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> On Oct 31, 2015, at 12:24 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100661_recovered-energy-and-ultracapacitors-could-cut-big-rig-fuel-use > Recovered Energy And Ultracapacitors Could Cut Big-Rig Fuel Use > By Stephen Edelstein Oct 28, 2015 > > [images > http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/freightliner-inspiration-truck-self-driving-truck-concept_100509799_m.jpg > Freightliner Inspiration Truck self-driving truck concept > > http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/daimler-trucks-north-america-supertruck_100505905_m.jpg > Daimler Trucks North America SuperTruck > ] > > The regenerative systems that help today's hybrid Formula One cars get a > charge are known as Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, or KERS. > > As the name implies, they recover energy that's then used to provide short > bursts of electric power to augment the output of their internal-combustion > engines. > > Now, a French-based startup is re-purposing the technology for a very > different application. > > In fact, the vehicles engineers have in mind are pretty much the opposite of > sleek, fast Formula One cars. > > The company, Adgero, says it has designed the first KERS units for > heavy-duty trucks. > > Large trucks may be a good application for KERS because their weight > requires significant expenditures of energy on braking, notes an SAE > International blog post describing the Adgero system. > > The energy recovery--which is designed to be retrofitted to existing semi > trailers, not the tractors that haul them--could cut fuel consumption by 15 > to 25 percent, said Adgero founder and CEO Mack Murray. > > Hardware consists of an ultracapacitor bank for storing electricity, a drive > axle, and a wireless management system that monitors different vehicle > parameters. > > With the system installed, the trailer can provide some extra motivation to > reduce the energy required from the tractor--which remains powered solely by > its internal combustion engine. > > Adgero believes this approach is more economical than designing new hybrid > tractors, which would require a significant investment by operators in order > to convert their fleets. > > The "strap-on" trailer drive unit is rated at 200 kilowatts (268 > horsepower), with 550 pound-feet of torque. > > The management system is installed on the tractor. If a tractor without the > monitor is assigned to the trailer, the hybrid system stays in standby mode. > > [image] 2014 Peterbilt 579 > > Electricity is stored in an ultracapacitor module consisting of five > cylindrical cells, supplied by Skeleton Technologies of Estonia. > > The two companies plan to manufacture 8,000 to 10,000 units of the complete > system annually by 2020. > > So far, French transportation company Altrans has signed on to conduct road > tests in 2016. > > The first production units are expected to cost 45,000 euros ($50,600) each, > but Adgero says that will drop to 25,000 euros ($28,000) when production > ramps up in 2018. > > While the company will concentrate on Europe for now, CEO Murray said the > system could probably work in North America and Asia too. > [© greencarreports.com] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Formula1-regen-Ultracaps-on-semi-trailers-cut-fuel-use-tp4678423.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
