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.
Fuel economy of a flywheel-hybrid vehicle
Wirtschaftichkeit eines schwungradangetriebenen Personenwagens
1999
16 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 11 Quellen
Conference paper
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