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Fyi, virtually all diesel locamotives already employ regenerative braking. They just send the electricity to resistors, turning it into heat. The amount of en
by sandworm101 1y ago
Fyi, virtually all diesel locamotives already employ regenerative braking. They just send the electricity to resistors, turning it into heat. The amount of energy is simply staggering. No battery tech can absorb the power fast enough. Its funny that this train is in australia. Only on a very flat run will braking be so slow that power can be stored efficiently.
https://youtu.be/cIQ0yIZgQeE?feature=shared https://youtu.be/cIQ0yIZgQeE?feature=shared
- sidewndr46 1y agoIf it's just being dumped into a resistor bank that isn't really regenerative. I guess if you used it for cabin heat or something that'd be useful however.