{"id":273,"date":"2020-05-11T22:13:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/gci\/2020\/05\/11\/duck-curves-flywheels-solving-the-energy-crisis-with-mechanical-energy-storage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:02:36","slug":"duck-curves-flywheels-solving-the-energy-crisis-with-mechanical-energy-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/2020\/05\/11\/duck-curves-flywheels-solving-the-energy-crisis-with-mechanical-energy-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck curves &amp; flywheels: Solving the energy crisis with mechanical energy storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For society to transition to a fully renewable power grid without dependence on slowly dwindling fossil fuel energy sources, a means of renewable energy storage is required. Renewable energy production fluctuates pertinent to the time of day, such as in the case of solar power, where large amounts of solar power are generated during the day, but no solar power can be produced at night. Our team\u2019s goal is to re-purpose an older technology known as a flywheel that is used in cars for energy stabilization for storing solar energy overnight. To accomplish our goal, we built a simple proof-of-concept model and gathered data on the flywheel\u2019s energy storage dependence on its mass. Our results demonstrated that energy storage of the flywheel decreased with an increased mass, although general physics would suggest that energy storage should improve with a larger mass. This data provides a stepping stone in the pathway towards being able to completely re-purpose this older technology into a novel method of overnight energy storage to allow for the widespread use of solar and other renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/05\/Duck-Curves-and-Flywheels.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/05\/Duck-Curves-and-Flywheels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/05\/Duck-Curves-and-Flywheels.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-315\">Duck Curves and Flywheels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1st Semester Iteration: The Mop Bucket<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1st Semester Flywheel Iteration: The Mop Bucket\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YLPzkSIXV8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>2nd Semester Iteration: The Improved Mop Bucket<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2nd Semester Flywheel Iteration: The Improved Mop Bucket\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rquK8qXzqmA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>3rd Semester Iteration: The 3D Printed Flywheel<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3rd Semester Flywheel Iteration: 3D Printed Flywheel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NDe3Uws7xu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>4th Semester Iteration: Flywheel with Vibration Stabilization &amp; Added Mass<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4th Semester Flywheel Iteration: Vibration Stabilization\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVjBbLtuXqc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4th Semester Flywheel Iteration: Added Rice Mass\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUH6YvvlE5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curren Taber, Gary Zeri, Jackson Goldberg, Thomas Hernandez, Zachery Baker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":394,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"Grand Challenges Initiative","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-and-sustainability","category-student-presentations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grand Challenges Initiative | Chapman Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/2020\/05\/11\/duck-curves-flywheels-solving-the-energy-crisis-with-mechanical-energy-storage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Duck curves &amp; 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