Title :
A flywheel energy storage system test on the International Space Station
Author :
Christopher, David A. ; Beach, Raymond F. ; Barton, John R.
Author_Institution :
NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
fDate :
27 Jul-1 Aug 1997
Abstract :
This paper describes how a flywheel demonstration unit will be placed on the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2000. Operation on ISS at this early date will allow adequate time to evaluate flywheel performance prior to the time the selection is made for replacing degraded batteries. If the flywheel performance is good, then the degraded batteries can be replaced with flywheels and the benefits of such a technology can be realized. If the performance is not good, then technology advancements must be made before flywheel energy storage technology is applied to some future space vehicle
Keywords :
aerospace testing; artificial satellites; flywheels; space vehicle power plants; International Space Station; flywheel demonstration unit; flywheel energy storage system test; performance evaluation; space power; technology advancements; Batteries; Bidirectional control; Energy storage; Flywheels; International Space Station; Inverters; NASA; System testing; US Department of Defense; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4515-0
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1997.656689
