Part I

FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY DESIGN FOR IMPROVED
ENERGYSTORAGE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
SEMINAR REPORT
Submitted by
JOEMON T JOY
(Reg No. 15131624)
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Of
COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON
(Under CAPE, Established by Govt. of Kerala)
PERINAD P.O, KOLLAM-691601
KERALA, INDIA
NOVEMBER 2015
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON

(Under CAPE, Established by Govt. of Kerala)
PERINAD P.O, KOLLAM-691601
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the seminar report entitled “FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY DESIGN
FOR IMPROVED ENERGYSTORAGE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS” is a
bonafide record of the work done by JOEMON T JOY (Reg No. 15131624) in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in
Mechanical Engineering, of Cochin University of Science and Technology during the
period 2015-2016.
SEMINAR GUIDE SEMINAR CO- HOD

ORDINATORS
Mr. Suneer K S Mr. Thulaseedharan R Dr. V Kamalakannan
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor

Mechanical Engg. Dept. Mechanical Engg. Dept. Mechanical Engg. Dept.
College Of Engg. Perumon College Of Engg. Perumon College Of Engg. Perumon
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost, I sincerely thank the ‘Almighty’ for His grace for the successful and
timely completion of my seminar on “FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY DESIGN FOR
IMPROVED ENERGY STORAGE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS”.
I am also grateful to Prof. Dr. Z. A. Zoya, Principal, College Of Engineering Perumon

for providing me with best facilities and atmosphere for the completion of my seminar.
I wish to express my gratitude and thanks to Dr. V Kamalakannan, Professor & HOD,
Department of Mechanical Engineering for his support and timely guidance.
I wish to express my gratitude to my Seminar Guide Mr. Suneer K S, Assistant

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., for his valuable and countless suggestions
and corrections.
I owe special thanks to my Seminar Coordinators, Mr. Thulaseedharan R, Assistant

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept. and Mr. SyamKumar G, Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Dept. for providing me with valuable information.
I also express my sincere gratitude to all the teachers of Mechanical Department for
their support and help in the successful completion of my seminar.
Last, but not the least I would like to acknowledge my friends who were inevitable for
the successful completion of my seminar. I am greatly indebted to all those who helped
me to make this seminar work successful.
JOEMON T JOY
(15131624)
ABSTRACT
Flywheels serve as kinetic energy storage and retrieval devices with the ability to
deliver high output power at high rotational speeds as being one of the emerging energy storage
technologies available today in various stages of development, especially in advanced technological
areas, i.e., space crafts. Today, most of the research efforts are being spent on improving energy
storage capability of flywheels to deliver high power at transfer times, lasting longer than
conventional battery powered technologies. Mainly, the performance of a flywheel can be attributed
to three factors, i.e., material strength, geometry (cross-section) and rotational speed. While material
strength directly determines kinetic energy level that could be produced safely combined (coupled)
with rotor speed, this study solely focuses on exploring the effects of flywheel geometry on its energy
storage/deliver capability per unit mass, further defined as Specific Energy. Proposed chain of finite
element analysis and optimization procedure results show that smart design of flywheel geometry
could both have a significant effect on the Specific Energy performance and reduce the operational
loads exerted on the shaft/bearings due to reduced mass at high rotational speeds. This study
specifically includes the most common six different geometries (i.e., straight/concave or convex
shaped 2D cross-sections) and ranks according to their energy storage performance using the
proposed procedure.
CONTENTS
Chapter No: Name of Chapter Page No:
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 LITERATURE SURVEY 2
3 FLYWHEEL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 5
3.1 Steps of Analysis. 5
3.2 Finite element analysis modeling 6
4 RESULTS 9
5 CONCLUSIONS 12
6 FUTURE SCOPE 13
REFERENCES 14
LIST OF NOTATIONS
Ek Kinetic Energy
I Mass Moment of Inertia
x Distance from rotational axis to the differential mass dmx
r Radius of the flywheel
E Modulus of Elasticity
ʋ Poisson’s ratio
ρ Mass density
σ Stress
ω Angular velocity
LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. No: Name of figures Page No:
Fig 1 Fully-coupled flywheel operating characteristics 4
Fig 2 Finite element analysis procedure flow chart 6
Fig 3 2D and 3/4 view of solid flywheel model 7
Fig 4 Geometry of flywheel configurations 8
Fig 5 Equivalent stress distributions 9

LIST OF TABLES
Table No: Table Name Page No:
Table 1 Tabulated X-coordinates for all cases 8
Table 2 Comparison of FEA results for all cases 10

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FLYWHEEL GEOMETRY DESIGN FOR IMPROVED

ENERGYSTORAGE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PERINAD P.O, KOLLAM-691601

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON

PERINAD P.O, KOLLAM-691601

SEMINAR GUIDE SEMINAR CO- HOD

Mr. Suneer K S Mr. Thulaseedharan R Dr. V Kamalakannan

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor

I am also grateful to Prof. Dr. Z. A. Zoya, Principal, College Of Engineering Perumon

I wish to express my gratitude to my Seminar Guide Mr. Suneer K S, Assistant

I owe special thanks to my Seminar Coordinators, Mr. Thulaseedharan R, Assistant

technologies available today in various stages of development, especially in advanced technological

Chapter No: Name of Chapter Page No:

3 FLYWHEEL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 5

3.1 Steps of Analysis. 5

3.2 Finite element analysis modeling 6

I Mass Moment of Inertia

x Distance from rotational axis to the differential mass dmx

r Radius of the flywheel

Fig. No: Name of figures Page No:

Fig 1 Fully-coupled flywheel operating characteristics 4

Fig 2 Finite element analysis procedure flow chart 6

Fig 3 2D and 3/4 view of solid flywheel model 7

Fig 4 Geometry of flywheel configurations 8

Fig 5 Equivalent stress distributions 9

Table No: Table Name Page No:

Table 1 Tabulated X-coordinates for all cases 8

Table 2 Comparison of FEA results for all cases 10

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