Powering of standby power supplies using flywheel energy storage

Author

Hockney, Richard L. ; Driscoll, Craig A.

Author_Institution

Beacon Power Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

19-23 Oct 1997

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

109

Abstract

Beacon Power Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SatCon Technology Corporation, is developing the 20C1000 Series Cable/Telcom, 2.0 kWh flywheel energy system specifically designed as a “plug-for-plug” replacement for lead-acid batteries in standby power supply applications. This paper describes in detail the principles and practices of flywheel technology. In particular, the paper describes the system and its components, Beacon´s spin test results, the field installation and maintenance procedures, and monitoring capabilities. A cost comparison with lead-acid batteries is also presented

Keywords

emergency power supply; flywheels; maintenance engineering; monitoring; telecommunication power supplies; 2 kWh; 20C1000 Series Cable/Telcom; Beacon Power Corporation; SatCon Technology Corporation; field installation; flywheel energy storage; maintenance procedures; monitoring capabilities; safety strategy; spin test results; standby power supplies powering; Batteries; Earthquakes; Emergency power supplies; Energy storage; Flywheels; Humidity; Monitoring; Pulse width modulation inverters; Vibrations; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1997. INTELEC 97., 19th International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3996-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1997.645873

Filename

645873