Flywheel-powered shuttle car. Open File report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6924406
The report documents the program conducted to demonstrate the application of a flywheel-powered propulsion system to underground-mining shuttle cars. Such application can replace the present electrical trailing cable common to most shuttle cars and thereby eliminate those safety hazards, maintenance problems, and haulage-route limitations inherent in the trailing cable. Described are the activities undertaken to specify and design a flywheel of optimum size, shape, and material; to identify the best concepts of input and output systems; and to achieve installation of the power package into a shuttle car. The resultant flywheel-powered shuttle car is an FMC Corp. Model 6L shuttle car, 6-ton capacity, 20-ton gross vehicle weight, powered by a flywheel system with 4.5-kilowatt-hour usable energy. The completed vehicle was delivered to the Bureau of Mines in Bruceton, PA, for testing and evaluation.
- Research Organization:
- Engineered Systems and Development Corp., San Jose, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6924406
- Report Number(s):
- PB-87-119079/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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