If you could just store heat - like in a "heat battery" what would the possibilities be thenquote:
Originally posted by unDummy:
Less pollution can be had from a simple air pressure storage than making/using/recycling hybrid batteries. Why no compressed air hybrids?
I like to see the steam engine come back. All that heat out of the exhaust and radiator can be used to produce power.
Sad that the automakers only look for the most complex way of doing things.
Use counter rotating flywheels.quote:
Originally posted by eljefino:
^ the gyro effect of a huge flywheel must be fun when you try to take a corner too.
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Originally posted by unDummy:
Less pollution can be had from a simple air pressure storage than making/using/recycling hybrid batteries. Why no compressed air hybrids?
I like to see the steam engine come back. All that heat out of the exhaust and radiator can be used to produce power.
Sad that the automakers only look for the most complex way of doing things.
If it's parallel to the ground, it wouldn't affect turning and could reduce body roll on hard corners and transitions.quote:
Originally posted by eljefino:
^ the gyro effect of a huge flywheel must be fun when you try to take a corner too.
But, what happens if the magnetic poles reverse, as has happened numerous times in the past?quote:
Originally posted by eljefino:
^ the gyro effect of a huge flywheel must be fun when you try to take a corner too.
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Use counter rotating flywheels
What has the earths' magnetic field got to do with a flywheel?quote:
But, what happens if the magnetic poles reverse, as has happened numerous times in the past?
Will the vehicle flip over onto its roof?
I liked the fact that you could draw any amount of power out of these carbon fiber flywheel batteries. ie: 1kw over an hour, 60kw over a minute, etc, from a 1kw battery.quote:
Originally posted by badtlc:
LarryL, the flywheel does not just work well in a vacuum.
There have also been flywheel auotomotive designs. These designs are very practical, too. The only problem is if there is a wreck, you could have a wound up flywheel rotating at something like 1million RPMs go flying out of a vehicle and cause unpredictable damage.