Towards high-capacity HTS flywheel systems

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2272-2275

  Werfel, Frank N ^a   Floegel Delor, Uta ^a   Riedel, Thomas ^a   Rothfeld, Rolf ^a   Wippich, Dieter ^a   Goebel, Bernd ^a   Reiner, Gerhard ^b   Wehlau, Niels ^b  

^a Adelwitz Technologiezentrum GmbH   (Germany)

^b L 3 Communications Magnet Motor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Flywheel; Rotor dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CAPACITY; ENERGY STORAGE FLYWHEEL; FINAL ASSEMBLY; FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM; FLYWHEEL SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-CAPACITY; L-3 COMMUNICATIONS; LOCAL GRIDS; MAGNET MOTORS; MAGNETIC SUPPORT; MECHANICAL ELEMENTS; NEW DESIGN; ROTOR SPEED; TEST OPERATIONS; UPS APPLICATIONS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); ENERGY STORAGE; MAGNETIC BEARINGS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; POWER ELECTRONICS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS; WHEELS;

FLYWHEELS;

EID: 77955415065     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2048708     Document Type: Article

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