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Boosting the fuel efficiency of motor vehicles by "harvesting" the energy generated by their shock absorbers and feeding it back into batteries or electrical systems such as air conditioning has become a major goal in automotive engineering. Now, a University of Huddersfield researcher has made a breakthrough by designing a new system and constructing a prototype that is ready for real-world testing.
Ruichen Wang carried out the project to obtain his doctorate at the University and has published his findings. The article, in the journal Energies, is titled Modelling, Testing and Analysis of a Regenerative Hydraulic Shock System. It provides a summary of current progress in the field of vehicle energy harvesting and a detailed account of the theory and the practical development of his device, designed for installation in a heavy good vehicle.
An abstract is available: DOI: 10.3390/en9050386
Why not also a stirling engine to make use of solar gain in parked cars on sunny days?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @02:56AM
Well, the article you reference, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_absorber [wikipedia.org] does not include the word "dampen" -- it correctly uses "damp" for removing energy from a system (convert to heat) and "damper" for the device that does this.
The other thing this article does is describe more than one type of mechanical/hydraulic device as a "shock absorber", based on product names used during the pioneering days of cars.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday October 31 2016, @04:13AM
And you're point is what precisely? Damp and dampen are synonyms in this context as the dictionary indicates.
You still haven't actually backed any of your claims.