Tech Briefs: Flywheel Energy Storage Continues to Advance Green Initiatives
Equally important is incorporating environmentally-friendly power solutions to advance organizations'' green initiatives. During a power disturbance, a flywheel system provides instant backup power to seamlessly bridge the critical gap in power until the facility''s generator comes online. A flywheel operates like a dynamic battery that ...
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Vatche Artinian, Co Huynh, Larry Hawkins and Pat McMullen co-founded Calnetix Calnetix developed proprietary advanced magnetic bearing technology and began internal controller development Calnetix formed its first subsidiary VYCON to commercialize flywheel energy storage systems for critical power backup and regenerative applications
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- VYCON (), a designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, announces that it has just shipped its 1500th flywheel system.
Flywheel Energy Storage — China Energy Storage Alliance
Quantum Energy Storage is a newly emerging company founded in 2013, and is participating in the FractalGrid microgrid demonstration project at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, CA. Quantum Energy''s flywheel does not use the traditional cylindrical design, but rather is disk-shaped, less than 2 inches thick, and spins at only …
Products
VYCON''s VDC-XXE and VDC-XXT flywheel systems store and deliver a reliable source of DC power utilizing the kinetic energy of a high-speed flywheel. VYCON''s VDC systems provide clean ride through backup …
Calnetix Technologies Adds Higher Capacity Model to VYCON VDC XE Family of Kinetic Energy Storage …
CERRITOS, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Calnetix Technologies'' new VYCON® energy storage products division today announced the addition of the VYCON Direct Connect (VDC®) XXE Kinetic ...
DataBank Solves Energy Storage Unpredictability with …
Flywheel energy storage has become a strategic solution for customers'' mission-critical applications that require reliable, predictable backup power while reducing carbon footprint. At DataBank, the flywheel …
VYCON Introduces Next Generation Flywheel Energy Storage …
The new VDC systems feature higher power and more energy storage in a smaller footprint than VYCON''s previous generation system. Utilizing VYCON''s …
VYCON''s Environmentally Friendly Kinetic Energy Flywheel …
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2014) - VYCON, the designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, today announced that the The Benito ...
Cavern Technologies'' Underground Data Center Spins Up Power Reliability with VYCON Flywheel Energy Systems
Cavern Technologies'' Underground Data Center Spins Up Power Reliability with VYCON Flywheel Energy Systems PJ Jennings February 25, 2019 CASE STUDIES, Data Center, NEWS, VDC CASE STUDIES Located outside of Kansas City, Cavern Technologies'' data center is located 125-feet deep underground in a 3-million …
VYCON Reaches Milestone with Shipment of its 1500th Clean Energy Flywheel System
LOS ANGELES – October 16, 2018 — VYCON () announces that it has just shipped its 1500th flywheel system.VYCON''s clean-energy storage systems are deployed worldwide and provide unsurpassed power backup and power regeneration
VYCON® Direct Connect (VDC®) Kinetic Energy Storage Systems
The VYCON system can replace traditional batteries and can perform in applications where batteries and other storage devices fall short. How VDC Systems Work. VDC kinetic energy storage systems work like a dynamic battery that stores energy by spinning a mass around an axis. Electrical input spins the flywheel hub up to speed, and a standby ...
Vycon, Inc. | VentureRadar
In short, the VYCON technology is a vital, first step toward achieving clean, reliable and sustainable energy efficiency. At VYCON, we discover, design, develop, implement and continually improve upon our industry-leading, environmentally friendly, flywheel power solutions." Description Source: VentureRadar Research / Company Website.
About Us
Established in 2002, VYCON is a manufacturer of technologically advanced flywheel energy storage systems that enable a highly reliable, cost-effective and environmentally …
Backup Power / UPS
Moreover, the lifetime investment in the VDC energy storage system is much lower than that of batteries. Over time, each VYCON VDC flywheel system deployed saves users over $200,000 when compared to using valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, making VYCON''s VDC system a financially attractive solution. Having your UPS paired with …
VYCON VDC Flywheel
The VYCON VDC Flywheel is an energy storage system that holds kinetic energy in the form of a rotating mass and converts this energy to electric power. Using patented …
VYCON Introduces Next Generation Flywheel Energy …
VYCON, a designer and manufacturer of high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, announced its new VDC and VDC-XE direct connect dc power systems for UPS applications that are said to …
CA VYCON REGEN BROCHURE
VYCON REGEN Specification. Magnetic Bearings. Fully Active 5-Axis Output. 125 kW nominal. Rotor Energy Storage 1875 kW-sec (0.52 kWh max) Permanent Magnet Flywheel Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM to 20,000 RPM Stator Nominal DC Input/Output Dual Mode Motor/Generator 750 Vdc/1500 Vdc* DC Current 167 Adc @ 750 Vdc.
