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Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems for Racing Cars PT-159

Author: Alberto Boretti
SKU: AISAE.GEN.9944.00334

$120.00

Publisher: SAE International
Number of Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9780768079944
Publication Date: 2013
Condition: New

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A kinetic energy recover system (KERS) captures the kinetic energy that results when brakes are applied to a moving vehicle. The recovered energy can be stored in a flywheel or battery and used later, to help boost acceleration. KERS helps transfer what was formerly wasted energy into useful energy. In 2009, the Federation Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) began allowing KERS to be used in Formula One (F1) competition. Still considered experimental, this technology is undergoing development in the racing world but has yet to become mainstream for production vehicles. The Introduction of this

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