| Kinetic Traction Systems | |
| Foundation: | 2010 |
| Location City: | Chatsworth, California |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Products: | flywheel energy storage |
| Homepage: | http://www.kinetictraction.com/ |
Kinetic Traction Systems is a business founded in November 2010, producing Flywheel energy storage systems for electric railways and grid storage.[1]
Kinetic Traction Systems' main product uses flywheel energy storage technology developed by Pentadyne Power Corp; staff from Pentadyne joined Kinetic.[2] The 36000 RPM flywheels 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.
This system allows significant energy-efficiency improvements in urban rail systems; it has been used by NYC Transit and the London Underground.[4]
Their grid storage system helps stabilise the microgrid on the island of Eigg[5]
Usable stored energy is approximately .[6] The devices can provide bursts of .[7]