Ongoing projects

Projektets inriktning är att ta fram ett digitalt beslutsstöd för att underlätta beslut om utrymning. Med hjälp av relevant ingångsdata (trafikflöden, områden att utrymma, folkmängd, transportslag) och AI presenteras resultat av utrymning i en visualiseringsanläggning (Virtual Production Studio Lab). Resultatet ska även kunna presenteras på ordinarie datorskärm, och kan presenteras distribuerat över flera platser samtidigt. Resultat av beslut om utrymning presenteras för olika scenarier vilket blir ett stöd för beslutsfattaren. Beslutsstödet kan användas för scenarier vid kris i fredstid och under höjd beredskap. Project info BTH project leader: Professor Tobias Larsson Time span: 20250101 – 20251231 Funding: 2.6 MSEK (2 MSEK MSB 2:4…

Tested Site Optimization Solutions (Tested-SOS) The goal is to implement and test a digital infrastructure that integrates various innovative servicesinto a unified, scalable digital platform. Tested-SOS aims to be the next step toward digital representation, simulation, and optimization in the off-road industry through simulation models that can mirror the physical world from system to site level. This will increase the understanding of how off-road sites can be optimized from a multi-dimensional perspective. It will also lower knowledge gaps to introduce new technologies such as electromobility and autonomy. Work sites are complex systems, made even more complex by adding zero-emission and…

CONVERGE II - En lösning för energidistributionen inom vägbyggnation & bergtäkt Det saknas idag en tillfredsställande systemlösning för elektrisk energidistribution som förser en maskinflotta som har 1) hög användningsgrad och 2) klarar höga laster, det vill säga hanterar ett stort antal ton och med större maskinstorlek, ca 20-100 ton. För entreprenader som färdigställs 2030 eller senare har Trafikverket inriktningen att 100% av den samlade energianvändningen för arbetsmaskiner ska komma från förnybar el eller hållbara biodrivmedel. I projektet samlas både industrin Volvo CE (huvudsökande) som OEM, PEAB som utförare, Trafikverket som upphandlande organ samt tre akademiska parter, Lund Tekniska Högskola, Blekinge…

Scrap-based production of Steel using Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) with possibility of 100 % scrap charges, offers a Circular Economy based solution to reduce CO2 emissions when compared to the integrated Blast Furnace (BF) + Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) route (1.81 tCO2/tsteel for BOF vs 0.23tCO2/tsteel for EAF). However, EAF production of sheet steel is currently not a reality due to the effect of undesired residual elements in the scrap. The aim of CiSMA is to introduce scrap-based EAF steel products into mass-market sheet metal consumer goods with high-quality requirements, currently served with BOF steel (96 % of the market).…

The industry is challenged to comply with increasingly demanding societal and customer needs. Various stakeholders must be engaged throughout the development process. Models and simulations are used to assess new solutions and optimize current ones, foresee decisions’ implications, and make them explainable within the company and with customers. However, diversity in background, knowledge, and expectations among the stakeholders, raises the risk of misunderstandings in communicating values and tradeoffs, leading customers to hesitate when adopting innovative and sustainable solutions. Extended Reality (XR) is a promising problem solver to make the experience with solutions and visual data more accessible. The offer of…

Resilience in electricity & charging systems - challenges and opportunities with marine public transport "Resultaten visar på stor potential och jag ser fram emot fortsatt samarbeten i Karlskrona med verklig provning, simulering och optimering. Tillsammans med BTH, Affärsverken och Karlskrona har vi stora möjligheter att göra något som blir bra!" Tobias Husberg, projektledare & grundare, CSTRIDER. SLUTRAPPORT The transport sector accounts for a significant share of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and the project's goal is to reduce these by improving resilience, energy efficiency and environmental impact, and optimizing a marine transport system. Waterborne public transport has great potential to…

The project will evaluate prospecting in lunar orbit and on the surface. The study will consider mining and construction capabilities as well as in-situ processing of resources. The project is funded by Canadian Space Agency. Project info BTH project leader: Professor Tobias Larsson Time span: 2022-2023 Funding: $248,000 (Canadian Space Agency) Partners: BTH Canadian Space Mining Corporation Canadian Space Agency Related links The Canadian Space Agency funds novel ideas for potential Moon infrastructure (2022-06-03) A Concept Design to Enable Lunar Mining (MSc thesis 2022)

In the project we are developing digitalized services to increase the level of trusted decision making to optimise overall site systems in off-road transport applications. By developing data-driven models for real-time simulation and optimisation of customer site operations, combined with advanced data analytics, we move from the current experience-based process to a model-based process that will enable us to deliver customer value in terms of services and trusted decision support. Developed models will be tested in a realistic testbed for a final demonstration. The project will deliver in the short - and medium term in the form of services and…