Volante inercial de variação constante automatizado

Abstract

The inertial flywheel can be applied as a solution more efficient than investments in larger engines and sophisticated controllers. The constant variable inertial flywheel, combine the characteristics of a conventional flywheel in the absorption of oscillatory effects of machines, due to the resistance to change in rotation, with the possibility to modify its moment of inertia through its physical change, this change occurs with the implementation of an automated system of continuous control, in order to improve responses to oscillatory effects. This work presents a variable inertial flywheel design, for the industrial machinery, such as motor pumps, turbines and generators, that suffering the effects of oscillating load. The results obtained by calculations, indicate reduction in machine payback time its rated speed, where we can find research lines for the improvement of the variable inertial flywheel design and in the control strategy. The design demonstrates promising quality gains in the process, the reduction of reactive energy costs and increasing the durability of machines, besides the research of the influence of chance variable inertia flywheel in the treatment of vibration problems in machinery.