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- From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.134630.28643@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- Date: 30 DEC 92 08:32:57
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- In article <30DEC199200153934@pierre.mit.edu>, chuck@pierre.mit.edu (Chuck
- Parsons) writes, in part:
-
- > People have been considering this problem from the standpoint of
- >how much energy a gas powered car uses and missing a few points.
- >
- > First a car engin is only about 25% efficient under good running conditions.
- >electric systems can be 95% efficient. 75% efficient should be redily
- >obtainable so divide gasoline_energy by three.
-
- uhmmmmm. The 25% figure is FUEL IN to SHAFT HP OUT. The commonly
- quoted figure for a combustion engine (VWs had 25 HP, Corvettes had
- 300-400HP, etc, is SHAFT HP OUT) (I am NOT getting into losses is
- gearing, tire friction, etc.) So the comparision of 25 HP electric
- to 25 HP gasoline is correct, no 75% derating applies.
-
- The "only uses 25HP" we have seen going by over the past few days is
- _also_ valid, since the usual design approach leaves a substantial
- reserve between _average_ load and _peak_ available HP, for passing,
- etc. Electric motors have a small advanatage, as they have, control
- gear permitting, substantial short time overload capacity.
-
- I reccomend "The Electrical Engineers Handbook", the one I have is
- Fink & Beatty, McGraw-Hill. Handy graph of energy densities for
- various systems:
- NiCd peaks at 40WH/KG
- Lead Acid at 50WH/KG
- NaS at 400WH/KG
- Combustion engines over 4000WH/KG
- Similar figures for a flywheel system should be available from
- proponents. To each must be added containment figures.
-
- (At the risk of restarting the flame war, consider the collision risks
- of NaS... A battery, tho, has an advantage ofver a flywheel: since
- the storage is chemical/potential, rather than kinetic, once the battery
- has disassembled the release of the stored energy stops. One then has
- lots of lead (perhaps) or sulphuric acid or maybe 500C mix of Na and S
- lying about the street.)
-
- thanks
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