Hydraulic system including a kinetic energy storage device
AssigneeJ.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
InventorDarryl Cottingham
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Abstract
A hydraulic system including hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic machine for pressuring the hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic circuit for delivering the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator, the hydraulic machine being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator and a kinetic energy storage device for storing energy in a kinetic form, the kinetic energy storage device being operably coupled to the hydraulic machine, the system being configured such that the hydraulic machine is operable to transfer energy from the hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device.
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A hydraulic system including hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic machine for pressuring the hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic circuit for delivering the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator, the hydraulic machine being configured to receive the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic actuator and a kinetic energy storage device for storing energy in a kinetic form, the kinetic energy storage device being operably coupled to the hydraulic machine, the system being configured such that the hydraulic machine is operable to transfer energy from the hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic actuator to the kinetic energy storage device.
A hydraulic system as defined in any preceding claim wherein the kinetic energy storage device is a flywheel.
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