Outcome: It strikes a right balance between fuel consumption and pollution control and can be optimised effectively in future generation vehicle.
Description: A Kinetic and potential energy conversion system system refers to an energy recovery mechanism which decelerates a vehicle by converting the kinetic energy into the electrical energy or it can be stored. In a conventional vehicle, when the brakes are applied, the kinetic energy is converted into heat due to friction between the brake-pads and the wheel drum. This heat is dissipated into the atmosphere and the energy is wasted. This amount of energy lost depends on how often, how hard and for how long the brakes are applied. It is a vehicle that uses two sources of power- gasoline and battery. For low power application battery drive is used whereas for high power application where power requirement is very high gasoline engine is used. Gasoline drive is most efficient at high speed drive. Thus its both mode of operation occurs at their maximum efficiency. But in gasoline engine low speed operation is not efficient. Its high speed mode is only efficient. Therefore, it gives more the mileage given by a normal vehicle. As this vehicle emits less emission than normal vehicle it plays an important role for reducing pollution to certain extent without compromising with efficiency. Thus it is most efficient in urban areas mainly in high traffic where gasoline engines are least efficient as the energy from gasoline is being wasted away and creates pollution.
