Kinetic Traction Systems

Kinetic Traction Systems
Founded 2010
Defunct 2016
Headquarters Chatsworth, California, United States
Website http://www.kinetictraction.com/

Kinetic Traction Systems is a business founded in November 2010, producing energy storage systems for electric railways.[1]

Technology

Kinetic Traction Systems' main product uses flywheel energy storage technology developed by Pentadyne Power Corp; staff from Pentadyne joined Kinetic.[2] The 36000 RPM flyweels are originally based on uranium centrifuge technology developed by Urenco[3]

KTS' rail-side device uses a brushless DC motor/generator to spin up the flywheel to store electrical energy (for instance, from regenerative braking on trains) as kinetic energy; later to be converted back to electrical energy on demand.

Uses

This system allows significant energy-efficiency improvements in urban rail systems; it has been used by NYC Transit and the London Underground.[4]

Capacity

Usable stored energy is approximately 6 MJ or 1.7 kWh.[5] The devices can provide bursts of 200 kW.[6]

References

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