It has been suggested that we should use our power plants to
generate energy in the off-hours (such as late at night) and store
it for use during the day. One idea put forward is to store the
energy in large flywheels. Suppose we want to build such a flywheel
in the shape of a hollow cylinder of inner radius 0.490 m and outer
radius 1.60 m , using concrete of density 2250 kg/m3.
If, for stability, such a heavy flywheel is limited to 1.40 second
for each revolution and has negligible friction at its axle, what
must be its length to store 2.40 MJ of energy in its rotational
motion?
Suppose that by strengthening the frame you could safely double the flywheel's rate of spin. What length of flywheel would you need in that case? (Solve this part without reworking the entire problem!)
Hollow cylinder is build with concrete of density = 2250 kg/m3
Cylinder's inner radius r1 = 0.490 m
Cylinder's outer radius r2 = 1.60 m
Volume of hollow cylinder V =
where M mass of the cylinder
Moment of inertia of Hollow cylinder is given by
...............................1)
Time period T = 1.40s
...........................................................2)
Kinectic energy for rotation of hollow cylinder is given by
substituting values of equation 1 and 2 in above equation ,we get
Substituting V we get
...........................................3)
we want to store 2.40 MJ of K.E
putting values of K.E, r1 , r2 , T ,we get
2) By doubling spin rate means reducing tme period by 2, T1 = (T/2)
By seeing equation 3, (T/2) will make 4 times factor in numerator
Thus new length
It has been suggested that we should use our power plants to generate energy in the...