Objective The main objective of the research is to develop a general purpose stationary flywheel for energy storage. The main tasks are to integrate the electromechanical power conversion in the flywheel construction in order to improve the efficiency and furthermore find the optimal material for the rotating wheel from a point of view of strength and cost. The system application have to be identified in a market review and weighted for the economical aspects. Especially renewable energy sources with a fluctuating energy flow, such as windpower have a need for a dynamic storage to satisfy the demand. Further secondary aspects of this technique are use of permanent magnets to improve the efficiency and avoid heating in the rotorwheel, cooling of remaining losses, dynamics, capacity and performances. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programme(s) FP4-NNE-JOULE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 03080101 - R&D on advanced energy storage: reliable long-life batteries, flywheels, hydrogen and fuel cell systems etc for electricity storage as well as chemical or phase-change heat storage Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator Belt Electric PC Address 21,knasterhovvej 21 5700 Svendborg Denmark See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Ingenieursbüro für Umwelttechnik und Technik GmbH. & Co. KG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 9,reepschlagersbahn 24937 Flensburg See on map
