CASE STUDY OF ONE PATENT

(COMPOSITE FLYWHEEL) FROM

DESIGN POINT OF VIEW

PRESENTED BY
SACHIN
MESHRAM
 INTRODUCTION

A flywheel is an inertial energy-storage device. It absorbs

mechanical energy and serves as a reservoir, storing energy
during the period when the supply of energy is more than the
requirement and releases it during the period when the
requirement of energy is more than the supply
 PATENT

The present invention can provide a flywheel that can be

made larger and heavier, and rotated at higher speeds than
prior conventional flywheels.

The flywheel can include a wheel having a composite rim

structure with multiple radial layers of stainless steel
material. Epoxy type adhesive can bond the multiple layers of
stainless steel together.
 CONSTRUCTION

A composite flywheel includes a wheel having a composite

rim structure with multiple radial layers of steel material.
Epoxy type adhesive can bond the multiple layers of stainless
steel together.

Composite flywheels can include fibers, or filaments that are

wound into a wheel and bonded together with adhesives,
such fibers can be metallic wires.
Conventional Flywheel
 Conventional flywheel are entirely made up of single metal
mainly steel.

The primary limitation is low tensile strength.

Composite Flywheel
 If you look at composite flywheel energy storage devices, you will
see a metallic hub that supports a thick rim of carbon-fiber
reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite.
Neither of these components is capable, on its own, of working at
the design speed. Both would fail at a speed much lower than
their design speed, due to huge centrifugal forces leading to
stresses that exceed the strength of the materials used for their
construction.
But both materials together can withstand high centrifugal forces.
 Design Consideration

A discussion of the effect of fiber properties upon

flywheel stored energy is needed to
quantitatively demonstrate the benefits of
composite materials.

To simplify the analysis, an Idealized flywheel will

be considered in which all of the mass in the rim
is concentrated in a thin ring of radius r.
The kinetic energy, Ek, stored in the flywheel rotor is given by: E k =
1/2 I * .. (1)

The moment of inertial equation is

I = m r*r .. (2)
Where m is the total mass of the idealized zero thickness rim.
Substituting equation (2) into equation (1) gives

E k = m r*r (3)
For the idealized flywheel with all mass at radius r, the hoop stress is

= r*r .. (4)
Where is the density of the ring material.
Solving for r*r and substituting into equation (3) yields
E k = m / . (5)
The specific kinetic energy, defined as kinetic energy per unit mass, is
maximized for maximum
, so
E max / m = max / (6)

Showing that to maximize kinetic energy the constituent material

needs to have high strength and low density.
Since composite flywheel has high strength and low density as
compared to conventional steel flywheels they have high energy
storage capabilities.
 Conclusion

The present invention can provide a flywheel that can be

made larger and heavier, and rotated at higher speeds than
prior flywheels.
 References
1) Frederick. E. Morgan, Coral Springs, Christopher.
Barone, Davie, Jeffrey StrOheCker, U.S. PATENT
DOCUMENTS, Patent N0. US 8,776,635 B2Date of
Patent: Jul. 15 2014.
2) Wrest, M., Advanced Rotating Machines,
Presentation, the University of Texas at Austin Center
for Electro mechanics (Apr. 27, 2010).
3) Active Power Understanding Flywheel Energy
Storage: Does High-Speed Really Imply a Better
Design? White Paper 112(2008).