I don't remember flywheel buses in Vancouver - Ballard hydrogen fuel cell buses with electric regenerative braking, yes, but no flywheel energy storage system.
There were flywheel buses in Switzerland at one time. Do a search for oerlikon gyrobus. Darryl McMahon Mika Feldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I once heard that flywheels were used on busses in Vancouver, BC area a few > years > ago. When the brakes were applied, the mechanical energy was applied to the > acceleration of a flywheel, which was later, after the bus stop, applied to > the > wheels again. > > Tony DeCarmine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Evening, all - > > Jerry wrote - > I really like the idea of flywheels as opposed to batteries for > wind/solar storage, I'm suprised no one has mentioned them yet. > > Flywheels are another painfully efficient old technology, still in use today > in your > typical piston engine for load leveling. It's just that the load leveling > happens > over fractions of a second rather than over hours or days. > > Chrysler tried a flywheel car - it almost worked. I expect it was another > intentional failure. > > Anyway - flywheels to store angular momentum are the way to go, just like > using > solar for heat is a more efficient path than PV. Flywheels had a problem in > cars > because cars may tilt (uphill, downhill &c) which causes grief if the bearing > system > can't comply with the change. A stationary flywheel (likely horizontal) would > be a > fine way to store horsepower-hours, if you can overcome the friction issues. > > Magnetic bearings and a vacuum bottle would be required. Troll about on > www.amasci.com for cheap and inventive ways to do things like this. Bill > Beatty runs > this site and it just plain rocks. > > BTW - as of now, unleaded regular is typically $3/gal and diesel as high as > $3.50/gal here is eastern Connecticut, USA. > > Pax, > Tony > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos -- Darryl McMahon http://www.econogics.com/ It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
