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Title: Competition between SMES and flywheels

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OSTI ID:39081

The benefits of flywheel energy storage using high-temperature superconducting bearings is compared to that of SMES for the same applications. Flywheels cover the same range of energy storage times as SMES but their scaling relationships make them inherently more amenable to modular manufacture. In addition, the magnetic fields seen by the environment are considerably reduced for flywheels.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
39081
Report Number(s):
ANL/ET/CP-84445; CONF-9410238-2; ON: DE95005834; TRN: 95:003342
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Energy Agency symposium on the use of superconductivity in energy storage, Karlsruhe (Germany), 25-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English