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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
The end result is you are running the "engine" only enough and only at highest BSFC, to recharge the accumulator. No throttle control of the engine is necessary and the engine can be redesigned to only produce power at highest efficiency in a very specific range of RPM.
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Sounds sort of like the concept behind bagpipes... Short high power inputs into an accumulator, while steadily drawing small amounts of power out. I can see why hydraulics make the concept easier to visualize, but I think in the end it would work better with electricity, no?
I've been tossing around automotive hydraulic accumulator ideas for years and I keep coming up with too many problems. Maybe you can start a thread on your concept and we can hash it out fully there?