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Title: Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0)

Abstract

In this program, Amber Kinetics designed, built, and tested a sub-­scale 5 kWh engineering prototype flywheel system. Applying lessons learned from the engineering prototype, Amber Kinetics then designed, built and tested full-­size, commercial-­scale 25 kWh flywheel systems. The systems underwent basic functional qualification testing before being installed, sequentially, at the company’s outdoor test site in Alameda, CA for full-­speed field-testing. The primary considerations in testing the prototype units were to demonstrate the functionality of the system, verify the frequencies of resonant modes, and quantify spinning losses and motor/generator efficiency.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Amber Kinetics, Inc., Union City, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1240378
DOE Contract Number:  
OE0000232
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

None, None. Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0). United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1240378.
None, None. Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1240378
None, None. 2015. "Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1240378. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1240378.
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title = {Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0)},
author = {None, None},
abstractNote = {In this program, Amber Kinetics designed, built, and tested a sub-­scale 5 kWh engineering prototype flywheel system. Applying lessons learned from the engineering prototype, Amber Kinetics then designed, built and tested full-­size, commercial-­scale 25 kWh flywheel systems. The systems underwent basic functional qualification testing before being installed, sequentially, at the company’s outdoor test site in Alameda, CA for full-­speed field-testing. The primary considerations in testing the prototype units were to demonstrate the functionality of the system, verify the frequencies of resonant modes, and quantify spinning losses and motor/generator efficiency.},
doi = {10.2172/1240378},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1240378}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}