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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.152428.16913@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
- References: <1gp2pdINN680@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:24:28 GMT
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- In article <1gp2pdINN680@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano) writes:
- >
- >This flywheel discussion is interesting.
- >I am not an engineer but note it was mentioned that a proper
- >size flywheel can store the energy/power of a v8 engine.
- >
- >What is the simple equation here for energy (horsepower) stored
- >in say a flywheel weighing 200 pounds, spinning at 1000 rpm?
- >My last physics course was in high school.
-
- Horsepower is, unsurprisingly, a measure of power not energy. A
- viable unit for energy is the horsepower-hour, or the kWh. Using
- the SI unit makes many calculations easier, but the magnitude is
- sometimes hard to grasp intuitively for people used to English
- units. 1 hp-hr = 0.74570 kWh or a horsepower is about 3/4 of a
- kilowatt.
-
- To calculate the energy stored in a flywheel, you need to know
- it's mass, the distribution of that mass, and the rpm. If we assume
- a 100 kg mass M as a point 1 meter R from the rotational center, then
- the energy in rotating the mass is
-
- E=2*pi*R*M*(60*RPM)^2/3600
- or in this case
- 2*pi*1*100*(60*1000)^2/3600=628318530.7J=174.55 kWh=232.73 hp-hr
- or the energy equivalent of 0.73 gallons of gasoline.
-
- Gary
-