Aerospace Division
For more information, including a full agenda, speaker biographies and registration details, please visit www.imeche.org/vtms.
To ensure that as many engineers can benefit from this year’s conference, the IMechE are offering a 20% group booking on groups of 3 or more: simply email Event Enquiries to organise your places.
Organised with the Institution’s Automotive Division members, the fifteenth iteration of the Vehicle Thermal Management Systems event will provide a technical forum for those directly involved in thermal management for vehicles across the transportation industry, covering automotive, aerospace and much more.
Attendees will benefit a technical showcase of the latest research and technological advances for cooling systems within a vehicle from leaders in the field, together with those in the supply chain offering cutting-edge solutions for heat transfer, energy management, thermal comfort and systems integration.
With the increase in electric, hydrogen and hybrid powertrains together with alternative fuel types, this year’s conference programme has been curated to reflect these growing trends and meet the needs of the international automotive engineering community.
All speakers and their presentations are peer-reviewed by senior engineers on the conference organising committee to ensure that all content is accurate, relevant and includes the appropriate level of technical detail, with presentations dedicated to EV cooling systems, battery and energy storage thermal systems, powertrain sub-system thermal management and much more.
Keynote presentations from Imperial College London, Electroflight, Jaguar Land Rover and Wrightbus will lead a busy two-day programme of case studies, recent projects and new innovations, including:
- Reaction Engines high performance, low weight, thermal management system for EV - Reaction Engines Ltd
- BEV thermal system design and optimisation - Ricardo
- Simulation of icing-effects and de-icing technologies in EV heat pump systems - Magna Powertrain
- Advanced thermal simulations of li-ion batteries in extreme conditions for high performances vehicles and electric motorsport series - Williams Advanced Engineering
- Multiscale multidomain and multiphysics modelling of immersion battery cooling system - Gamma Technologies
- Additive manufacturing enabling high-performance heat exchanger manufacturing - MAHLE International GmbH
With case study examples covering the full gamut of vehicle types, including commercial, buses, high performance, motorsports and much more, attendees will have the chance to hear and take away insights and best practice from multiple industry sectors to take back to their organisation and enhance their work.
Attendees will also benefit from perspectives from engineers operating around the world, with content from those based in the Germany, France, US and China who will be contributing to the knowledge sharing and networking opportunities of this specialised community of automotive engineers.
Professor Billy Wu, Senior Lecturer of Electrochemical Engineering at Imperial College London and opening keynote speaker, is excited to be a part of this year’s conference programme. "These conferences are an excellent opportunity to learn about some of the challenges of vehicle thermal management in emerging areas of electrification. I’m excited to hear about the latest development, trends and opportunities in applications such as buses, planes and high performance vehicles, especially at opportunities for greater system integration,” he said, “beyond this, the conference has an excellent combination of technical content but also opportunities for networking, where new opportunities can be created."
To be a part of this year’s conference, please register your place at www.imeche.org/vtms or simply email Event Enquiries.