Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory: Capabilities Overview
Abstract
The GSPEL is the Army Centerpiece Laboratory for full vehicle environmental mobility testing, power and energy research and development, integration, and component testing. The GSPEL is composed of five laboratories that provide one-of-a-kind test support to current and emerging classes of ground military and commercial vehicles, wheeled and tracked, manned and unmanned. Air Flow Laboratory - Air Filtration Benches provide dust testing of air filtration devices to demonstrate and validate new or legacy system capabilities in a controlled environment. Air Flow Laboratory - Calorimeter provides testing of military vehicle heat exchangers to evaluate their cooling capacity, air restriction, and coolant restriction as well as military vehicle ballistic grilles to evaluate their air restriction in a repeatable, controlled environment. Electrical Components Laboratory (ECL) tests high-voltage/power components for vehicle electrification and hybrid electric power technology integration. Energy Storage Laboratory (ESL) provides testing for production qualification of batteries and electrochemical technology testing at cell, module and battery pack levels. Power and Energy Vehicle Environmental Laboratory (PEVEL) tests multi-wheel or tracked military vehicles with road-load simulation under extreme environmental conditions. The R-PEVEL is a standalone laboratory, dedicated to testing the power and mobility of robotic platforms. The Lab provides for environmental control of robotic test assets, and features two dynamometers and control systems to thoroughly test drivetrain components of prototype and fielded robotic systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1143989
Entities
People
- William Easterday
Organizations
- United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center