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  3. From: sreeb@crash.cts.com (Ed Beers)
  4. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,sci.electronics,sci.energy
  5. Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
  6. Message-ID: <sreeb.724829019@crash.cts.com>
  7. Date: 20 Dec 92 05:23:39 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec13.114534.961@cmkrnl.com> <1992Dec15.004956.465@mtu.edu> <1992Dec15.194558.2556@adobe.com>,<1992Dec16.192456.6261@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1goebdINNik@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Dec17.035214.15058@u.washington.edu> <1gov35INNik@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Dec1 <77848@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
  9. Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
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  12. I'm surprised to hear that flywheels are being used as a primary energy
  13. storage medium.  I thought that they were being considered to meet peak
  14. demand in systems using a small engine/generator or, which sounded most
  15. usefull to me, to store energy in an electric vehicle which is recovered
  16. using regenerative braking.
  17.  
  18. Either of these uses would require a much smaller flywheel.
  19.