A Concept of the Novel Regenerative Hydraulic Suspension: The Prototype Description

This paper deals with the issue of increasing the efficiency and reduction of harmful gas emissions in the automotive sector. The main idea of this research is the ability to save and reuse the vibrating energy of the vehicle through the regenerative hydraulic suspensions. In the introductory section, a brief review of articles which are recently published from the research area of regenerative suspensions for hybrid vehicles has been made. The article also explains in detail the principle of the regenerative hydraulic suspension system, which is planned to be produced in the future for the purpose of experimental and numerical tests. Finally, the new unique regenerative hydraulic suspension prototype design solution is proposed and described along with all of the details of this construction. It is estimated that by using this regenerative device it is possible to achieve up to 3% reduction in fuel consumption in vehicles.