AN APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY OF KINETIC ENERGY FROM MOVING WHEELED VEHICLES

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for recovery of kinetic energy from moving wheeled vehicles which includes at least one fluid filled pipe capable of substantially collapsing on impact with the wheels of the vehicle to provide fluid displacement; at least one turbine for converting the fluid displacement from the at least one fluid filled pipe to mechanical movement; a gravity feed fluid reservoir positioned above the height of the at least one fluid filled pipe; a circuit capable of one-way fluid flow from the at least one fluid filled pipe to the at least one turbine generator unit and back to the at least one fluid filled pipe via the gravity feed fluid reservoir wherein the at least one fluid filled pipe is set diagonally to the vehicle's path of direction each of the fluid filled pipe is arranged in a loop with the open ends of the pipe in direct fluid communication to the circuit.