Flywheel UPS

Author

Lawrence, Roger G. ; Craven, Kim L. ; Nichols, Gary D.

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

2003

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

50

Abstract

An economical energy storage device that bridges the gap caused by voltage sags and temporary voltage loss for an extruder process line is discussed. The system used is a flywheel storage system that provides an AC output. It has performed well, protecting the load from sags and momentary power outages and even responding to capacitor switching events. Close to 40 s of ridethrough is available to the extruder line. Part of this energy will be used on other extruder lines to give the customer increased value for money. It is clear from the results of demonstration that there are many industrial applications that would gain from this form of low-speed flywheel energy-storage system with AC output.

Keywords

capacitor switching; extrusion; flywheels; manufacturing industries; uninterruptible power supplies; AC output; capacitor switching events; extruder process line; flywheel UPS; low-speed flywheel energy-storage system; power quality; temporary voltage loss; voltage sags; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Energy storage; Flywheels; Power generation economics; Power quality; Power system economics; Power system protection; Uninterruptible power systems; Voltage fluctuations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIA.2003.1195682

Filename

1195682