The Mechanical Battery: How Flywheels are Changing the Game

Revolutionize energy storage with The Mechanical Battery video. Discover the science behind flywheels and how they are transforming the game with cutting-edge physics and historical insight

#mechanicalbattery #flywheelenergystorage #FESS

0:00 Introduction
0:45 How it works
1:09 Physics
1:44 Components
3:00 Applications
4:14 History
4:58 Why the hold up?
5:24 Future developments
5:43 Conclusion

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Thanks to takeboncog for the steam engine model:

Thanks to arnaudbanner for the Substation model

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[djtfan]

One sidenote, the energy efficiency formula at 3:00 is wrong, should be the other way around, E_out over E_in. Other than that, very informative!

[KyrychenkoAnton]

There's 1 thing particularly interesting for me with flywheel batteries - how long can they store the charge? Say if I spin it to 1kW storage speed - how much of 1 kW will left after 1 month percentage wise? It should lost momentum sure, but how fast?

[nocknock]

clean straight forward video! awesome graphics as well

[ehaurader]

Wow another base foundation technology

Going hard man
I like the fragility of electronics
And the reason is pretty cool

[-ALPHAMAN]

Yes this is the fabulous explaination I ever seen make more like this

[muratahmetgenc]

with the new materials, nano-technology, it can be better and cheaper than batteries in near future! great video, thanks!

[MrNelsonhsieh]

The flywheel power storage can be used for the power supply of the tram. When the tram decelerates, the flywheel is used to store power. When the tram accelerates, the flywheel supplies power to the motor.

[okithdesilva]

I was wondering how the flyweel energy storage systems works.

[OutRAjious]

Don’t use electromagnets for the bearings use natural magnets, both pole to north … save electricity!!

[mbrunoferreira]

What is the status (TRL) of this technology? What's the mean cost (MWh/Eur) one can achieve with this? And what's the capacity (MWh) available with usual examples?

[gianfrancopurpura]

Really interesting: Why don't they apply the Flywheel Battery to charge electric cars?

[tvinforest]

But doesn't Earth rotation kinda drain power from flywheel? Should they be aligned to counter spin and precession of the Earth?

[prostotack]

Ребята поинтересуйтесь работами ученого Нурбей Гулия, он сделал много практических работ в этом направлении .

[petrurazvanvasi]

Hello there, how come noone thought of the second oldest mechanical battery that is the MAINSPRING. Like those in old-fashioned clocks....

[ulooqulg]

Came here to.learn, when read the news of Chinese commisioning largest in World 30MW output FESS.
Thks...

[yogeshkrishnan]

I learned that flywheel is used in vehicles to reduce fluctuations of energy. For those that have Engines because they deliver power in only one stroke.
But why do we need flywheel in Electric Vehicles other than the mechanical battery purpose. Since electric motors deliver a constant power.

[stevengouws]

Excellent boeta ! Very well explained, thank you. Sub'd.

[skunksville]

Would be nice to have an electric vehicle with a projected lifespan of decades.

[Lasfrans]

Baie goeie kwaliteit video. Dankie vir die deeglike verduideliking. Sterkte met jou toekomstige videos.

[spiderpickle]

Temperature wouldn't really effect a flywheel, would it? One could be installed outside and used as storage for solar . . ? 🤔