DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF KINETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM (KERS) IN BICYCLE

Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) is a technology used in formula-1 cars for recovering the energy lost in braking of the car an d thus providing boost to the vehicle motion. Same concept i.e. regenerative braking can be applied in bicycle which uses a flywheel which will be mounted between the frames of the bicycle, the flywheel can store the braking energy by rotating and this energy can be given back to the system which w ill reduce the pedaling power required to drive the bicycle. This Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) system uses flywheel with suitable clutch mechanism along with sprocket and chains. Further t his project concludes about efficiency and pedaling power in flywheel bicycle.