DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID FLYWHEEL/BATTERY DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS

Today's electric vehicles are severely limited in multistop and go driving range and accelerating capability by the lead acid battery's inability to handle high power peaks while maintaining maximum energy storage capability. A hybrid flywheel/battery system can be used to isolate the battery from the accelerating power peaks, and should recover a substantial part of the braking energy. This paper describes the development of a small, high speed, lightweight flywheel/ac synchronous motor alternator sealed energy storage package coupled into the battery and dc drive motor system through a simple rectifier/inverter power circuit. This system stores just enough energy in the rotor of the machine for one start-stop cycle. Provision is made for climbing or descending long grades. The fields of the two machines are electronically controlled to achieve optimum performance and effective energy utilization.

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• Authors:
  • Lustenader, E L
  • Guess, R H
  • Richter, E
  • Turnbull, F G
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 135-143
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: VT-2
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Electric drives; Electric power transmission; Electric trains; Electric vehicles; Energy; Flywheels; Motors; Propulsion; Storage batteries
• Candidate Terms: Electric traction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrids
• Old TRIS Terms: Flywheel propulsion; Power systems; Storage battery vehicles
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159889
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM