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Caterpillar provides some really neat small scale flywheel UPS - used in places like hospitals where it would be very bad to lose power. They last long enough f
by _whiteCaps_ 11mo ago
Caterpillar provides some really neat small scale flywheel UPS - used in places like hospitals where it would be very bad to lose power. They last long enough for the diesel gennies to start up.
- senectus1 11mo agoI've worked on mine sites that use this as well.
- kaonwarb 11mo agoI saw these in the basement of a data center about 11-12 years ago. Most steampunk thing I've seen in real life.
- cycomanic 11mo agoHere's a bigger one at ASDEX (a fusion experiment): https://www.ipp.mpg.de/4244138/generatoren https://www.ipp.mpg.de/4244138/generatoren