AN ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR SPACE APPLICATION

1961 ◽  
pp. 613-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Roes
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Space Application

scholarly journals A Simple Analog BLDC Drive Control for Electro-Mechanical Energy Storage System

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1002-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Abdi ◽  
M.M. Teymoori ◽  
H. Gholamrezaei ◽  
A.A. Nasiri
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Drive Control ◽  
Simple Analog

Application of Mechanical Energy Storage in Micro-Fluid Turbine Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 472 ◽  
pp. 374-378
Author(s):  
Ying Yuan Tian ◽  
Xu Jun Wang ◽  
Gong Xiang Ji
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Ocean Current ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Turbine Design

A micro-fluid turbine with mechanical energy storage system is designed and successfully tested in laboratory. As energy supplement for deep ocean installations, this patent design solved the problem of difficult generating electricity in ultra-low speed flow. The conventional marine current turbine can hardly get start in flows with velocity lower than 0.5m/s, whereas the marine current speed is seldom higher than one knot in deep sea. By adding a mechanical energy storage system, the rotor of the micro-fluid turbine first captures the fluid kinetic energy from the ultra-low speed flow, and then the energy transferred to the mechanical energy storage system, in which a plane scroll spring is used to store the limited energy and drive the generator automatically when it has enough potential energy. Simulation and laboratory test show that this method has potential for power generating in low density ocean current environment.

The role of elastic energy storage mechanisms in swimming: an analysis of mantle elasticity in escape jetting in the squid, Loligo opalescens

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1421-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Gosline ◽  
Robert E. Shadwick
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Elastic Energy ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Collagen Fibre ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Mantle Cavity ◽  
Loligo Opalescens ◽  
Locomotory Performance

Elastic energy storage mechanisms have been shown to improve locomotory performance and efficiency in many animals. In this paper we consider the role of elastic energy storage in jet locomotion of the squid, Loligo opalescens. The jet is powered by the contraction of circular muscles in the mantle. In addition, the mantle contains a collagen fibre based energy storage system (the mantle "spring") which captures some of the mechanical energy produced by the circular muscles and then releases this energy to power the refilling of the mantle cavity. The mantle spring is constructed so that it stores energy from the circular muscles only at a time in the jet cycle when, by virtue of the cylindrical geometry of the mantle, the circular muscles are unable, to apply their full mechanical output to the generation of hydrodynamic thrust. Thus the mantle spring increases the utilization of the circular muscles, and our analysis indicates that these muscles are used at virtually 100% of their potential through the entire jet. Presumably this increase in muscle utilization improves the locomotory performance of the squid. Other swimming animals, such as fish, may obtain similar benefits if elastic energy storage systems are constructed to capture energy at a time in the swimming cycle when muscles can not apply their full output to the generation of useful hydrodynamic forces.

scholarly journals The mechanical hybrid vehicle: An investigation of a flywheel-based vehicular regenerative energy capture system

2008 ◽  
Vol 222 (11) ◽  
pp. 2087-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Diego-Ayala ◽  
P Martinez-Gonzalez ◽  
N McGlashan ◽  
K R Pullen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicle ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Battery Life ◽  
Storage Unit ◽  
Conventional Vehicle

Capturing braking energy by regeneration into an onboard energy storage unit offers the potential to reduce significantly the fuel consumption of vehicles. A common technique is to generate electricity in the motors of a hybrid electric vehicle when braking, and to use this to charge an onboard electrochemical battery. However, such batteries are costly, bulky, and generally not amenable to fast charging as this affects battery life and capacity. In order to overcome these problems, a mechanical energy storage system capable of accepting and delivering surges of power is proposed and investigated. A scale physical model of the system, based around a flywheel, a planetary gear set, and a brake, was built and operated in a laboratory. Tests showed that the proposed system could be used to store and provide braking energy between a flywheel and a vehicle, the latter emulated by an air-drag dynamometer. This validated the operating principle of the system and its computational model. Further, a computational analysis of a full-size vehicle incorporating the mechanical energy storage system was conducted. The results showed that the utilization of this system in a vehicle, when compared with a conventional vehicle, led to reductions in emissions and fuel consumption.

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