Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Clean Technology
Clean Technology
Bearing-Less Electrostatic Flywheel
WARF: P180324US01

Inventors: Daniel Ludois, Eric Severson


The Invention
A bearing-less flywheel both exchanges energy with a rotating flywheel using a regenerative controller via a rotating electrostatic field but also suspends the flywheel with an electrostatic field to provide a compact robust mechanism for energy storage.
Additional Information
For More Information About the Inventors
For current licensing status, please contact Michael Carey at [javascript protected email address] or 608-960-9867

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