Title :
Prototype of a magnetically suspended flywheel energy storage system
Author :
Plant, David P. ; Kirk, J.A. ; Anand, D.K.
Author_Institution :
TPI Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe recent progress in the development of a 500 Wh magnetically suspended flywheel stack energy storage system. The design of the system and a critical study of the noncontacting displacement transducers and their placement in the stack system are discussed. The storage system has been designed and constructed and is undergoing experimental analysis. The results acquired from the noncontacting displacement transducer study show that currently available transducers will not function as desired and that further research is essential
Keywords :
displacement measurement; energy storage devices; transducers; 0.5 kWh; magnetically suspended flywheel energy storage system; noncontacting displacement transducers; Aluminum; Brushless DC motors; Control systems; DC generators; Energy storage; Flywheels; Kirk field collapse effect; Magnetic levitation; Prototypes; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74665
