A lightweight, high-speed kinetic battery for hybrid and electric vehicles Conference Paper

abstract

• 2019 IEEE. This paper presents the conceptual design of a lightweight and high-speed kinetic battery to capture the braking energy and provide thrust for electric or hybrid vehicles. By acting as a high-power buffer, the proposed kinetic battery is intended to improve drive range, main battery life cycles, and to downsize vehicle powertrains. It is designed to store and release braking energy of a mid-sized vehicle (573Wh), with a flywheel only weighs about 11.2 Kg. The flywheel, which has a maximum spin speed of 50,000 revolutions per minute (RPM), is composed of shells/rims of high strength steel and composite materials that are designed and validated by finite element analysis (FEA). The novel hybrid, multi-rim and multi-material rotor design yields a higher energy density and less weight than the conventional single or multi-rim design. In addition, a five-degree-of-freedom (5-DOF) magnetic bearing system is incorporated to provide frictionless support.

name of conference

• 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)

authors

• Palazzolo, Alan

published proceedings

• 2019 IEEE TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION CONFERENCE AND EXPO (ITEC)

author list (cited authors)

• Li, X., Hu, L., & Palazzolo, A.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Li, Xiaojun||Hu, Lingnan||Palazzolo, Alan

publication date

• July 2019

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• n2377-5483ISSN  Journal

keywords

• 7 Affordable And Clean Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/itec.2019.8790504

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781538693100

start page

• 1

end page

• 6

volume

• 00

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itec.2019.8790504

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy