They call it an electric turbocharger
It sure seems to have a lot more in common with a supercharger. What do you think? 50 years ago I tried a similar project on my Briggs and Stratton home built mini bike. I never did get all t...
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BenK wrote:
Turn it on a motor and it will +100% throttle (that + is dependent on the motor
rated voltage vs what the capacitor battery can provide). That + means
that if the voltage provided is more than the motor is rated for, it
WILL go faster and have more power than it is rated for...but the duty
cycle will then drop off a cliff...
To regenerate...it want is ALL NOW and will skid the tires
The controllers for capacitor batteries is one tough controller to design and
most likely EXPENSIVE
The key is the ability to very, very quickly turn on/off and vary the voltage
going out/in at very high current levels ***SMOOOOOTHLY***
There are about a million hybrid cars on the road right now that have all these issues and apparently the car designers pretty much have it figured it out. The motor for an electric supercharger would have a high current draw, but probably nowhere near the 20KW+ of the electric traction motor that hybrids use. I don't see the electric supercharger being used to force feed a big, high performance engine but rather a small, efficient engine in an economy car.
