Technology

Velkess has developed a novel approach to large scale energy storage that is able to provide the electrical grid with stored power at a fraction of the cost, and at significantly better efficiency than the best presently available commercial technologies.

The Velkess patent pending energy storage system is a new kind of kinetic flywheel that stores large quantities of energy in the momentum of a massive spinning wheel. Velkess's approach is a radical improvement on existing flywheel technologies, which are universally far too expensive to address the bulk energy storage needs of the electrical system.

Velkess's technologies provide substantial improvements in stability, safety, ease of manufacture, and most importantly, cost over traditional flywheel systems.

Rock Solid Safety & Stability

Velkess's Flexible Flywheel configuration is entirely self-stabilizing. It gains stability as it rotates, in the same way that a cowboy's lasso does. Because the Velkess system is inherently stable and does not require any outside energy or management to maintain that stability, energy can be held on the rotor with complete safety, even in the event of a total loss of system power, massive earthquake, or both at the same time. Because of this rock solid stability, the Velkess system can store large quantities of energy with the utmost dependability.

Dramatically Lower Cost

Velkess's novel flywheel system is able to deliver energy storage services at a small fraction of the cost of current commercially available systems. This radical reduction in cost comes directly from Velkess's innovative approach and novel technologies, including our Flexible Flywheel Rotor and High Efficiency Motor/Generator. All of Velkess's technologies have been specifically designed around the most efficient possible use of materials, ease of manufacture, and extremely high efficiency operation.

Flexible Flywheel Rotor

The flywheel rotor itself is the fundamental component in a flywheel energy storage system. Velkess's novel flywheel rotor is made in a flexible configuration that avoids many of the pitfalls of rigid rotor designs. Additionally, it allows for the use of a far wider range of materials and enables more complete use of the rotor material's full potential. Furthermore, because Velkess's patent pending flywheel is self-balancing and simple to manufacture, the cost of production is significantly reduced. These features together allow Velkess's system to provide safe, efficient, large scale energy storage at a radically lower cost than any currently available alternative technology.

High Efficiency & Low Cost Electric Motor/Generator

The electric motor/generator is the part of the flywheel energy storage system that allows energy to be deposited and withdrawn. Traditional electromagnetic motor/generator technology requires designers to choose between high efficiency/high cost or low efficiency/low cost systems. Using a novel design, Velkess has developed a motor/generator that is both low cost and high efficiency. This "win-win" design allows Velkess to provide high availability power at radically lower cost than any of the currently available alternatives.