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Granted Patent B2
US 12,119,730 · App. 18/274,608 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Constant stress solid disk rotor of flywheel for flywheel energy storage system and design method thereof

Inventors: Satoshi Tanimoto (Suita, JP); Takashi Nakamura (Suita, JP)
Assignee: NexFI Technology Inc.
H02K7/025F03G3/08
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Patent No.
US 12,119,730
App. No.
18/274,608
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A constant stress solid disk rotor of a flywheel has an outer shape having a plane-symmetric upper surface and lower surface, an outer circumferential radius b, and a rotation center thickness h 0 , and includes a thickness decreasing region which decreases monotonously in thickness from a rotation center to a connection radius a and a constant thickness region located on an outer edge of the thickness decreasing region and having a constant thickness h a from the connection radius a to the outer circumferential radius b. Shape parameters including the outer circumferential radius b, the rotation center thickness h 0 , the connection radius a, and the outer edge thickness h a satisfy an equation below. Here, ν is a Poisson's ratio of a rotor material. a b = 1 2 ⁢ ( - 2 1 - v ⁢ ( 1 + v - 2 ln ⁡ ( h a h 0 ) ) + ( 2 1 - v ⁢ ( 1 + v - 2 ln ⁡ ( h a h 0 ) ) ) 2 + 4 ⁢ ( 3 + v ) 1 - v )

Claims (260)

1. A constant stress solid disk rotor of a flywheel, having an outer shape having an upper surface and a lower surface which are plane-symmetric with respect to a single-center rotation plane perpendicular to a rotation axis, an outer circumferential radius b, and a rotation center thickness h 0 , the constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel having a shape including a thickness decreasing region which decreases monotonously in thickness from a rotation center to a connection radius a and a constant thickness region located on an outer edge of the thickness decreasing region and having a constant thickness h a from the connection radius a to the outer circumferential radius b, wherein

shape parameters including the outer circumferential radius b, the rotation center thickness h 0 , the connection radius a, and the outer edge thickness h a satisfy an equation below:

[

Expression

⁢

1

]

a

b

=

1

2

⁢

(

-

2

1

-

v

⁢

(

1

+

v

-

2

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

)

+

(

2

1

-

v

⁢

(

1

+

v

-

2

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

)

)

2

+

4

⁢

(

3

+

v

)

1

-

v

)

)

where ν is a Poisson's ratio of a rotor material.

2. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein the connection radius a and the outer edge thickness h a are set without depending on a rotation angular velocity.

3. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness decreasing region is formed in a shape in which an in-plane stress of the thickness decreasing region is always invariant entirely in the thickness decreasing region.

4. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 3 , wherein the constant thickness region is formed in a shape in which an in-plane stress of the constant thickness region decreases monotonously from a stress value which is invariant in a plane of the thickness decreasing region toward the outer circumferential radius b from the rotation center.

5. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness h of the thickness decreasing region is expressed by an expression below:

[

Expression

⁢

2

]

h

⁡

(

r

)

=

h

o

⁢

e

ln

(

h

a

h

0

)

a

2

⁢

r

2

.

6. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein when rotating with the thickness decreasing region producing an in-plane stress σ a , a rotation angular velocity ω is expressed by an expression below:

[

Expression

⁢

3

]

ω

=

-

σ

a

⁢

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

ρ

⁢

a

2

where ρ is a density of the rotor material.

7. The constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein assuming that a yield strength of the rotor material is σ y , a limit energy density D FR is expressed by an equation below:

[

Expression

⁢

4

]

D

FR

=

-

(

(

a

b

)

4

⁢

(

h

a

h

0

)

⁢

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

-

(

h

a

h

0

-

1

)

)

+

1

2

⁢

(

h

a

h

0

)

⁢

(

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

)

2

⁢

(

1

-

(

a

b

)

4

)

)

(

a

b

)

2

⁢

(

(

a

b

)

2

⁢

(

h

a

h

0

-

1

)

+

(

h

a

h

0

)

⁢

ln

⁡

(

h

a

h

0

)

⁢

(

1

-

(

a

b

)

2

)

)

×

σ

y

ρ

.

8. A method for designing the constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 7 , wherein any three parameters among six parameters of the limit energy density D FR , a mass, the outer circumferential radius b, the rotation center thickness h 0 , the connection radius a, and the outer edge thickness h a of the constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel are given, and remaining three parameters are determined.

9. A method for designing the constant stress solid disk rotor of the flywheel according to claim 1 , wherein any three parameters among four parameters of the outer circumferential radius b, the rotation center thickness h 0 , the connection radius a, and the outer edge thickness h a are given, and a remaining one parameter is determined.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: TANIMOTO, SATOSHI; NAKAMURA, TAKASHI
To: NEXFI TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-026068 · Feb 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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