Los Angeles Metro Way Side Energy Storage System (WESS)
In the next 25 years, Los Angeles County is going to grow exponentially, and will be faced with the task of increasing the capacity of the Metro system, as well as finding alternative energy solutions to reduce pollution. In order to conserve energy and reduce utility costs, L.A. Metro has integrated the VYCON REGEN system into the Red Line ...
VYCON Introduces VDC-XXT Eco-Friendly Flywheel System for Mission-Critical Power Protection
Offering a smaller footprint for the DC energy storage over Valve-Regulated-Lead-Acid (VRLA) and lithium-ion batteries, the new VDC-XXT 450kW system is in the same slim 30" W x 30" D chassis as VYCON''s 300kW rated VDC-XXE model and offers the highest power density in the industry. The capability of operating at …
VDC Products
VDC energy storage systems have been officially certified and tested by all major UPS manufacturers. They are supported by a network of over 200 trained technicians on a 24/7 basis. Over 1400 VDC flywheel UPS …
VYCON Improves on Clean Energy Flywheel Systems
VYCON, a Los Angeles designer and manufacturer of flywheel systems, recently shipped its 300th flywheel system. According to Dann McKeraghan, a VP of Power Quality for the company, magnetic levitation has replaced service-needy mechanical bearings, helping eliminate down time and cost. "Power density has been increased to provide 300kW in a ...
VYCON® Direct Connect (VDC®) Kinetic Energy Storage …
VYCON® is now a wholly owned subsidiary and new energy storage products division of Calnetix Technologies. Calnetix specializes in high-performance, high-speed motor generators and best-in-class advanced magnetic bearings and control systems. These Calnetix core products have been long-standing integral components in VYCON flywheel …
Cavern Technologies'' Underground Data Center Spins Up Power Reliability with VYCON Flywheel Energy …
reliable flywheel energy storage systems were the way to go. Entrance to Cavern Technologies'' 125-feet deep facility "All of our critical loads are now protected by four 2N-designed 300kVA dual-conversion UPSs paired with four of VYCON''s 300kW VDC
Top 10 flywheel energy storage manufacturers in China
VYCON flywheel energy storage technology can be widely used in power, data center, industry, telecommunications, medical, ... For more than 60 years, EHEC, as a company of flywheel energy storage manufacturers …
VYCON Lights Out Data Center
September 1, 2021. The VYCON Lights Out Data Center – Flywheel Energy Storage System is an 8,000kW energy storage project located in Texas, US. The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses flywheel as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2014. Description.
VDC FAQs
The Voltage Direct Connect or VDC is a new DC energy storage solution from VYCON Corporation, a Southern California based company that is a leader in the design, manufacturing and integration of flywheel-based energy …
REDUCING FUEL CONSUMPTION THROUGH USE OF …
VYCON Energy®, a Southern California company, has developed a flywheel energy storage technology that can alleviate a significant amount of the cost while also reducing harmful …
VDC Flywheel System delivers over 300 kW energy storage.
CERRITOS, Calif. — Calnetix Technologies'' new VYCON® energy storage products division today announced the addition of the VYCON Direct Connect (VDC®) XXE Kinetic Energy Storage System to its highly efficient VDC XE family of clean ride-through backup power systems.Â. The new VDC XXE model delivers over 300kW …
VYCON® REGEN®
VYCON''s global installed fleet of 1,200+ flywheel energy storage systems has accumulated over 26,000,000 operating hours and 19,000,000 discharge/recharge cycles. Applied in both regenerative energy and critical back-up power applications,
REDUCING FUEL CONSUMPTION THROUGH USE OF FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE …
This paper details the operation and fuel consumption test results of VYCON''s REGEN System, a flywheel energy storage technology, installed on a standard 1 over 5 ZPMC RTG crane at Hutchison''s Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) during 2007. The tests measured the following: 1) Average fuel consumption of an RTG crane in normal ...
VYCON Technology
The control panel is designed to provide the user with a graphical description of the flywheel storage in real time. The screen provides rotor speed, change capacity, discharge event history, adjustable voltage …
VYCON® Direct Connect (VDC®) Kinetic Energy Storage …
The VYCON Direct Connect (VDC®) system stores kinetic energy in the form of a rotating mass and is designed for high. power, short discharge applications. The patented …
VYCON Showcases Flywheel Energy Storage System for Metro Rail Power Regeneration at Asia Pacific Rail Expo
VYCON''s global installed fleet of 1,200+ flywheel energy storage systems has accumulated over 26,000,000 operating hours and 19,000,000 discharge/recharge cycles.
A review of flywheel energy storage systems: state of the art and …
A FESS consists of several key components: (1) A rotor/flywheel for storing the kinetic energy. (2) A bearing system to support the rotor/flywheel. (3) A power converter system for charge and discharge, including an electric machine and power electronics. (4) Other auxiliary components.
