Emissions Prediction at your ngertips

IGNITE can be used to predict vehicle emissions over standard and user-de ned operational cycles. Systems level engine modeling objects allow users to implement predictive and experimentally-based engine emissions data. This enables the analysis of sub-system technology performance on vehicle emissions.
Key Features
Experimental and predictive emissions map modeling - NOx (Nitrous Oxide) - CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) - CO (carbon Monoxide) - HC (Hydrocarbons) - PM (Particulate Material)

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Fuel To Road Energy Flow Analysis at your ngertips

IGNITE can be used to perform detailed vehicle system energy ow analysis, quantifying the energy loss and power dissipated within each key sub-system throughout the vehicle. This allows the users to analyze and identify key areas for system performance improvement and optimization.
Key Features
Audit energy transfer and loss throughout the entire driveline Cycle dependent dissipated power analysis Analyze energy ows within complex hybrid-electric systems

Hybrid System Design and Analysis at your ngertips

IGNITE provides hybrid-electric and full electrical vehicle system modeling capabilities. Systems-level electrical system models allow users to characterize the impact and performance of hybrid system design . Flexible controls integration enables analysis and development of hybrid controls systems for optimizing vehicle performance and fuel economy.
Key Features
Hybrid system speci c modeling objects Battery thermal modeling Detailed e-machine modeling Co-simulation with MATLAB/Simulink

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Powertrain design at your ngertips

Component Selection and Sizing at your ngertips

IGNITE can be used to perform vehicle sub-system component selection and sizing. Model parameterization allow users to easily vary sub-system attributes characteristics in order to quantify and analyze the impact vehicle performance and fuel economy. Studies such as concurrently optimizing battery and e-machine selection and sizing is made easy by the built-in Design/Optimization toolbox.
Key Features
Easy model parameterization Built-in design space exploration and optimization tools Analysis of component selection on overall system performance Advanced Design/Optimization post-processing and visualization

Powertrain Integration Analysis at your ngertips

IGNITE can be used to analyze the collective performance of multiple vehicle powertrain systems operating together. The building-block modeling approach allows IGNITE users to combine all key vehicle sub-systems within a single vehicle model and identify and quantify the resulting interactions and interdependencies within the system during simulation.
Key Features
Ricardo IGNITE Powertrain library Flexible object con guration and component delity Drag-n-drop modeling Design/Optimization toolbox enables identi cation and optimization of complex system interdependencies

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What is IGNITE?
IGNITE is a physics-based system simulation package focused on complete vehicle system modeling and simulation. With a world-class library of vehicle component building blocks, users can quickly and accurately model complete conventional, hybrid-electric, full electric and novel vehicle architectures. Faster than real-time execution speed, and native design and optimization tools, provide quick turnaround of vehicle performance, fuel economy and emissions prediction from concept through detailed powertrain integration.
Applications
Complete vehicle system modeling Drive cycle simulation Vehicle performance prediction Fuel consumption prediction Emissions prediction Fuel to road energy ow analysis Hybrid system design and analysis Component selection and sizing Powertrain integration analysis Adjustable component delity meets vehicle modeling requirements from concept to detailed powertrain integration Rapid, consistent model construction using drag-and-drop objects libraries and user-de ned templates Distributed running over any number of CPUs (optional) Faster than real-time simulation

Drive Cycle Simulation at your ngertips

IGNITE is used extensively for simulating full vehicle system models over standard and user-de ned drive cycles. Included driver models and vehicle system controllers, combined with faster than real-time simulation, make IGNITE perfectly suited for full duration drive cycle simulation. Predict and optimize fuel consumption and emissions performance over legislative operational duty cycles.
Key Features
Simulation speeds up to 100+ times faster than real-time Full cycle simulation in a fraction of the time Detailed cycle driver model Transmission shift strategy model Hybrid vehicle controller models Torque Converter lock/unlock strategy model Stop-start vehicle simulation Advanced post-processing and results visualization

Key Features
Modern GUI with tabbed browsing & embedded documentation Ricardo IGNITE Powertrain library Pre-built vehicle models covering conventional, hybrid-electric and electric architectures Design / Optimization toolbox Modelica standard modeling language support Co-simulation with WAVE Co-simulation with MATLAB/Simulink

Vehicle Performance Prediction at your ngertips

IGNITE is used to predict vehicle performance capabilities such as gradeability, acceleration, braking and top speed. Independent throttle and brake controls enable customizable simulation of vehicle performance events and operating conditions. IGNITE contains detailed vehicle and tire models to enable high- delity simulation of tire slip and longitudinal vehicle dynamics.
Key Features
Detailed tire slip and friction models Multi-degree of freedom vehicle model including grade and pitch Simulation of ascending and descending elevations Transmission performance characterization Shift strategy and TC lock-up strategy simulation Clutch launch control models

Complete Vehicle System Modeling at your ngertips

IGNITE provides systems-level modeling of all major vehicle sub-systems. The world class Ricardo IGNITE Powertrain Library provides complete vehicle system modeling for conventional, hybrid, electric and novel vehicle architectures from a single library. Adjustable component delity meets vehicle modeling requirements from concept to detailed powertrain integration.
The built-in Design/Optimization toolbox provides advanced multivariate design space exploration and optimization tools, allowing users to quickly identify and understand complex system tradeo s and sensitivities.

Key Features
Ricardo IGNITE Powertrain library Flexible object con guration and component delity Drag-n-drop modeling Embedded Split screen modelling object help documentation Split screen model object help documentation Design / Optimization toolbox Modelica standard modeling language support

Fuel Consumption Prediction at your ngertips

IGNITE is used extensively to predict both the instantaneous and total fuel consumption of a vehicle system over a speci ed operational cycle. This capability enables users to explore the impact that various technologies, such as hybridization, have on vehicle fuel consumption.
The IGNITE Design/Optimization toolbox can be used to optimize fuel consumption while maintaining speci ed performance requirements and constraints

Key Features
Experimental and predictive fuel map modeling Model sub-system losses and e ciencies Detailed cycle driver model Co-simulation with WAVE Easy model parameterization Design/Optimization toolbox