Vulcanaer: Retrofittable Air Hybrid for Buses Feasibility Project

减少城市公交车二氧化碳和其他排放的最简单方法是使用更少的燃料。Vulcanaer系统通过在城市公交车停止时收集制动能量，然后将其存储为压缩空气以供后续使用，从而减少燃料使用。Vulcanaer是一种改装技术，一种空气混合动力技术，可以很容易和便宜地应用于旧巴士。因此，它可以由巴士车队运营商使用，而不需要任何政府补贴，这是目前在英国和欧洲使用的所有其他混合动力系统所需要的。该项目的目的是通过应用于目前运营的城市公交车，并在真实的每天的公交线路上运行数周，来澄清和确认预计可节省5- 10%的燃料。压缩空气可以在公共汽车上以多种方式使用，该项目还将确认哪种方式最有效。如果成功的话，该项目不仅可以为每辆安装了它的公交车每年节省3吨二氧化碳（每辆公交车每年约1,250英镑），还可以带来新的制造业，新的就业机会，并为城市清洁空气做出真实的贡献。

The simplest way to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions from urban buses is to use less fuel. The Vulcanaer system reduces fuel usage in an urban bus by harvesting its braking energy as it stops and then storing it as compressed air for subsequent use. Vulcanaer is a retrofit technology, an air hybrid technology, that can easily and cheaply be applied to older buses. Therefore it can be used by bus fleet operators without any need for a government subsidy, something which is required for all other hybrid systems currently in use in the UK and Europe. The project aim is to clarify and confirm fuel savings, which are expected to be 5-10%, through application to a currently operating urban bus and running it on a real, every day bus route for several weeks. The compressed air could be used in several ways on a bus, and the project will also confirm which is the most effective. If successful, the project will not only save 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year on every single bus it is installed on (and around £1,250 per bus per year), but lead to a new manufacturing business, new jobs, and provide a real contribution to cleaner air in cities.