Vehicles Using Flywheels and Super Capacitors

Super capacitors can be used in addition to batteries in electric vehicles. In Fig. 5.22, a simplified scheme for a vehicle equipped with battery and super capacitors is shown [4]. The super capacitors allow the kinetic energy of the vehicle to be recovered when the vehicle slows down, increasing the availability of power peaks during rapid accelerations. In this way, an optimal management of batteries can be accomplished. 

Super capacitors and flywheels, as high power storage systems, can be used in a wide range of hybrid vehicles, combined with one or more power energy devices. 

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