A flywheel can makes an engine extra helpful
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Two charged atoms could be used to construct a quantum engine and retailer the power it produces in a quantum model of a flywheel.
Engines are designed to generate mechanical power, or “work”. But they solely accomplish that in bursts, which makes it difficult to make use of them for fixed movement, like spinning a automotive’s wheels. An engine’s output can be smoothed by including a flywheel, a tool that has sufficient inertia to spin at a near-constant price, permitting it to move alongside its …