F1 cars going hybrid
04-23-2008, 06:54 PM
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F1 cars going hybrid
http://gas2.org/2008/04/22/formula-1...rom-2009-2013/
i thought this was interesting.
everyone likes energy efficient systems =)
i thought this was interesting.
everyone likes energy efficient systems =)
04-23-2008, 07:46 PM
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
uh, you can compare the two. F1 is considered as leader in technology along with the US Gov't and NASA.
What is wasted energy from the flywheel? I can only think of when the clutch is disengaged, but F1 cars have automatic paddle shifting do they not?
he biggest difference between KERS and a regular battery-electric hybrid is that KERS stores recovered waste energy in a rotating flywhee
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04-24-2008, 04:19 AM
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
They do, they shift in less than 60ms. I think that it's catching lost kinetic energy, when you are braking maybe?
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
It says it stores the wasted energy in a flywheel, keeping the energy kinetic. Not that the gets the energy from the flywheel.
04-24-2008, 04:59 AM
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
just out curousity. Why dont they have a system that works off of the wheels turning. The wheels turning would make plenty of static electricity. It would only need an inital charge then after that it would run on its own.
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
static electricity? You mean like make an electric generator from the wheels spinning? By adding a generator powered by the wheels, there will be resistance on the wheels, making the car require more energy to accelerate. Your taking energy away from the performance just to add it back on and end up exactly where you were before, possibly even less due to losses in the system, which there always are. But who knows, maybe the conversion works out to the car's advantage.
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Re: F1 cars going hybrid
Er, you can't "keep" KE unless you keep something is moving, but it can be converted into a different form of energy and be stored such as in this system. Another example would be your brakes. Your car converts the KE from the car into heat energy. In this hybrid system, I was curious of what the wasted energy was. Since there is barely any clutch disengaged time, I'm thinking maybe its on deceleration or braking.
he biggest difference between KERS and a regular battery-electric hybrid is that KERS stores recovered waste energy in a rotating flywheel. Instead of converting waste energy into electricity and than back into useful energy again with an electric motor, KERS simply transfers the kinetic energy to a ~5kg flywheel in the F1 car’s transmission. The energy stored in the flywheel can then be used by the driver by pushing a “boost” button.