2010 headquarters chatsworth california united states website http www.kinetictraction.com kinetic traction systems is a business founded in november 2010 producing energy storage systems for electric railways . 1 contents 1 technology 2 uses 3 capacity 4 references technology edit kinetic traction systems main product uses flywheel energy storage technology developed by pentadyne power corp ; staff from pentadyne joined kinetic . 2 the 36000 rpm flyweels are originally based on uranium centrifuge technology developed by urenco 3 kts rail side device uses a brushless dc motor generator to spin up the flywheel to store electrical energy for instance from regenerative braking on trains as kinetic energy ; later to be converted back to electrical energy on demand . uses edit this system allows significant energy efficiency improvements in urban rail systems ; it has been used by nyc transit and the london underground . 4 capacity edit usable stored energy is approximately 6 mj or 1.7 kwh . 5 the devices can provide bursts of 200 kw . 6 references edit kinetic traction systems inc cleantechnica cleantech innovation news and views . retrieved 2011 02 13 . pentadyne flywheels still turning at new company . san fernando valley business journal . retrieved 2011 02 13 . interview with kinetic traction systems . socaltech.com . retrieved 2011 02 13 . kinetic traction systems trackside flywheel energy storage . green big truck . retrieved 2011 02 13 . green car congress kinetic traction systems launches with trackside flywheel energy storage technology for rail . retrieved 2011 02 13 . railway gazette flywheel firm launches . retrieved 2011 02 13 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kinetic traction systems & oldid 722087844 categories companies based in californiacompanies established in 2010electric rail transport navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 may 2016 at 22 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view