The procurement designs for a new flywheel test facility having the capability of high speed life cycle testing of flywheels up to 5 kWh and of burst testing flywheels up to 50 kWh are reported. The following goals were achieved: (1) the overall facility design was completed in sufficient detail that procurement could proceed on all items; (2) drive trains were defined which would allow spin testing of flywheels of up to 200 lbs at rotational speeds up to 60,000 rpm, or flywheels weighing up to 5000 lbs at rotational speeds up to 10,000 rpm; (3) vacuum chambers and burst containment systems were designed to accommodate flywheels up to 65 in. in diameter and 62 in. in axial length, and weights up to 5000 lbs at an energy level of 50 kWh; (4) suspension systems were designed to permit flywheels up to either 5 kWh or 50 kWh to be tested over the complete range of available rotational speeds without encountering damaging resonances; (5) existing APL facilities and equipment, such as control console, instrumentation, vacuum equipment, air compressors, drive trains, handling equipment, and the flywheel test facility were integrated into the new test facility designs; (6) a high speed television recording system was defined which will enable the continuous monitoring of flywheel tests at 960 frames per second; and (7) actual manufacturers quotations and projected schedules for procurement were obtained on all critical items for the new facility. (ERA citation 06:028742)
Flywheel Test Facility Improvement Program. Final Report, March 21, 1980-February 28, 1981
1981
111 pages
Report
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Englisch