Integrated design of flywheel energy storage systems

WattsUp Power designs, develops, and distributes advanced high-quality energy storage systems for domestic consumers and industrial customers, both with varying needs for energy storage and power distribution requirements.

What are the challenges faced during product development?

The product we are developing is a fly wheel energy storage solution, a complex product that contains multiple components that need to be design interlinked and synergetic, to offer the most efficient solution.

What are the benefits of simulation for you?

Simulation helps us speed the development process and the most important advantage is that it gives us the possibility to design interlinked systems instead of
individual components. Our product has a high level of integration and that is why the dependencies between the components are fundamental to the system performance.

Being able to simulate gives us the opportunity to evaluate new designs fast and to assess many design iterations that would not be possible when only relying on analytical calculations or machine testing. In this way we are accelerating the innovation process inside our company.

Which Ansys products do you use?

We are using Ansys Electronics Desktop, Ansys Fluent, Ansys Mechanical, and SpaceClaim. We are doing the initial design of the individual components and structures using Ansys Electronics Desktop and Ansys Mechanical. Then the thermal system integration and performance is evaluated using Ansys Fluent and the design parameters and geometries are linked using SpaceClaim.