Re: [MBZ] high schoolers' diesel-electric hybrid - series or parallel hybrid?

2006-02-10 Thread Jim Cathey
ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you need an extra generator? You don't, read the thing more carefully. The series system is not road-coupled. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] high schoolers' diesel-electric hybrid - series or parallel hybrid?

2006-02-09 Thread David Brodbeck
Christopher McCann wrote: Does anyone recall from the article - was it a parallel hybrid (like prius) or a series hybrid like a locomotive (SIMPLE!). I'm curious, too. There *are* simple ways to create parallel hybrids -- for example, a road-coupled hybrid where you have the electric motor

Re: [MBZ] high schoolers' diesel-electric hybrid - series or parallel hybrid?

2006-02-09 Thread Christopher McCann
ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you need an extra generator? You have one engine which powers, say the front wheels conventionally and it also turns a generator which powers an electric motor which drives the rear wheels at a certain point, the conventional

Re: [MBZ] high schoolers' diesel-electric hybrid - series or parallel hybrid?

2006-02-09 Thread David Brodbeck
Christopher McCann wrote: ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you need an extra generator? You have one engine which powers, say the front wheels conventionally and it also turns a generator which powers an electric motor which drives the rear wheels at a certain