Standby batteries could be a thing of the past as UPS maker Chloride tries flywheels and fuel cells to increase reliability.
The flywheel itself is a very old technology that allows energy to be stored mechanically in the form of a rotating mass. Indeed, the flywheel has been used in the power quality industry for the last few decades in rotary UPS and as a replacement for batteries, with heavy and slow rotating masses supported by ceramic bearings.
New technologically advanced materials and magnetic bearings are making a wider field of application possible thanks to the . . .
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