A torque controlled high speed flywheel energy storage system for peak power transfer in electric vehicles
- McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). Power Research Lab.
This paper provides a design outline and implementation procedure for a flywheel energy storage system using a high speed interior permanent magnet synchronous machine, torque-controlled through the use of a vector control algorithm. The proposed flywheel energy storage system can be used to meet the peak energy requirements of an electric vehicle during both acceleration and regenerative braking. By supplying the peak energy requirements from a secondary source, the life cycle of the electric vehicle`s batteries may be extended considerably. A torque control algorithm is presented and preliminary implementation through a commercially available microcontroller is described. Preliminary testing of the proposed system has been very promising and has proven that bidirectional peak power transfer can be rapidly accomplished. 4 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 418668
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410168-; ISBN 0-7803-1993-1; TRN: IM9703%%64
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) industry applications society annual meeting, Denver, CO (United States), 2-6 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of 1994 IEEE industry applications society: Annual meeting. Volume 1; PB: [800] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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