Regenerative Braking System

Abstract

1,2Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and science, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 3Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and science, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract In any vehicle the conventional brake when applied converts kinetic energy into heat in order to slow down a vehicle or to make it stop, but while braking a lot of usefull energy as heat dissipates in environment and gets wasted. This project aims to create a regenerative braking system for an electric vehicle used to recover energy on board rechargeable power supply which converts kinetic energy from wheel into electric energy, thus will harness this wasted energy and store it for further use whenever demanded and thus can help to reduce fuel consumption and improve efficiency of electric vehicles through braking as it result in an increase energy output for given energy input to the vehicle. It is done by a motor converting KE to electricity which is stored in battery, transducer, a process sensor and a microprocessor. Again when acceleration is throttled energy is reused to provide acceleration to vehicle. Also it reduces tear and makes it long lasting.