Here is an example of the EU spending money on a research network. The Italian node of the network has come up with a controller for the regeneration system which enables the human to work at constant power output, storing excess energy in the battery until it is needed for accelerating from stop or encountering hill. All very nice in theory except for the inefficiencies of the process which are not addressed.
Here is a block diagram from their facebook page at Bike+ | Facebook
There is a link there to an article which says nothing about efficiency.
There is no doubt that the principle would work if not killed by inefficiency. I would need to sit on my bike pedalling in fat burning (aerobic) mode at a steady 80 watts or so, preferably including at stops, with that energy being stored in an efficient battery ready for pulses of higher power during a bike ride. Of course I would need to eat a lot more which would cost - perhaps more than the mains electricity I would save in not having to charge the battery. On the other hand it would certainly get my weight down, and then I would not need so much power to get the hills.
What rubbish the EU research budget is being wasted on.
Here is a block diagram from their facebook page at Bike+ | Facebook
There is a link there to an article which says nothing about efficiency.
There is no doubt that the principle would work if not killed by inefficiency. I would need to sit on my bike pedalling in fat burning (aerobic) mode at a steady 80 watts or so, preferably including at stops, with that energy being stored in an efficient battery ready for pulses of higher power during a bike ride. Of course I would need to eat a lot more which would cost - perhaps more than the mains electricity I would save in not having to charge the battery. On the other hand it would certainly get my weight down, and then I would not need so much power to get the hills.
What rubbish the EU research budget is being wasted on.
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