Chris Brockbank of project partner Torotrak, based in Leyland, UK, says over 70 per
cent of the energy recovered by the system can be converted into motive force to drive the car.
Not exact matches
This makes it more than twice as efficient as conventional hybrid cars, which can only
recover about 30 per
cent of the braking
energy, he says.
School kitchens expel large volumes
of warm air, and many kitchen managers do not realise that more than 50 per
cent of this heat can be
recovered by using heat recovery devices, which can also reduce
energy costs.
This again saves weight, and also ensures that 100 per
cent of energy is
recovered.