The
flywheel energy storage system (FESS) has been rediscovered a few years ago, it
is a rotary system allowing the storage and restoration of kinetic energy which
has an inertia wheel. The current paper investigates an assembly design of the
flywheel for durable, maintainable and optimal performance. The designed model
is based on a geometrical configuration which was already studied in a previous
research. Using SolidWorks modelling and simulation capabilities, the model was
designed and investigated with different combination of materials. A total of 16 combinations has been tested at high speed
and then analyzed in order to optimize the effect of materials on the
efficiency of the flywheel and particularly on the specific energy and
stress Von-Mises stress. This research
shows that a good geometric design of the flywheel and selection of combination
of two materials can improve its energy storage capacity. Maximum specific
energy of 55,764.538 J/Kg, is observed in the flywheel of combined material which is
about 13% higher than flywheel of a single material.
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