Efficient Powertrain Solutions

About the research group

The Efficient Powertrain Solutions (EPS) research group supports the end-to-end process of powertrain development from fuel to energy and emission management while its research focuses on combustion engines.

The research group is committed to developing excellence in methods of testing, simulation and control, building on detail knowledge. The scale and application areas of the used methods make the research group internationally unique.

The research group aims to develop efficient heavy-duty transport and the energy sector with an outcome of zero or even negative emissions impact. The goal is to maximise overall powertrain energy efficiency and develop integrated powertrain control solutions. This is done by providing innovative tools for design optimisation of powertrain configurations and control strategies.

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Latest publications

Former Renewable Energy research group's publications

Formerly, the Efficient Powertrain Solutions (EPS) research group was part of the Renewable Energy research group.

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2022	Development of a digital twin for real-time simulation of a combustion engine-based power plant with battery storage and grid coupling	Söderäng, Emma; Hautala, Saana; Mikulski, Maciej; Storm, Xiaoguo; Niemi, Seppo
2022	Short-term traffic flow prediction based on whale optimization algorithm optimized BiLSTM_Attention	Xu, Xing; Liu, Chengxing; Zhao, Yun; Lv, Xiaoshu
2022	A conceptual framework for the future of sea-level rise and land uplift changes in the Vaasa region of Finland	Girgibo, Nebiyu; Lü, Xiaoshu; Hiltunen, Erkki; Peura, Pekka; Tong, Yang; Zhenxue, Dai
2022	Thermo-kinetic multi-zone modelling of low temperature combustion engines	Vasudev, Aneesh; Mikulski, Maciej; Balakrishnan, Praveen Ramanujam; Storm, Xiaoguo; Hunicz, Jacek
2022	Tyre pyrolytic oil fuel blends in a modern compression ignition engine: A comprehensive combustion and emissions analysis	Mikulski, Maciej; Hunicz, Jacek; Duda, Kamil; Kazimierski, Paweł; Suchocki, Tomasz; Rybak, Arkadiusz
2022	A multi-output AC/DC energy conversion system for grid integration of bioelectrochemical power-to-gas storage	Shahparasti, Mahdi; Rajaei, Amirhossein; Tarrassó, Andres; Luna, Alvaro
2022	Barriers for Renewable Energy Technologies Diffusion : Empirical Evidence from Finland and Poland	Juszczyk, Oskar; Juszczyk, Juliusz; Juszczyk, Sławomir; Takala, Josu
2022	Novel hybrid modeling approach for utilizing simple linear regression models to solve multi-input nonlinear problems of indoor humidity modeling	Lu, Tao; Lü, Xiaoshu; Salonen, Heidi; Zhang, Qunli
2022	Statistical Investigation of Climate Change Effects on the Utilization of the Sediment Heat Energy	Girgibo, Nebiyu; Mäkiranta, Anne; Lü, Xiaoshu; Hiltunen, Erkki
2021	Biochar derived from chicken manure as a green adsorbent for naphthalene removal	Liu, Chenchen; Yin, Zhihong; Hu, Dan; Mo, Fan; Chu, Ruoyu; Zhu, Liandong; Hu, Chaozhen