Thomas Keller
Articles
Motors and Drives
September 15, 2011
Energy Efficiency: Regenerative Braking
Instead of wasting the potential energy associated with the BackEMF voltage of a vehicle's electric motor via heat loss, it can be used to recharge the battery and therefore recover energy for higher system efficiency. Certain manufacturing processes can be made more efficient in similar ways. See diagrams, graphics, and equations.
By Thomas Keller