Flywheel energy storage for spacecraft
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 1 August 2004
Abstract
Flywheels can serve not only as attitude control devices, but also as energy storage devices, thereby eliminating the need for conventional batteries. Hence, a combined energy and attitude control system (CEACS) consisting of a double counter rotating flywheel assembly is proposed for small satellites in this paper. The energy level in CEACS depends mainly on the flywheels' speeds. Therefore, a specific flywheel energy management strategy has to be implemented to take into account the limitations of the flywheels, which has not been established until today.
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Citation
Varatharajoo, R. and Tarmizi Ahmad, M. (2004), "Flywheel energy storage for spacecraft", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 76 No. 4, pp. 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1108/00022660410545492
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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