Regenerative Braking: Review Paper

Abstract

A brief review of research in theRegenerative braking system is presented. The regenerative braking system isan energyretrieval mechanism which stops a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy into electrical energy and store it in batteries or capacitors. When conventional brakes are applied, kinetic energy is wasted into heat energy due to friction between the brakes and wheels. This heat is carried away in the environment and the energy is effectively wasted. The total amount of energy lost in this way depends on how often, how hard and for how long the brakes are applied. The aim of this project was to store the energy which is wasted during braking, and monitor it over a display. An Electric Motor is a device which is used to convert this Kinetic Energy into electrical energy.It increases the efficiency of the electric vehicle by saving the energy.