Development of Flywheel Regenerative Capture System to Improve Electric Vehicle Energy Captured System

Regenerative Braking System (RBS) converts kinetic energy into electrical energy by using a motor and functions as a generator when decelerations occur. Regenerative braking is an effective alternative to increase the driving range of a vehicle and can save around 8% - 25% of the total energy used by a vehicle. The purpose of this research is to produce a design of the FRCS Braking System (Flywheel Energy Regenerative Capture System) and its system topology. The design of this system is to optimize the download of vehicle kinetic energy based on the duration of energy transfer that occurs. This study focuses on the flywheel energy download system and is done by numerical simulation using Simulink. The method to be designed is to apply FRCS topologies.