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Article #16273Flywheel batteries
From: Norm Strong
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:33
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:33
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Well, I've read all the postings on what might happen if a car with a flywheel power supply were to crash. Unless catastrophic failure can be avoided entirely, I would guess that flywheel power sources will be used mainly to assist batteries with high specific energy, but low specific power. A flywheel can be floated across the battery, providing high power when needed, and being spun up again during periods of low power demand. In this use the flywheel will only be a tiny fraction of the size contemplated in an all mechanical system, and the kinetic energy dissipated during a failure will be correspondingly low. -- Norm Strong (strong@tc.fluke.com) 2528 31st S. Seattle WA 98144 USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!uw-beaver!fluke!strong From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Flywheel batteries Message-ID: <1993Jan5.153340.4303@tc.fluke.COM> Date: 5 Jan 93 15:33:40 GMT Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 15