maintenance, based on an understanding of the energy system as a cyber-physical system.​

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 956433.

See the project website.

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InnoCYPES

Innovative tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

InnoCYPES
Our Role

Hosting an early-stage researcher to develop the capacity to perform cyber-physical Digital Twin testing of the full power grid, including the data and communication layers, using both HIL test equipment and cloud-based signals.​

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InnoCYPES

Innovative tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

InnoCYPES
Applications

Academic, Distribution Automation​

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InnoCYPES

Innovative tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

InnoCYPES
Partners

Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DK, Electricite de France (EDF), FR, University of Salento (UNILE), IT, University of Utrecht (UU), NL, Delft University of Technology (TUD), NL, Norwegian University of Science​ and Technology (NTNU), NO, Imperial College of London (ICL), UK, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), AT, Dansk Energi (DE), DK, University of New South Wales (UNSW)​, AU, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), DK, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)​, AU, Equinor Energy (EQN), NO, Phase to Phase (Ph2Ph), NL, DEPSYS (DEP)​, SW, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), SW, Insituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigacao e Desenvolvimento(INESC-ID), PT, NARI Technology (NARI)​, CN, SIEMENS, DK, Orsted Wind Power (Orsted), DK

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HYBRIS

Hybird Battery energy storage systems for advanced grid and behind-the-meter segments.

HYBRIS
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HYBRIS

Hybird Battery energy storage systems for advanced grid and behind-the-meter segments.

HYBRIS
Goal

HYBRIS seeks to optimize advanced hybrid systems as high performance, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly solutions for microgrid applications.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 963652.

See the project website.

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HYBRIS

Hybird Battery energy storage systems for advanced grid and behind-the-meter segments.

HYBRIS
Our Role

Digital verification and validation of the Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) control algorithms to support optimal sizing studies and techno-economic analysis​

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HYBRIS

Hybird Battery energy storage systems for advanced grid and behind-the-meter segments.

HYBRIS
Applications

Energy Storage Systems, Microgrids​

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HYBRIS

Hybird Battery energy storage systems for advanced grid and behind-the-meter segments.

HYBRIS
Partners

IDP, ES (IDP – Cons, Coordinator), ITAE-CNR, IT (CNR- Aca), i.LECO, BE (iLECO- ESCO), CEA, FR (CEA- Aca), Toshiba Transmission & Distribution, IT (TOS- OEM), Solidarity and Energy, IT (SAE- ESCO), Lomartov, ES (LOM- Cons), Powerup, FR (PWP- TEST); IREC, ES (IREC- Pub), COMET, ES (COMET- Cons0, HESStec, ES (HESStec- INT), Kemiwatt, FR (KEMI- OEM), Quares, BE (QUARES- Real Estate)

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CREATORS

Creating community energy systems.

CREATORS
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CREATORS

Creating community energy systems.

CREATORS
Goal

The CREATORS project will support technical, financial and social processes that support local initiators to establish and operate advanced community energy systems (CES) by creating technical and knowledge capacity for high-quality simulation, business modelling and automated operations.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 957815.

See the project website.

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CREATORS

Creating community energy systems.

CREATORS
Our Role

Creation of digital twins of pilot sites to enable rapid verification, validation and demonstration of technical and financial use cases that support establishing and operating advanced CES (Community Energy Systems).

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CREATORS

Creating community energy systems.

CREATORS
Applications

Microgrids, Test Automation, MBSE

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CREATORS

Creating community energy systems.

CREATORS
Partners

Cordeel, BE (CORD – AECOO, Coordinator)
Turbulent, BE (TUR – OEM)
i.LECO, BE (iLECO- ESCO)
BAX INNOVATION CONSULTING SL, ES (BAX – Cons), R2M SOLUTION SPAIN SL, ES (R2M– Cons), COMSA INSTALACIONES Y SISTEMAS INDUSTRIALES SA, ES (COMSA– AECOO), AUTORITAT PORTUARIA DE BARCELONA, ES (PCB – Port), MITTETULUNDUSUHING TARTU REGIOONI ENERGIAAGENTUUR, EST (TREA – Pub), TARTU LINN, EST (TARTU – Pub), INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, SI (JSI – Aca), ACRONI PODJETJE ZA PROIZVODNJO JEKLA IN JEKLENIH IZDELKOV DOO, SI (ACRONI – Heavy Ind), ELEKTRO GORENJSKA PODJETJE ZA DISTRIBUCIJO ELEKTRICNE ENERGIJE DD, SI (EG – DSO), BLAGOVNO TRGOVINSKI CENTER DD, SI (BTC – Mall), ep group, UK (EPRO – Cons).

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PANDA

Powerful advanced n-level digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles and their components.

Panda
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PANDA

Powerful advanced n-level digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles and their components.

Panda
Goals

PANDA seeks to provide a unified organization of digital models to seamlessly integrate virtual and real testing of all types of electrified vehicles and their components.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 842256.

See the project website.

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PANDA

Powerful advanced n-level digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles and their components.

Panda
Our Role

Providing the real-time hardware in the loop testing environment (HiL-ECU) that can support real-time testing of full electrical vehicle models of electric, plug-in hybrid, and hybrid vehicles.​

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PANDA

Powerful advanced n-level digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles and their components.

Panda
Applications

e-Mobility

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PANDA

Powerful advanced n-level digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles and their components.

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Partners

Universite de Lille, FR, (Coordinator), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE, VALEO Equipements Electriques Moteur SAS, FR, TUV Sud, GE, Universitatea Technica Clujnapoca, RO, Typhoon HIL, SR, SIEMENS Industry Software SRL, RO, Uniresearch, NL, Blueways International, BE, Renault, RO, UBFC, FR.

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DRIvE

Demand response integration technologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid.

DRIvE
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DRIvE

Demand response integration technologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid.

DRIvE
Goal

The project developed a fully-integrated, interoperable and secure DR Management Platform for Aggregators with advanced hybrid forecasting, optimization, fast-response capabilities and enhanced user participation components. Moreover, the platform was developed in a standard-compliant (Open ADR) and market-regulated (USEF) manner.​

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 774431.

See the project website.

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DRIvE

Demand response integration technologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid.

DRIvE
Our Role

Creation of digital twins of 5 pilot sites, digital twin emulators and test automation and to enable rapid verification, validation and demonstration of DR Management Platform for Aggregators.​​​​

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DRIvE

Demand response integration technologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid.

DRIvE
Applications

Microgrids, Test Automation, MBSE​, digital twinning​

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DRIvE

Demand response integration technologies: unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid.

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Partners

R2M SOLUTION SPAIN SL, ES (R2M – Cons, Coordinator), Cardiff University, UK (CU – Aca), SCHOLT ENERGY CONTROL BV, NL (SCH – DSO, BRP), AIRBUS CYBERSECURITY SAS, FR (AIRBUS – Aerospace), COMSA INSTALACIONES Y SISTEMAS INDUSTRIALES SA, ES (COMSA– AECOO), ENERVALIS, BE (ENER – ESCO), CEA – COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES , FR (CEA- Aca);, i.LECO, BE (iLECO- ESCO), BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL, SI (ACRONI–Heavy ind.)

The Importance of Collaboration

It’s important to work with industry, to interact with industry. We have the connection in the cloud, and it’s given a lot of opportunity and it shows that it is the basis of future collaboration. What is important: is we cannot work alone.

 

Alain Bouscayrol

Professor at the University of Lille

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