While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself contributes to a favourable energy balance through recuperation, by converting kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.
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Until this new system was developed, capturing kinetic energy required converting mechanical energy into electricity, which would then be converted into chemical energy for long- or short-term storage.
The battery, developed by Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology, converts the kinetic energy from motion into chemical energy, which can then be used to power any device.
It converts kinetic energy gathered while braking into electrical energy and stores it in a flywheel.
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When LeMieux was hiking the Appalachian Trail a decade ago, he identified the problem that would become the focus of his work: how to turn the kinetic energy of a hiker into electrical energy that could keep devices charged (and reduce the battery weight he carried for 1, 500 miles).
Williams are testing a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system - the device that stores energy under braking - and have set up a company to develop the technology both for Formula One and further applications outside the sport.
Dubbed KERS, for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, the powerplant designed to recapture energy lost during braking or coasting.
The new developments include a switch to slick tyres from the grooved ones of recent years, and the introduction of the kinetic energy recovery system (Kers), which stores energy recovered from the rear axle during braking and converts it to supply a brief power boost.
They include changes to the aerodynamics, the re-introduction of slick, untreaded tyres after 11 years with grooved rubber and the potential use of a kinetic energy recovery system (Kers), which stores energy that would have been dissipated during braking and reapplies it while the car is accelerating.
The technology in question is KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) for capturing and storing the car's braking energy instead of wasting it as heat.
It is thought too that as the atmospheric CO2 concentration increases, as it must with the continued burning of fossil fuels, the kinetic energy generation from the atmosphere will decrease thus further diminishing the amount of energy that may be sensibly extracted by wind-turbines on the very large scale.
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This is an application, so most of what today's filing tells us is certainly not set in stone, but new ideas include a "kinetic energy gathering component" within the band -- like the trickle charge feature found on watches -- to pump energy back into the device.
Elsewhere, some innovators are experimenting with devices that draw power from the human body's kinetic energy.
The modified exercise equipments take kinetic energy from a person's workout and converts it into a form of electricity.
In contrast, the U.S. THAAD theater defense system, which uses kinetic energy, must actually hit its target to "kill" it.
Of all the new regulations being implemented for 2009, the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (Kers) presents constructors with the biggest test.
This is somewhat akin to capturing the kinetic energy of an electric car via regenerative braking a feature found in the Toyota Prius.
At the top of the list of nagging uncertainties among the rival teams is the optional introduction of kinetic energy recovery systems (Kers).
When operational, the weapon will fire projectiles at ranges in excess of 200 nautical miles (230 miles) and inflict damage through kinetic energy.
In 1919 German physicist Albert Betz published a theory that no turbine can capture more than 60 percent of the kinetic energy in wind.
The model will be fitted with a Kers system, short for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, that has been developed by the Formula 1 industry.
New regulations for 2009 will see the return of slick tyres, the introduction of the new kinetic energy recovery system (Kers) and aerodynamic alterations.
Slick, untreaded tyres will also be reintroduced after 11 years on grooved tyres and teams have the option of employing a kinetic energy recovery system.
However, the electrical version of KERS is not the only nor possibly the best way to capture kinetic energy during braking and use it to boost power.
Slick, untreaded tyres will also be reintroduced after 11 years on grooved tyres, and teams have the option of employing a kinetic energy recovery system (Kers).
Now we have a reverse situation, where at least some in Congress want to build a kinetic energy ASAT, as Senator Smith told us this morning.
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Actually, the idea of regenerative braking slowing a vehicle down by converting some of its kinetic energy into another form for later use comes originally from locomotive engineering.
The sense of mastery, the wielding of all that kinetic energy, the Big Mo, is a special kind of pleasure, experientially separate from driving a 200-mph Ferrari.
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"Casiotone Pothole" and "One Two You" were blended into a single 15-minute odyssey, while "Trapped in Dream" captures the dynamic and kinetic energy available in this threesome.
The GT3 R Hybrid's flywheel device was built by Formula 1 constructor Williams as part of F1's pursuit of Kinetic Energy Storage Systems (KERS), which began in 2009.
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