Kinetic Traction Systems is a business founded in November 2010, producing Flywheel energy storage systems for electric railways and grid storage. Kinetic...

in kinetic friction) has less traction than a non-sliding object (one in static friction). Direction of traction relative to some coordinate system - e...

electric vehicles. This method contrasts with conventional braking systems, where excess kinetic energy is converted to unwanted and wasted heat due to friction...

used to transform stored (chemical, solar, nuclear, kinetic, potential, etc.) energy into kinetic energy for propulsion purposes. This includes the utilization...

maximum force is known as traction. The force of friction is always exerted in a direction that opposes movement (for kinetic friction) or potential movement...

is derived from the wind's kinetic energy, then many options are available for using that mechanical energy: direct traction, conversion to electricity...

electric traction systems provide regenerative braking that turns the train's kinetic energy back into electricity and returns it to the supply system to be...

commonly use friction between two surfaces pressed together to convert the kinetic energy of the moving object into heat, though other methods of energy conversion...

or harvest, the vehicle's kinetic energy during braking and decelerating significantly more efficiently than electric systems; hydraulic hybrids can recover...

generator. Series-hybrid systems offer smoother acceleration by avoiding gear changes. Series-hybrids incorporate: Electric traction only – using only electric...