Improvements of vehicle fuel economy using mechanical regenerative braking

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-48

  Boretti, Alberto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuel consumption; Gasoline engines and downsizing.; GHG emissions; Kinetic energy storage systems; Regenerative braking

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL STORAGE; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; POWERTRAINS; REGENERATIVE BRAKING;

BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; GASOLINE ENGINES; GHG EMISSION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; VARIABLE TRANSMISSION; VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 78751504430     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2011.038046     Document Type: Article

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