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Mechanical Energy Storage

Mechanical Energy Storage. Created by Nick Stroud. Three Types of Storage. Pumped hydroelectric storage (PHS) Compressed air energy storage (CAES) Flywheels. Pumped Hydroelectric Storage (PHS). Used for load balancing of energy Water is pumped up in elevation during time of low demand

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Mechanical Energy Storage

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  1. Mechanical Energy Storage Created by Nick Stroud

  2. Three Types of Storage • Pumped hydroelectric storage (PHS) • Compressed air energy storage (CAES) • Flywheels

  3. Pumped Hydroelectric Storage (PHS) • Used for load balancing of energy • Water is pumped up in elevation during time of low demand • Water flows back down during times of high demand • Turbines recapture the energy.

  4. Pumped Hydroelectric Storage (PHS) • 70-85% of electrical energy is recovered • Energy loss due to evaporation and Pump/generator inefficiency • Currently the most cost effective way to store large amounts of electricity • Low energy density calls for large bodies of water • Never used in portable technology • 1000 kg at 100 ft = .272 kWh

  5. Pumps: On the Grid • The Us has 19.5 gigawatts capacity • 2.5% of baseload • Technology is in use world wide • Hundreds of plants around the world • Man made reservoirs as well as natural reservoirs

  6. Future Of PHS • This energy storage can be used to level the grid for renewable energy • Wind power and solar power are not constantly on • Using salt mines to increase energy density

  7. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) • Large tank is buried underground • During times of low demand electricity compresses air • During times of peak demand compressed air is heated and released http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2001/norton.htm

  8. Adiabatic storage Heat from compression is captured and stored in a solid or liquid Hot Oil 3000C Molten Salt 6000C Heat is reincorporated during release Close to 100% efficiency No utility scale plants Diabatic storage Heat is lost through cooling Natural gas is burned to reheat compressed air Very inefficient 38-68% Uses 1/2 gas of an all gas plant Types Of CAES

  9. More about CAES • Can use sandstone layer to hold compressed air • USA has good ground for this type of storage • Can be used to level load from wind and solar • 200-300 MW Plants

  10. Compressed air in Cars • Zero pollution Motors • Stores air at around 300atm • Under 35 mph it is zero emissions • Over 35 mph uses combustion engine to compress air • Runs on many different types of fuel • 1 air tank + 8 gal gas= 848 miles

  11. Fueling/Refueling • Flex engine runs off of gas, diesel, alcohol, possibly even vegetable oil • Refueling air tank at refuel station about 3 minutes • Home refuel unit takes 4 hours, electrical cost $2 • 3 cents per mile

  12. FlowAir • After 35 mph only 1/2 the CO2 emissions of Prius • Takes advantage of light engine and light frame to be efficient • Uses fiberglass frame filled with foam • May lose efficiency in cold weather

  13. Future of Air Vehicles • Flowair- release in 2010 • First needs to pass US safety ratings • 6 seats • 106 mpg • 800-1000 mile range • Top speed 96 mph • $17500

  14. Flywheels • Captures energy in a rotating Mass • Flywheel is charged using electric motor • Electric generator extracts energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:G2_front2.jpg#filehistory

  15. Operation Of Flywheel • Energy held in Spinning Rotor (Steel or Carbon composite) • Steel rotors can spin at several thousand rpm • Carbon composite spin up to 60k rpm • Kinetic Energy 1/2mv2 http://www.aretepower.us/images/Composite%20Flywheel%20Rotor.jpg

  16. Bearings • Mechanical bearings not practical • Friction is directly proportional to speed • Magnetic bearings used to minimize friction • Rotor is suspended- state of levitation • Operates in a Vacuum

  17. Superconductors • New technology uses high temperature superconductors (HTSC) • HTSC operate at -1960C or -3210F • Diamagnetism- creates a field of opposition to a magnetic field • Hybrid systems use conventional magnets to levitate and superconductors to stabilize

  18. Not effected by temperature changes No Memory Effect Made more environmentally friendly Easy energy content identification Shattering due to overload Safety devices add lots of mass Gyroscope (duel FES systems) Flywheels Vs. Batteries Pros Cons

  19. Energy Stats

  20. Flywheels have High • volumetric density

  21. Flywheel Projects • Gyrobuses- used in 1950s in Switzerland • Buses run off of Flywheels • Never gained economic foothold • Low fuel costs compared to electricity

  22. Flywheel Projects • Flywheels used in electric trains to carry over gaps and regenerative breaking • Some car models tried (Rosen Motors) • Formula 1 competition • Used on systems that need Uninterrupted power supply. (maintenance 1/2 cost of battery) • Testing of fuses

  23. Sources • http://photo.proaktiva.eu/digest/2008_gyrobus.html • http://eco-energy.info/asp/index.asp?uc=&k=3165 • http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/fta_flywheel.pdf • http://www.vyconenergy.com/pages/flywheeltech.htm • http://www.isepa.com/about_isep.asp • http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/106040/Air-Cars:-A-New-Wind-for-America's-Roads • http://gas2.org/2008/07/15/an-air-car-you-could-see-in-2009-zpms-106-mpg-compressed-air-hybrid/ • http://zeropollutionmotors.us/

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