FLYWHEELS: ENERGY-SAVING WAY TO GO

In operation on subway cars today, flywheel technology may be used on private cars tomorrow to help reduce pollution. Recent developments in flywheel technology are discussed such as flywheel regenerative braking, and the flywheel-heat engine hybrid. Efficiency estimates are cited.

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• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • ISSN: 0013-936X
  • EISSN: 1520-5851
  • Serial URL: http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy conservation; Energy storage systems; Flywheels; Rapid transit cars; Regenerative braking; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM