Inventors:
Wei-Kan Chu - Pearland TX
Quark Yung-Sung Chen - Houston TX
Harold Zule Xia - Houston TX
Mark Alan Lamb - Houston TX
Rodger Sheldon Cooley - Houston TX
Chase Kenyon McMichael - Houston TX
Assignee:
The University of Houston - Houston TX
International Classification:
H02K 709
Abstract:
Disclosed is a flywheel system for storing kinetic energy which utilizes a high temperature superconductor/magnet system for the flywheel bearings. The flywheel includes a first magnet, and having a ring magnet defining an opening. The levitation system includes a magnet for attractively interacting with first flywheel magnet, with a high temperature superconductor interposed between them, and further includes a magnet system for repulsively interacting with and partially inserted into the ring magnet.