The design of an engine-flywheel hybrid drive system for a passenger car 841306
The quest to improve the fuel economy of General Motors passenger cars has led to the investigation of an engine-flywheel hybrid powertrain at the GM Research Laboratories (GMR). An engine-flywheel system was designed for a compact car and its performance was predicted analytically. The system was estimated to achieve an improvement in EPA Composite fuel economy of 13% over a 1984 production compact car. This margin of improvement was judged insufficient to justify the complex drivetrain, and, therefore, a prototype system was not built. However, the current potential of engine-flywheel hybrids for GM passenger-car applications has been defined, and the technology areas requiring additional research attention have been identified.
Citation: SCHILKE, N., DeHART, A., HEWKO, L., MATTHEWS, C. et al., "The design of an engine-flywheel hybrid drive system for a passenger car," SAE Technical Paper 841306, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841306. Download Citation
Author(s):
N A SCHILKE, A O DeHART, L O HEWKO, C C MATTHEWS, D J POZNIAK, S M ROHDE
Affiliated:
General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan, USA
Pages: 21
Event:
International Conference on Fuel Efficient Power Trains and Vehicles
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vecon 84-Fuel Efficient Power Trains and Vehicles-P-150, SAE 1984 Transactions-V93-84
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Fuel economy
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