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GYROBUS

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Subair VS
Introduction

■ A Gyrobus is an electric bus that uses flywheel energy storage, not


overhead wires like a trolleybus.
■ The name comes from the Greek language term for flywheel, gyros
History

■ Gyrobuses were developed in the 1940s.


■ The first commercial service began in Switzerland in 1953.
■ The intention of creating an alternative to battery-electric buses for
quieter, where full overhead-wire electrification could not be justified.
■ Gyrobuses were not commercially viable due to high costs and
maintenance issues.
■ Currently, Garuba has no commercial value
■ Gyrobus G3, the only surviving gyrobus in theworld (built in1955) in
the Flemish tramway and bus museum,Antwerp.
Working
■ Rather than carrying an internal combustion engine or batteries, or connecting
to overhead power lines, a gyrobus carries a large flywheel that is spun at up to
3,000 RPM by a "squirrel cage" motor/generator.
■ Power for charging the flywheel was sourced by means of three booms
mounted on the vehicle's roof, which contacted charging points located as
required or where appropriate (at passenger stops en route, or at terminals, for
instance).
■ Fully charged, a gyrobus could typically travel as far as 6 km (3.7 mi) on a level
route at speeds of up to 50 to 60 km/h.
■ Charging a flywheel took between 30 seconds and 3 minutes.
■ In normal operation the flywheel could slow down from its initial
3000 rpm to 2100 rpm.
■ In emergencies the speed could further be reduced to 1500 rpm, but this would
negatively affect the performance of the vehicle.
■ Below this speed a proper functioning of the transmission could no longer be
guaranteed.
■ Under normal conditions, the Gyrobus could cover 5 to 6km between charges
(taking stops and traffic into account).
■ A charge would then take two to five minutes.
■ In idle mode, the flywheel could continue spinning for more than ten hours.
■ A recharge from standstill could take 22 minutes.
Flywheel

■ The flywheel was positioned in the centre of the chassis between the axles.
■ This disc weighing 1.5t and with a diameter of 1.6m was enclosed in an airtight
chamber filled with hydrogen gas at a reduced pressure of 0.7 bar to lower "air"
resistance.
Advantages

■ No fuel needed
■ Quiet
■ Pollution-free
■ Runs without rails
■ Can operate flexibly at varying distances
Disadvantages

■ Weight: a bus which can carry 20 persons and has a range of 5 km


(3.1 mi) requires a flywheel weighing 3tone.
■ The flywheel, which turns at 3000 revolutions per minute, requires
special attachment and security— because the external speed of the
disk is 900 km/h(560 mph).
■ Driving a gyrobus has the added complexity that the flywheel acts as
a gyroscope that will resist changes in orientation, for example when
a bus tilts while making a turn, assuming that the flywheel has a
horizontalrotation axis.
Conclusion

■ One of the main obstacles facing the Gyrobus was its inability to gain a firm
market presence and so cut down manufacturing costs through economy of
scale.
■ In today's environment, many of the factors that disadvantaged the Gyrobus
have changed.
■ Fuel prices are rising and concerns over pollution and smog have led to
experiments with such inefficient and dangerous storage technologies as
hydrogen cells (which appear to be more in political favour than technologically
sound).

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