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Novel opposed-piston free-piston linear generator for hybrids seeks to overcome drawbacks of earlier designs

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A number of research groups have explored the development of a free-piston linear generator, including work at West Virginia University (WVU), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Chalmers University of Technology ( earlier post ), and Shanghai Jiaotong University ( earlier post ), among others. —Huang et al.

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