> > > LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> writes: > > > > > > That is regenerative braking, and it's exactly what the > > > resistor banks on the tops of the locomotives are for. > > > They use regenerative power from the traction motors and > > > dump it into the resistors as required to place a load on > > > the traction motors when braking or slowing the train down > > > grades.
> > Allan wrote: > > > > What I meant was, they don't recover the energy for later > > use. They blow it off as heat. > WILTON wrote: > > Pity; doesn't seem to "regen" anything, then, does it? Well, > 'cept heat. What a waste. Yeah. But think of the quantity of electricity generated. Not very practical to store that in batteries. Maybe the "spare" electricity could generate hydrogen - except the main diesel engine can't run on hydrogen. A flywheel? Could use an electric motor and regenerative "braking" using the flywheel to store the energy. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
