THE CENTURIES-OLD FLYWHEEL IS FINDING NEW USES IN THE 21ST CENTURY. A NEW ENGLAND COMPANY has MODERNIZED THE TECHNOLOGY. NOW THEY'RE USING IT TO UPGRADE THE NEW YORK STATE GRID AND HOPEFULLY SAVE CONSUMERS SOME MONEY IN THE PROCESS.
OUR DAN BAZILE GETS A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK THIS INOUR NEW MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE INNOVATION TRAIL.
outdated already, watch my save money on fuel with one wire vid.
jocell202 1 month ago
I grew up seeing those diesel engines with big flywheels on both sides of the engines in rice mills. Yes, this idea of flywheel stored energy makes sense. The public and investors should be educated on this. I don't see how it can fail.
MannyHMo 1 month ago
Lets get some rough estimate going here. Radius r= 0.5m, tangential speed v = 2 Mach = 687m/s. w = v/r = 1373 rad/s, moment of inertia is tricky.. somewhere around ~200 kg*m² maybe? So one tank can store I*w² = 380 MJ ≃ 100 kWh. Another estimate to put it into comparison, during a day, a single person might use something like 5kWh. I assume these were only meant to stabilize part of the eletrical consumption, for periods shorter than a day, so they seem reasonable. Well.. that doesn't matter now
MikaelLAOhman 3 months ago
hey videoguy604 they went bankrupt.
LOL
deercubgradyman 3 months ago
This stuff makes teabaggers angry.
videoguy604 4 months ago
1:02 il gemello di Paolo Bonolis!!!!
Dakron9 6 months ago
Seems like good technology, especially if the efficiency is the same or better than pumped storage hydro. Plus those things look like they can be installed anywhere.
elitesoldier55 9 months ago
This is a great development. This seems so much more environmentally friendly than batteries. It's so much more durable too. These things could potentially last for decades. This technology also shouldn't be so affected by temperature. All in all, very exciting and promising.
Ntyler01mil 11 months ago
good one,, advertising the flywheel technology ill give the society a hint to reduce their bills of electricity
ghangaskhan343 1 year ago
it sound like they are useing some of joe newman ieas in this thing
alienhddna 1 year ago