The fifth conference on On-Board Diagnostics Regulatory Status and Effects on Vehicle Development is once again being held in Braunschweig in April 2011. This event is now one of Europe s most important OBD conferences and is again expected to attract numerous OBD experts from the ranks of automobile manufacturers, system suppliers and service providers.
The following focal topics are planned for the conference:
- Implementation of OBD demands from new / current emission legislation for passenger cars (Euro6, TIER2, LEV2) and commercial vehicles (Euro5/Euro6)
- OBD / EOBD for alternative fuels and drivetrains (hydrogen, ethanol, hybrid)
- Monitoring of exhaust-gas aftertreatment components (DOC, DPF, SCR, NSC)
- New sensor concepts (e.g. PM, NH3, CO2)
- Model-based monitoring
- Use of adaptive algorithms for defining component tolerances
- Evaluation of measurement files for improving the in-use performance of diagnostics
- Fleet management and validation
- Extended requirements in scan tool communication
- Battery diagnostics for hybrid vehicles
- Effects of CO2 legislation on OBD demands
- Worldwide efforts to harmonize OBD demands
- Future LEV III legislation
- New concepts for diagnostics
- Experience in implementing OBD requirements
- Integration of retrofit solutions into existing OBD systems
- Outlook for future legislation / emissions standards for US-OBD and E-OBD
