Sub-Area: 2.5 Demonstration of Promising Energy Storage Technologies - Project Type: Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration (Revision V1.0)
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.
- Research Organization:
- Amber Kinetics, Inc., Union City, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- OE0000232
- OSTI ID:
- 1240378
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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