| 摘要 |
An air hybrid vehicle possesses an air compressor 10, 14 for generating compressed air using energy derived from the momentum of a vehicle during coasting or decelerating, a compressed air storage tank 20 for storing said compressed air, wherein the compressed air is delivered to the tank 20 during coasting or decelerating(eg. braking) via a two-way flow passage 30, and released from said tank 20 at other times via the same passage 30, and wherein a heat absorber/ regenerator/ exchanger 32 is provided within said passage for absorbing heat from the incoming compressed air and rejecting the heat back to the outgoing compressed air when it leaves the tank. The heat regenerator 32 may comprise a plurality of discrete segments 32a spaced apart from one another along the flow passage, and may be thermally insulated from its surroundings by jacket 34. An internal combustion engine 14 of the vehicle may serve as the compressor.
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