Hybrid Hydraulic Drives
Energy Recovery for Sustainability
Kinetics Drive Solutions hydraulic-hybrid drives (HHDs) replace conventional vehicle transmissions with a power distribution unit that decouples the wheels from the engine for superior engine management. Our engineers designed the hydraulic-hybrid drive to address the need for more efficient use of traditional energy sources. By reducing carbon emissions, the solution provides a more environmentally sound vehicle.
Hydraulic accumulators store energy for high charge/discharge rates in cases where vehicles have high loads and frequent stop/start duty cycles. The hydraulic-hybrid line provides very high power density. Vehicles adopting this new technology have experienced up to a 50% reduction in fuel consumption on a typical route with ancillary benefits including significantly reduced carbon emissions, less brake wear and ease of driving compared with other hybrid systems.
OEM Technical Advantages
- Can retrofit existing vehicles
- Indefinite life with little servicing
- Simple adaption
- No degradation in overall vehicle reliability
- Maintain existing vehicle performance
Operating Advantages
- Vehicles achieve greater fuel economy and lower emissions by:
- Operating the primary energy and the secondary energy source for peak power
- Installing an appropriate secondary energy storage device
- Capturing braking energy that is normally wasted as heat by capturing its kinetic energy into the secondary energy device
- Three-year return on investments yields profitability @ 15% savings
- Reduced engine wear
- Reduced primary transmission wear
- Improved operator productivity
- Reduced brake wear
- Reduce operator fatigue
