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Flywheel energy storage in rail vehicles project status September 1981 (TM-VS-4)

Last updated on 07 April 2014 11:40

The kinetic energy of a moving vehicle is degraded to heat in braking equipment, air and other friction losses when the vehicle decelerates to rest. If the energy dissipated in the braking system could be stored and used for subsequent acceleration several advantages might be realised; less energy would be...

Author(s): Bird JM

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1982

United Kingdom

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