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- From: simon@sco.COM (Simon Tooke)
- Subject: Flywheel Batteries
- Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 13:27:10 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.132710.20443@sco.COM>
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- This discussion about flywheel batteries in cars reminded me of the first
- time I heard of this idea. but with a slight twist. In the 70's Popular
- Science had a page or two about buses using flywheels to store energy
- when they brake, and release it when they accelerate. Thus, the flywheel
- would _not_ be used for steady state driving, but would store and supply
- peak energy; for a public transit vehicle this could be significant.
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- This would put a different slant on those 6 hp cars; shove small motors
- in them and let the flywheel take up the slack for uphill/downhill and
- sto/start driving. Of course, it works best for stop/start city driving,
- and would only be dead weight when turning the vehicle on in the morning.
- I believe this idea was meant for electric vehicles (easier to transfer
- energy around), and initial daily startup would be at a garage with
- some tool or process that ensured the lack of a spinning flywheel wouldn't
- hinder getting up to speed the first time. Note that once you are up
- to speed, the flywheel might as well stop; it'll be spun up again during
- decelleration.
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- I probably have all the details wrong, but I just thought I'd toss this out.
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- -simon
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