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Why is it impossible to generate electricity with a moving train through its moving wheels?
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∙ 11y ago
It is not impossible.
This is called "regenerative braking". By turning the motor into a generator (switch round the wiring) the train is slowed down and (if it is an electric train) the electricity produced can be put back into the electrification system for use by another train that is accelerating at the same time.
But when you do this you slow the train down, so it makes no sense except when you want to slow it down. Otherwise you are just turning electricity into movement and turning it straight back into electricity, and very inefficiently.
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∙ 11y ago
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