PT Journal
AU Plomer, J
TI Effective Short-Term Energy Accumulation for Means of Transport
SO Transactions on Transport Sciences
PY 2014
BP 73
EP 82
VL 7
IS 2
DI 10.2478/trans-2014-0005
DE Flywheel battery; gyrobus; energy recuperation.
AB This paper presents a new conceptual design of an efficient flywheel battery, designed from commercially available components. The basic idea is based on a possibility of using a spare wheel of a vehicle, or its steel or aluminium disc, as the gyroscope rotor at an early stage of rotor development. Even low rotation speeds accumulate sufficient amount of energy to accelerate a small vehicle in a city.
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