Design and the development of different types of flywheel energy accumulator for city buses. The test results of a flywheel unit consisting of a steel rotor, a cast steel housing and a reduction gear are discused. Current efforts include the development of a fibre compound rotor with a maximum energy capacity of 75p Wh. This program is carried out in the framework of a working group 'Gyrobus' comprising MAN, Daimler Benz, Bosch and the Technical Universities of Aachen and Berlin. With the support of the German Ministry of Research and Technology three experimental buses will be equipped with hybrid drive systems consisting of a diesel engine and a flywheel energy accumulator. (Wassmann)
Flywheel energy accumulators for city buses - steel and composite design
Schwungradenergiespeicher fuer Stadtbusse - Stahl- und Verbundwerkstoffkonstruktionen
Flywheel technology symp., US Dept. of Energy ; Okt ; 4-12
1980
9 Seiten, 15 Bilder
Conference paper
English
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