A STUDY OF AUTO-REINFORCED MAGNETIC FLYWHEEL'S PERFORMANCE

Advance development of technologies such as composite material
and active magnetic bearings enable flywheel, a kinetic energy storage a
more viable energy storage solution compared to static energy storage
such as battery and capacitors. Numerous researches made to increase the
potential of flywheel such as the aforementioned material development.
However, these research aims at increasing the operational limits of the
flywheel itself. This research centres around a novel design of a flywheel
which known as the Auto-reinforced magnetic flywheel (AMFLY).
Designed by Radikal Akbar, AMFLY alter the basic operational principle
solely by addition of a reinforcing flywheel to the flywheel energy storage
system to boost the performance. This is made possible by the application
of mecha-magnetic features to the system. The concept will be proven
through several analysis and experimental testing of the AMFLY
prototype and simultaneously determines the optimal configuration of the
system.