DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF REGENRATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM

As in today’s world, where there are energy crises and therefore the resources are depleting at a better rate, there’s a requirement of specific technology that recoversthe energy, which gets usually wasted. So, just in case of automobiles one among these useful technologies is that the regenerative braking system. Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows a vehicle or object by converting its Kinetic Energy (K.E) into a form which will be either used immediately or stored until needed. Using regenerative braking system in automobiles enables us to recover the K.E. of the vehicle to some extent that’s lost during the braking process. The converted K.E. is stored for future use or is fed back to the facility system of the vehicle. This energy is often stored during a battery or bank of capacitors for later use. Energy also can be stored with the assistance of a rotating flywheel which is one among the foremost inexpensive and effective method of storing and regenerating power. The present invention provides energy-storing regenerative braking system by transmitting the flywheel force as a torque tending to oppose the forward rotation of a wheel on applying the brakes. A brake-pad assembly, mounted concentrically with the hub of a ground-engaging wheel, is actuated upon braking to supply frictional engagement between the hub and clutch mechanism, while applying a decelerating torque to the wheel. The special braking mechanism is selectively held in position by a rider-controlled clutch mechanism, to accumulate energy over several braking events. Vehicles driven by electric motors use the motor as a generator when using regenerative braking and its output is supplied to an electrical load. The transfer of energy to the load provides the braking effect and regenerate’s power.