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Originally Posted by NISFAN
My thoughts, the primary function of this Renault F1 arrangement is to use the excess energy of the turbo to charge the ERS system. The ERS system drives the crankshaft giving a 120Kw boost. On the current season cars, the KERS uses deceleration to charge the energy storage unit (battery pack). On the 2014 cars, deceleration on it's own is not enough to harvest the required energy (according to Renault 10 times the energy of the 2013 regulations). The turbo is the perfect solution to aid this harvesting.
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I have no questions regarding harvesting. It's how you use that harvested energy I'm not convinced as being optimal by spending it on a device optimized for exhaust flow and not an electrical power source. You should be able to use that harvested energy with a source to forward driving power chain optimized for electrical energy. I.e with the use of electrical energy to drive the car we are already talking about a hybrid type of power train.