Title :
Flywheel technology development program for aerospace applications
Author :
Christopher, David A. ; Beach, Raymond
Author_Institution :
Power & Propulsion Flight Projects Office, NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
An overview of advanced flywheel development for energy storage in aerospace applications is presented. The advantages offered by this emerging technology are described and the current NASA approach towards developing the technology is presented
Keywords :
aircraft; flywheels; space vehicle power plants; uninterruptible power supplies; NASA; aerospace applications; energy storage; flywheel technology development; Aircraft manufacture; Energy storage; Flywheels; Low earth orbit satellites; Magnetic levitation; NASA; Postal services; Power systems; Space technology; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1997. NAECON 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3725-5
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1997.622705
