DieselD Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I tend to stay away from rumors but this one had me rolling. I stumbled across it on another site. http://www.newtechspy.com/articles06/hydraulichybrid.html thought you might all enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Huh, sounds kinda like the setup they introduced on the '94 Powerstroke Tonka truck concept, or was it '99? I don't remember now but I saw concept pictures and there was not much room for driveshafts and fuel tanks with all the hydralic cylinders and plumbing and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I saw a "cocktail napkin" design one time long ago that used flywheels to store energy and release it quickly. Nice concept, high efficieny, relatively small footprint. Didn't work for long term storage - more than 6 hours or so - becuase of eddies in the magnetic field around the spinning flywheels. Essentially they would inductively heat the components around the flywheels (exactly like we're doing now with 6.0L's, just on a smaller scale) and the heat generation would rob energy from the system. But for regenerative braking, etc. it was a great concept. Never made it into production, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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