The invention discloses a current vortex
retarder, a generation / start integrated
system and a control method thereof in the automobile field. A magnetoelectric
machine and a current vortex
retarder are arranged in a
flywheel casing, an input shaft penetrates through the center of the
flywheel casing and fixes the current vortex
retarder and the magnetoelectric
machine, and a
control unit is arranged outside the
flywheel casing and is respectively connected with the current vortex retarder, the magnetoelectric
machine, a revolution speed
transducer, a torque
transducer and an accumulator. The
control unit monitors the revolution speed of the input shaft to control coils of the current vortex retarder to be electrified so as to start an engine; the
control unit also collects the current revolution speed and torque of the input shaft and the wheel speed signals of wheels, calculates the PWM value, and controls the size of the electrified
electric current of the current vortex retarder so as to retard the engine. The generation / start integrated
system is an intelligentized integrated
system which integrates a start system, a generation system and a
brake system, thereby reducing the weight. Besides, the produced current vortex
brake moment can
brake the engine so as to achieve the purpose of recovering the energy, prolong the service life of the accumulator and improve the stability of the brake system.