Third Generation Of Flywheels: A Promising Substitute To Batteries

Richard M. Stephan; Rubens de Andrade Jr.; Guilherme G. Sotelo

doi:10.18618/REP.2008.3.171176

Authors

Richard M. Stephan LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL
Rubens de Andrade Jr. LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL
Guilherme G. Sotelo LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2008.3.171176

Keywords:

Energy Storage, Flywheels, Batteries, Magnetic Bearings, Superconductors, SMES, Supercapacitors

Abstract

A review of flywheels as energy storage systems is organized in three generations. The performance is compared with that of batteries and other energy storage systems in terms of power and energy density. It is shown that a new generation, using magnetic bearings and high speeds (>60000rpm) can substitute batteries in the near future. A laboratory prototype illustrates the main parts of a 3rd Generation flywheel.

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Author Biographies

Richard M. Stephan, LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL

received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME), Rio de Janeiro, in 1976, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1980, and the Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany, in 1985. He has an MBA degree (2005) from the Center for Scientific Enterprise, London (CSEL), on Technology Enterprise Development. During 1977, he worked as an engineer at Furnas Centrais Elétricas, Rio de Janeiro. Since 1978, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, UFRJ. He spent a sabbatical leave at CEPEL, the Research Center of ELETROBRAS in 1993. His main interests are in the fields of applications of superconductivity, control of electrical drives and power electronics. Dr. Stephan is member of SOBRAEP and IEEE.

Rubens de Andrade Jr., LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL

received.the B.Sc., M.Sc and D.Sc. degree in physics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), in 1985, 1989 and 1995 respectively. Since 1999, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, UFRJ. He has worked with selective surfaces for solar heaters, electrochemical alloy deposition, vortex dynamics of type II superconductors, HTS preparation and characterization (Hg-1212) and vortex dynamics of Hg based superconductors (Hg-1212 and Hg-1223). At moment, his main interests is in the applications of superconducting materials in power electrical systems and transportation, also he has interest in the simulation of superconducting devices.

Guilherme G. Sotelo, LASUP/UFRJ P.O. Box 68504 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL

received the B.Sc. degree in physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, in 2001, the M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees were obtained in electrical engineering from the UFRJ in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Actually he is Post-Doc in the Laboratory for Applied Superconductivity of Rio de Janeiro. His main interests are in the fields of applications of superconductivity, phenomenological models for superconductors and electromagnetic simulations with finite element method.

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