Spiral spring electrical equipment energy storage

What is spiral spring energy storage?

Spiral spring energy storage harvests and stores random mechanical energy. Harvesting and storing energy is a key problem in some applications. Elastic energy storage technology has the advantages of wide-sources, simple structural principle, renewability, high effectiveness and environmental-friendliness.

What are the functions of elastic storage device using spiral spring?

The principal functions of elastic storage device using spiral spring are energy storage and transfer in space and time. Elastic energy storage using spiral spring can realize the balance between energy supply and demand in many applications.

What is a spiral spring used for?

Thus, spiral springs can be used to absorb and store stable, unstable, or random external energy, and they can add energy from natural or human power. For the energy output process of a spiral spring, when a tightly wound spiral spring is freely released, the stored energy can create a strong impact moment to drive a load with a rapid start.

Are spiral springs suitable for applications in space?

Spiral springs are suitable for applications in space because of their high reliability and the fact that they provide more energy storage in a limited volume. Pre-compressed spiral springs with stored energy can supply the energy to unfold solar panels and lock/unlock manipulators on satellites [30, 31].

Can flat spiral springs be used in power generation systems?

Several studies recently published have rediscovered such elastic devices as storage technologies for power generation systems. In particular, flat spiral springs have been investigated in [15-17] and characterized for the above-cited application through the use of finite element stress analysis, modal analysis and dynamic analysis.

Can a spring-based mechanical energy storage system be used as a power supply?

However, the spring-based mechanical energy storage system has been rarely used as an active power supply for mechanical systems, largely due to its low energy density (around 0.14 kJ kg −1 or 0.04 Wh kg −1 for steel spring [ 19]) and the additional conversion from mechanical energy to electricity.