The development of a flywheel propulsion system for a full-size transit bus is currently in progress at Garrett under a U.S. Department of Transportation contracted program sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) and managed by the Transportation System Center (TSC). A determination of requirements for the flywheel coach based on contacts with the transit industry has shown that the maximum possible range between recharges is desired. Thus, consideration has been directed toward a composite flywheel rotor since this technology can provide a high-capacity flywheel package (including containment) which has an energy density which is several times that of a metallic flywheel unit. The composite flywheel under development will provide more than 10 kwh of usuable energy which will provide an urban operating range for the bus of nearly six kilometers between charges. The demonstration of flywheel propulsion in transit buses is expected to establish new alternatives in energy-efficient, ecologically acceptable urban transit vehicles. (Wassmann)


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    Titel :

    Flywheel trolley coach propulsion with a high-capacity composite flywheel


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Schwungradantrieb fuer Busse mit einem Verbundwerkstoff-Schwungrad hoher Kapazitaet


    Beteiligte:
    Lawson, L.J. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1980


    Format / Umfang :

    6 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 9 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    Electric Bus Propulsion with a High-Capacity Composite Flywheel

    Lawson, Louis J. / Cook, Leonard M. | IEEE | 1981


    Flywheel propulsion for urban transit buses

    Lawson, L.J. | Tema Archiv | 1978


    Composite flywheel experience

    Steele,R.S. / Union Carbide,Oak Ridge,US | Kraftfahrwesen | 1981


    Twin Disk Composite Flywheel

    Ginsburg,B.R. / Rockwell,Rocketdyne Div.,Canoga Park,US | Kraftfahrwesen | 1982