Patent ID: 9540998
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F01D,F02C,F05D,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method for operating a land vehicle or airplane vehicle, said land vehicle or airplane vehicle comprising a prime mover, an accumulation device, an expansion device, an electrical system, and having a vehicle velocity, the method comprising: directing gases from the prime mover to the accumulation device while combusting a fuel; directing said gases or part of said gases from said accumulation device to said expansion device; directing electrical energy from said expansion device to said prime mover; wherein said prime mover has associated therewith a rate of rotation of an element of said prime mover and wherein said rate of rotation of said element of said prime mover increases while not combusting fuel due to said directing of electrical energy, and wherein said rate of rotation of said element of said prime mover is further increased by said electrical system in response to a decrease in said vehicle velocity by regeneratively capturing a braking energy created by said decrease in said vehicle velocity.