Re:An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine has been succes...
by GregBuchholz on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @12:23PM
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>Hybrid cars work mainly by recovering energy from braking or going downhill to charge the batteries.
I always thought that hybrids were more efficient because you can size the engine to the average power requirement, and not the peak requirement, thereby operating in a more efficient region most of the time, using the battery reserves for when you need peak power. And for some reason I was thinking that operating an engine at a fixed speed allowed for better engineering trade-offs.
I always thought that hybrids were more efficient because you can size the engine to the average power requirement, and not the peak requirement, thereby operating in a more efficient region most of the time, using the battery reserves for when you need peak power. And for some reason I was thinking that operating an engine at a fixed speed allowed for better engineering trade-offs.