Title :
The evaluation and implementation of a water containment system to support aerospace flywheel testing
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
High-energy flywheel systems for aerospace power storage and attitude control applications are being developed because of the potential for increasing the energy density and reducing operational costs. A significant challenge facing the development of the test hardware is containment of the rotating elements in the event of a failure during the development and qualification stages of testing. This containment is critical in order to ensure the safety of the test personnel and the facility. A containment system utilizing water as the containment media is presented. Water containment was found to be a low cost, flexible, and highly effective containment system. Ballistic test results and analytical results are discussed along with a description of a flywheel test facility that was designed and built utilizing the water containment system at the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Keywords :
aerospace safety; aerospace test facilities; attitude control; cost reduction; failure analysis; flywheels; space vehicle power plants; Cleveland; International Space Station; Lewis Field; NASA Glenn Research Center; aerospace power storage; attitude control application; ballistic test result; development stage testing; energy density; flywheel test facility; high-energy flywheel system; operational cost reduction; qualification stage testing; rotating element; test hardware; test personnel safety; water containment; Aerospace control; Aerospace testing; Costs; Energy storage; Flywheels; Hardware; Personnel; Qualifications; Safety; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7296-4
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.2002.1392015
