Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems

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  • Gabriel Ertz
  • Jens Twiefel
  • Malte Krack
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-241
Number of pages9
JournalEnergy Harvesting and Systems
Volume1
Issue number3
Early online date4 Sept 2014
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2014

Abstract

Two concepts of scaled micro-flywheel-energy-storage systems (FESSs): a flat disk-shaped and a thin ring-shaped (outer diameter equal to height) flywheel rotors were examined in this study, focusing on material selection, energy content, losses due to air friction and motor loss. For the disk-shape micro-FESS, isotropic materials like titanium, aluminum, steel and wolfram are shown to be suitable as a flywheel rotor. Wound fiber reinforced composite plastics (T1000-, T300-carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes "CNTs") were investigated for the flywheel in a ring shape. It was shown that isotropic materials reach the highest energy densities in the shape of a Laval disk with a rim. A micro-FESS with wolfram flywheel would reach the highest half-time-periods due to its high density, and thus, it is the favored material to design a flat disk-shaped micro-FESS with low standby-losses. Fiber reinforced plastic flywheels in ring shape reach the highest energy densities, from 150 W h/kg (T300) to 2,600 W h/kg (CNT), but display higher standby-losses as well. A scaling of the rotors was done within this study and showed that air friction is influenced by the shape of the examined flywheel rotors and the material. A linear correlation of down scaling and air friction losses was shown. As a motor/generator type, an ironless air coil Halbach array motor was suggested. Motor losses due to eddy currents in the stator coil were estimated. Losses correlated in square with downscaling. FESSs with wolfram and CNT showed the lowest standby-losses due to eddy currents.

Keywords

    energy harvester, flywheel, micro energy storage, micro-FESS

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Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems. / Ertz, Gabriel; Twiefel, Jens; Krack, Malte.
In: Energy Harvesting and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 3, 01.12.2014, p. 233-241.

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Ertz, G, Twiefel, J & Krack, M 2014, 'Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems', Energy Harvesting and Systems, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1515/ehs-2013-0010
Ertz, G., Twiefel, J., & Krack, M. (2014). Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems. Energy Harvesting and Systems, 1(3), 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1515/ehs-2013-0010
Ertz G, Twiefel J, Krack M. Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems. Energy Harvesting and Systems. 2014 Dec 1;1(3):233-241. Epub 2014 Sept 4. doi: 10.1515/ehs-2013-0010
Ertz, Gabriel ; Twiefel, Jens ; Krack, Malte. / Feasibility Study for Small Scaling Flywheel-Energy-Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Systems. In: Energy Harvesting and Systems. 2014 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 233-241.
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