The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) has recently completed the Phase I activities of its Flywheel Energy Storage Program involving an analysis of the operational requirements and the conceptual design of flywheel energy storage vehicles for transit service. Flywheel energy storage systems are being proposed as a means of reduciling the energy requirements of fixed-route, multi-stop, urban transit vehicles. The Phase I studies have paved the groundwork for the succeeding program phase which include the design, fabrication, test, and evaluation of prototype flywheel vehicle systems for demonstrations in transit service. As part of the overall program, UMTA has requested the Transportation Systems Center (TSC) to conduct an independent assessment of the life cycle costs and the potential market applications of flywheel storage vehicles within the urban transit industry. This report documents the results of these analyses.
Analysis of life-cycle costs and market applications of flywheel energy-storage transit vehicles
Analyse der Betriebskosten und der Marktchancen fuer Nahverkehrsmittel mit Schwungradantrieb
US Government Research Reports ; Jul ; 1-180
1979
180 Seiten
Report
Englisch