High-Level Project Summary
A flywheel energy storage (FES) system is an electricity storage technology under the category of mechanical energy storage (MES) systems that is most appropriate for small- and medium-scale uses and shorter period applications. In an FES system, the surplus electricity is stored in a high rotational velocity disk-shaped flywheel. FES is low maintenance, long life long life, and negligible environmental impact. Flywheel systems are not sensitive to temperature since they are operating in a vacuum containment” and providing energy for rovers at deadly planets like Venus, the mechanism followed by a history of the development of this technology in the literature and practice over recent years.
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A flywheel energy storage (FES) system is an electricity storage technology under the category of mechanical energy storage (MES) systems that is most appropriate for small- and medium-scale uses and shorter period applications. In an FES system, the surplus electricity is stored in a high rotational velocity disk-shaped flywheel. The stored energy in the form of kinetic energy will be later used to drive a generator and thereby produce electrical power. This research gives a fundamental understanding of the flywheel and FES system and how it can benefit us in space exploration because of its key advantages like low maintenance, long life (some flywheels are capable of well over 100,000 full depth of discharge cycles and the newest configurations are capable of even more than that, greater than 175,000 full depth of discharge cycles), and negligible environmental impact. Flywheel systems are not sensitive to temperature since they are operating in a vacuum containment” and providing energy for rovers at deadly planets like Venus, the mechanism followed by a history of the development of this technology in the literature and practice over recent years. It also discusses FES system applications in several fields of science and technology, advantages and disadvantages, design concept, and components. Finally, it presents the mathematical formulation governing the system as well as the future perspectives of the technology.
Making an energy storage system on Venus is not an easy idea especially when you consider the harsh conditions that are present there the extreme conditions on Venus make traditional rover technology impossible: the heat and pressure combined wreak havoc on any electronic components, and the atmosphere of Venus, mostly composed of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, is highly corrosive on metal parts. And if this weren’t enough, the thick atmosphere makes the light conditions on the surface like a rainy day on Earth, which limits the potential of solar energy. To solve the problem of putting electronics on the surface, the team worked on Mechanical energy storage systems that take advantage of kinetic or gravitational forces to store inputted energy. While the physics of mechanical systems are often quite simple in fact it was used long ago by the Greeks to make an analogue computer called Antikythera mechanism and after researching we found the Flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) Some of the
flywheel is essentially a mechanical battery consisting of a mass rotating around an axis. It stores energy in the form of kinetic energy and works by accelerating a rotor to very high speeds and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. Flywheel energy storage is a promising technology for replacing conventional lead acid batteries as energy storage systems.
Most modern high-speed flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) consist of a huge rotating cylinder supported on a stator (the stationary part of a rotary system) by magnetically levitated bearings. These bearings are permanent magnets which support the weight of the flywheel by repulsion forces and are stabilized with electromagnets Based on the principle of speed, it can be said that low-speed FESS contains a steel disk with high inertia and low speed. But the high-speed FES systems have a high speed and composite disk with relatively lower inertia. The stored energy is based on the rotor speed and increasing the rotor speed increases the stored energy]. High-speed and low-speed FES systems can be compared from density perspective, so that the energy density in low-speed FES systems is about 2000 W/kg, but the energy density in these systems is about 5 Wh/kg. Also, high-speed FES systems have a very high energy density and a higher energy density in the range of 200 Wh/kg. FES systems have an efficiency of 90%–95% and rated power ranges of 0–50 MW.
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Making an energy storage system on Venus is not an easy idea especially when you consider the harsh conditions that are present there the extreme conditions on Venus make traditional rover technology impossible: the heat and pressure combined wreak havoc on any electronic components, and the atmosphere of Venus, mostly composed of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, is highly corrosive on metal parts. And if this weren’t enough, the thick atmosphere makes the light conditions on the surface like a rainy day on Earth, which limits the potential of solar energy. To solve the problem of putting electronics on the surface, the team worked on Mechanical energy storage systems that take advantage of kinetic or gravitational forces to store inputted energy. While the physics of mechanical systems are often quite simple in fact it was used long ago by the Greeks to make an analogue computer called Antikythera mechanism and after researching we found the Flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) Some of the
flywheel is essentially a mechanical battery consisting of a mass rotating around an axis. It stores energy in the form of kinetic energy and works by accelerating a rotor to very high speeds and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. Flywheel energy storage is a promising technology for replacing conventional lead acid batteries as energy storage systems.
Most modern high-speed flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) consist of a huge rotating cylinder supported on a stator (the stationary part of a rotary system) by magnetically levitated bearings. These bearings are permanent magnets which support the weight of the flywheel by repulsion forces and are stabilized with electromagnets Based on the principle of speed, it can be said that low-speed FESS contains a steel disk with high inertia and low speed. But the high-speed FES systems have a high speed and composite disk with relatively lower inertia. The stored energy is based on the rotor speed and increasing the rotor speed increases the stored energy]. High-speed and low-speed FES systems can be compared from density perspective, so that the energy density in low-speed FES systems is about 2000 W/kg, but the energy density in these systems is about 5 Wh/kg. Also, high-speed FES systems have a very high energy density and a higher energy density in the range of 200 Wh/kg. FES systems have an efficiency of 90%–95% and rated power ranges of 0–50 MW.
Hackathon Journey
The hackathon trip was full of surprises, especially as they were the first experience of Lina in subscribing to this competition. We have traveled to Alexandria from the total offer and through which we are psychologically equipped and we will collect as much as possible for the idea to make an idea if a simple role in the development we had to have difficulties we have made difficulties but at the same time we know on mental and mentality .It was a great trip in total