Korsunskii

pp. 16-24

In this article the author compares dynamic characteristics of a vehicle with both a usual and combined power installation which includes an internal combustion engine and flywheel energy storage; the comparison was carried out with the use of a developed mathematical model. Influence of power consumption of a flywheel on dynamic characteristics of a vehicle with hydrostatic transmission was estimated. Factors limiting power coefficients and possibilities of using combined power installation were established. The obtained results allow to optimize overall dimensions of the flywheel, control laws of its drive and the vehicle’s transmission.

Possibility of application of a flywheel with a drive in ground mobile robots as an auxiliary energy source is considered in this article. Motion modes of the mobile robot with a flywheel accumulating energy during braking are also considered. The material of the rotor’s flywheel was chosen, and its rational form was determined. Energy parameters of the flywheel were calculated. The basic block diagram of the hybrid mobile robot with two energy sources – an electrochemical accumulator and a flywheel –is presented in this article. In order to provide a rational configuration it was proposed to produce a flywheel with an electric motor in the common block.