TEQIP-II Sponsored one day workshop on “Innovations in Energy” October 3 2015 Organized
by Department of Mechanical Engineering Madhav Institute of Technology & Science,Gwalior-05
(An Autonomous Government Aided Institute affiliated to RGPV, Bhopal)
Kinetic Energy Recovery Kinetic Energy Recovery SystemSystem
Madhav Institute Of Technology and Science Affiliated to R.G.P.V.
INTRODUCTION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Fig1. Devices used under KERS with working
ABSTRACT
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Today ,the most important aspect on which research is going on is How to make already discovered thing more and more
efficient such that it can give more and more output
with same or less amount of input.
This input is generally given in
the form of energy.
Following to this KERS is an important innovation
because we recover that heat
energy which merely goes in the
heat form to atmosphere.
By equipping it in cars we can get a better resource utilization and make our cars
more environment friendly.
So, how does it work? Kinetic energy that you’d ordinarily lose to heat while
braking is sent to a flywheel, which can capture 150 watt hours in around
eight seconds of gentle braking. That’s the same amount of energy
you’d need to charge 25 new iPhones .
Once it’s been recovered, it can be stored for about half an hour or used
immediately, either as a supplement to the engine, or in one great big lump.Equipping cars with a KERS gives
them 80hp instantly And all this thrust comes from a little
box of gears and clutches that weighs 60kg, requires virtually no
maintenance, and will last for what the company claim is the realistic life of
the car.
It’s a Technology for Present and future because it’s environment friendly ,has low production cost and highly customizable. Adaptation of a KERS means reducing Fuel consumption and CO2 Emission.
A kinetic energy recovery system (often known simply as KERS) is
an automotive system for recovering a moving vehicle's kinetic energy under braking. A mechanical kinetic energy
recovery system is smaller and lighter than a petrol-electric hybrid
system, and in real-world conditions it hacks back fuel
consumption by a similar percentage to a hybrid. And
without troubling the engineers too much, you can add an F1-style
boost function, which gives you a big lump of torque on tap if you
need to overtake. Or do big, smoky burnouts. In this way it becomes a useful , efficient ,
eco-friendly and economic than other instant acceleration producing equipments.
1.BBC’s TopGear.com article
‘’Why do we need KERS?’’
2. Wikipedia.com
3.Slideshare.com