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Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations (grist.org)

submitted 2 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 38 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Regenerative braking on commuter trains is nothing new, it's been around for decades.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And even in some prototype bus, the Gyrobus, in the 50's that used an electrically charged flywheel that was also (to some degree) regeneratively recharged when breaking:

Rather than carrying an internal combustion engine or batteries, or connecting to overhead powerlines, a gyrobus carries a large flywheel that is spun at up to 3,000 RPM by a "squirrel cage" motor.[1] Power for charging the flywheel was sourced by means of three booms mounted on the vehicle's roof, which contacted charging points located as required or where appropriate (at passenger stops en route, or at terminals, for instance). To obtain tractive power, capacitors would excite the flywheel's charging motor so that it became a generator, in this way transforming the energy stored in the flywheel back into electricity. Vehicle braking was electric, and some of the energy was recycled back into the flywheel, thereby extending its range.

Source: Wikipedia: Gyrobus

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nice, it’s probably the ancestor of the TOSA which is the same thing without the flywheel, and also from Switzerland.

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