Flywheel Energy-Management Systems for Improving the Fuel Economy of Motor Vehicles. Final Report

摘要

The development of a second generation flywheel automobile is described. The following topics are covered: specifications, alternate prime movers, study of driveline friction, flywheel safety studies, preliminary investigation of existing automatic transmission for use with continuously variable elements, continuously- variable-transmission (CVT) design incorporating the Van Doorne transmatic and the Chevrolet Citation three-speed automatic transmission design based on the Van Doorne transmatic and the Chevrolet Corvair power-glide planetary unit, a simplified two-range V-belt CVT, V-belt CVT with inverse power-split, slipping clutch continuously variable transmission, hydrostatic power-split studies flywheel automatic propulsion digital simulation program, real-time simulation, control strategy and component sizing studies, and four-square dynamometer and CVT testing. (ERA citation 09:002668)