HEAT-ENGINE/MECHANICAL-ENERGY-STORAGE HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY INDICATED THAT A FLYWHEEL-ONLY PROPULSION SYSTEM COULD SATISFY THE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF AIR PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, FOR A CITY BUS, AND THAT FLYWHEEL/HEAT ENGINE HYBRIDS COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CARS, VANS, AND BUSES. IN ALL CASES SUBSTANTIAL EMISSION-FREE RANGES COULD BE ACHIEVED WITH HYBRID SYSTEMS BY USING THE ENGINE ONLY PERIODICALLY (AT CONSTANT LOAD) TO RECHARGE A LARGE, HIGH-ENERGY FLYWHEEL. EXPERIMENTS VERIFIED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE 'SUPERFLYWHEEL' BY SPIN TESTS OF UNDIRECTIONAL MATERIALS IN ROD OR BAR ROTOR CONFIGURATIONS. (AUTHOR)

• Corporate Authors:

  Johns Hopkins University, Laurel

  Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
  Laurel, MD  United States  20723-6099

  Physics Lab.

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• Authors:
  • Dugger, G L
  • BRANDT, A
  • George, J F
  • Perini, L L
  • Rabenhorst, D W
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 313 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Bus transportation; Flywheels; Hybrid vehicles; Pollutants; Propulsion; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 5:37PM