VECON '84 : fuel efficient power trains and Vehicles. Design of an engine-flywheel hydrid drive system for a passenger car. SAE 841306. International Conference on Fuel Efficient Power Trains and Vehicles [22-24 Oct. 1984, London].

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The quest to improve the fuel economy of General Motorola passenger cars has led to the investigations of an engine-flywheel hybrid powertrain at the GM Research Laboratories (GMR). An engine-flywheel system was designed for a compact car and its performance was predicted analytically. The system was estimated to achieve an improvement in EPA composite fuel economy of 13 per cent over a 1984 production compact car. This margin of improvement was judged insufficient to justify the complex drivetrain, and therefore, a prototype system was no built. However, the current potential of engine-flywheel hybrids for GM passenger-car applications has been defined, and the technology areas requiring additional research attention have been identified. INTRODUCTION. DISCUSSION. Concept Definition. Drive System Design. CVT Development. Engine Development. Flywheel System Development. Control System Development. Regenerative Braking System Development. Overall System Operation. SUMMARY. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. REFERENCES.

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