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- From: lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy,rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <72197@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:33:20 PST
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- I wrote:
- >I have a problem with this; if v^2 ~= 1e5 (m/s)^2 and you've pumped in
- >about 3MJ, the mass must be about 60Kg for a disc shape. Perhaps the speed
- >is not nearly so high - this is hardly a locomotive weight!
- >(Hint: use Disc Energy = 0.5m(r*w)^2 and 1hp = 764W).
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- dk:
- : Nobody said 3MJ.
- :
- : 500 HP = 300 KW
- :
- : 300 KW * 28800 seconds [all [the 8 hour] night] = 8640 megajoules.
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- Oops! Yup, I dropped a factor of 3600. Make that 1e10 joules.
- Now the mass should be about 2e5 Kg, or 200 metric tons.
-
- Andrew Palfreyman
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