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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 102
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
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Paper 25

A Study on the Utilization of Wind Power Turbines for a Flywheel Energy Storage System Using Subway Train Traveling Wind

J.-M. Im1, K.-B. Shin2 and D.-B. Lee3

1Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering
Hanbat National University, Dae-Jeon, Republic of Korea
2Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hanbat National University, Dae-Jeon, Republic of Korea
3Research Planning Team, WOOJIN Industrial Systems
Goesan-gun, Republic of Korea

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J.-M. Im, K.-B. Shin, D.-B. Lee, "A Study on the Utilization of Wind Power Turbines for a Flywheel Energy Storage System Using Subway Train Traveling Wind", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 25, 2013. doi:10.4203/ccp.102.25
Keywords: flywheel energy storage system, electric power supply system, wind power generator.

Summary
In this study, a flywheel energy storage system (FESS) with wind power turbine generating system which generates and stores electric power using travelling wind of urban train was developed. The travelling wind of a urban train was used to supply the initial power of the turbine generator while the vehicle is running. In order to obtain the optimal operating performance and inflow air velocity of the FESS, an air-intake of bell mouth type was chosen. The one-way bearing at the driving shaft was used to maintain the kinetic energy of the flywheel when the urban train is decelerated or stopped. This FESS has a 300W electric power capacity when it is driven at 700rpm and is designed to have more than 70% energy efficiency. The results show that the electric power stored in the FESS could supply auxiliary power for urban train components or service equipment such as mobiles, vending machines, and electric lights etc.

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