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How to calculate overall fuel economy of hydraulic hybrid vehicle? Know that fuel economy formula is litre per used over distance travelled. How to calculate the fuel used for both ICE and hydraulic system
The fuel economy of any automobile is calculated as distance travelled and amount of fuel consumed by vechicle.Consumption is defined in terms of volume of fuel to travel a distance ao distance travelled per unit volume of fuel consumed.Hybrid hydraulic vechicles uses prsserized fluid poer source along with along with a conventional internal combustion engine.to acheive improvement in fuel economy.Hydraulic hybrid system consists of four main components working fluid ,reservoir,pump and accumulator.
Fuel economy is the relationship between distance travelled and fuel used. Vechicles fuel consumption is defined as US gallons per 100 miles. In automobiles Brake specific fuel consumption is used to evaluate the efficiency of internal combustion engines.Amount of fuel used is usually measured on dynmometer as a mass flow rate.There is a need to calculate power to drive ratio for hydraulic systems.Than a ratio of electric power and ICE power should be assumed.For example 10 % of electric power. Knowing the efficiency of ICE engine necessary amount of fuel can be esstimated.