Small satellites for earth observation missions have received attention in the recent years for further optimisation. A potential approach would be to optimise the existing platforms in order to cope with their increasing mission requirements (e.g. mass, volume, etc.). In this article, the idea of combining the energy storage and attitude control systems is presented based on the flywheel techn...

In view of the current and predictable energy shortage and environmental concerns, the exploitation of renewable energy sources offers great potential to meet increasing energy demands and to decrease dependence on fossil fuels. However, introducing these sources will be more attractive provided they operate in conjunction with energy storage systems (ESS). Furthermore, effective energy storage...

High power density, high efficiency and low loss are the characteristics of flywheel energy storage, which has broad application prospects in field rail transit. This paper introduces basic structure principle analyzes storage density rotor both metal composite materials, points out that materials such as T1000 fiber/resin have higher strength lower density. The highest Finally, development sta...

The advantages/disadvantages of energy storage devices, which can provide nonpolluting automobile systems are discussed. Four types of storage devices are identified: electro-chemical (batteries) hydrogen electro-mechanical (flywheels) Molten salt heat storage A high speed flywheel with a small permanent magnet motor/generator has more advantages than any of the other systems and might become a...

In the past year, the researchers at the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-CEM) and the Nanotech Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) concluded research efforts on improved flywheel designs and flywheel materials to meet energy storage requirements for the grid. UT-CEM’s efforts focused on developing design codes and methods for incorporating h...