Based on the requirements low mass, low cost and high efficiency, a hybrid driveline for passenger vehicles has been designed, built and tested. This flywheel-hybrid CVT based driveline incorporates a glass-fibre composite flywheel and a small i.c. engine. The engine operates intermittently in the hybrid mode. Because of this start-stop engine operation and the regenerative braking significant reductions in fuel consumption can be achieved. Engine test-rig experiments showed that a 40 % decrease in fuel consumption can be obtained for an average of 5 kW power output. Furthermore a substantial 15 % fuel reduction can be achieved by regenerative braking. On a chassis dynamometer, the flywheel-hybrid driveline shows a 25 % fuel savings for the vehicle.


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    Title :

    Fuel economy of a flywheel-hybrid vehicle


    Additional title:

    Wirtschaftichkeit eines schwungradangetriebenen Personenwagens


    Contributors:
    Spijker, E. (author) / Veenhuizen, P.A. (author) / Kok, D.B. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    16 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 11 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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