Apparatus for kinetic energy storage having a flywheel with pump-active surfaces

{
  "publication_number": "US9887604B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Apparatus for kinetic energy storage having a flywheel with pump-active surfaces",
  "abstract": "An apparatus for kinetic energy storage includes an electrical machine operable at least in one of motor mode and generator mode, and at least one energy recovery system for an intermediate storage of a produced kinetic energy and which converts the kinetic energy into an electrical energy, with, the at least one energy recovery system having at least one flywheel body formed as a rotor, and a stator and with at least one of the rotor and the stator being formed as at least one vacuum pump stage.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An apparatus for kinetic energy storage, comprising an electrical machine operable at least in one of motor mode and generator mode; and at least one energy recovery system for an intermediate storage of a produced kinetic energy and which converts the kinetic energy into an electrical energy, wherein the at least one energy recovery system has at least one flywheel body formed as a rotor, and a stator arranged in an apparatus housing, and wherein at least one of the rotor and the stator is formed as at least one vacuum pump stage, wherein the flywheel body has pump-active surfaces which are formed parallel to a rotational axis as a Holweck pump stage, a screw-type pump stage or as cross-channel pump stage, and pump-active surfaces which are formed transverse to the rotational axis analogous to a Siegbahn pump stage, and wherein the flywheel body has a transverse axis extending transverse to the rotational axis and a cross-section continuously widening radially outwardly with respect to the transverse axis thereof along an entire extent of the cross-section in a direction parallel to the transverse axis.",
    "2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the rotor and the stator is formed as at least one of Holweck-pump stage, Siegbahn pump stage, cross-channel pump stage, and screw-type pump stage.",
    "3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flywheel body is secured on a hub, the hub is arranged on the rotor shaft, and on at least one of the hub and the rotor shaft, there is additionally provided at least one of Siegbahn pump stage, Holweck pump stage, screw-type pump stage, and a cross-channel pump stage.",
    "4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flywheel body is formed as one of metal and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material.",
    "5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flywheel body is secured directly on the rotor shaft, with the flywheel body cross-section widening radially outwardly starting from the rotor shaft."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "1. Field of the Invention\n\nThe invention relates to an apparatus for kinetic energy storage.\n\n2. Description of the Prior Art\n\nThe prior art (DE 102010023531A1) discloses an apparatus for a smart network capacity control by kinetic energy storage.\n\nThe apparatus has a flywheel energy accumulator with an electric motor. The drawback of this apparatus consists in that the efficiency of this prior art apparatus for kinetic energy storage is relatively low because this apparatus operates under atmospheric pressure.\n\nThe prior at (DE 202011108033U) further discloses an apparatus with at least one energy recovery system for intermediate storage of a produced kinetic energy and which converts the kinetic energy into an electrical energy, wherein the at least one energy recovery system is formed of an electrical machine operable based on a reluctance principle and having a rotor formed as a flywheel body and a stator fixedly connected with the apparatus housing.\n\nThis prior art apparatus has actually a vacuumized chamber for minimizing the influence of air friction. In the vacuumized chamber, the flywheel accumulator is located. However, for producing vacuum, an external vacuum pump is provided. To this end, this apparatus requires, as is known from practice, a high vacuum pump and a vacuum pump to generate vacuum necessary in the housing with a flywheel accumulator. Also conceivable are arrangements having only one for vacuum pump, e.g., a two stage rotary vane pump.",
  "cpc": [
    "F04D 19/044",
    "F03G 3/08",
    "H02K 7/025",
    "Y02T 10/70"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B60L 50/30",
    "H02K 7/02",
    "F03G 3/08",
    "F04D 19/04"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Wolfgang Bremer",
    "Armin Conrad"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2013-10-30",
  "publication_date": "2018-02-06",
  "grant_date": "2018-02-06",
  "priority_date": "2012-11-08",
  "application_number": "US-201314067236-A",
  "family_id": "49084780",
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