Open AccessThermomolecular Accumulator for Touring Bicycle
Author(s) -
Victor Stoudenets,
Nikolay Tsyrin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/464/1/012011
Subject(s) - accumulator (cryptography) , hydraulic accumulator , automotive engineering , hydraulic machinery , engineering , environmental science , computer science , simulation , mechanical engineering , algorithm
The work presents an ecological vehicle, which is a touring bicycle with the compact hydraulic system based on the hydraulic / thermomolecular accumulator. Due to the hydrosystem, the cyclist has the ability to store mechanical / hydraulic energy by pedaling during downhill, which is used when moving uphill without pedaling. The prototype was designed some time ago at the Laboratory of Thermomolecular Energetics (TME) of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. In order to improve the vehicle technical characteristics, it is proposed to replace the traditional pneumohydraulic accumulator (PHA) with the thermomolecular analogue. The comparative analysis of the vehicle operation with each type of accumulator is carried out.