Made of evil CARBON !
algore disapproves
Did you ever short a high capacity cap in the dark?
Was any sulfuric acid introduced during the process. That sulfuric acid can be nasty stuff. Have not gone to take a look and is why am asking.
Woo hoo!! Now we’re cooking with gas!! er, Super ^carbon^ Capacitors!!
Short out a charged capacitor and you get a nice explosion. The larger the cap, the bigger the explosion.
That much capacity to absorb and hold a charge over a short period of time, also indicates that there would be the capacity to DISCHARGE that electron load just as quickly as it could be put in.
And a rapid discharge of electricity always involves heat, so how is the discharge to be throttled back to useful levels so the wiring does not burst into spitting arcs and open flame? (I know, I know, that is why Doc Brown invented the Flux Capacitor, which makes time travel possible.)
We may have fusion energy before that problem is solved.
I believe it is being used as thermal compound now as well.
The next GREAT battery invention for electric cars is ALWAYS just around the corner. The problem is that these new batteries never actually make it “around the corner” because the REAL WORLD is vicious to batteries, much more so than it is to gasoline. Temperatures from -40 to 120F have to be accommodated, running at varying loads, especially climbing steep hills slowly in hot weather (which often overheats gas cars too), and the demand that they charge fast, very fast.
The miraculous invention of the month that will save the world. Kinda late for February, but it made it! (Never to be heard from again, of course.)
They want lots of energy stored in a small space. They don’t seem to understand, that is what a bomb is. If there is a fire or an accident, the energy will be released.
With gasoline and other “fuels”, there is no oxygen, so the release is slow. With batteries, capacitors, flywheels, accumulators, etc, the energy is all there, and ready to explode. I’ve seen trucks cut in half by flywheels (old style wood chipper accident). I’ve seen small radios blown apart by tiny capacitors. I’ve seen laptops incinerated by batteries. They’re trying to squeeze a balloon — every improvement in one area will increase the problems in another.
Hmmmm, I’m thinking of a 3 or 4 stage coil gun, compressed air to get the copper slug moving and I’m thinking a 200 grain slug moving at say 3,000 ft/second. No powder, no bang very little noise. Just the crack of the bullet.
Now if you could spin the bullet prior to launch so the bullet is gyroscopicly stable then you would really have something.
One of the problems of using super capacitors for energy storage is that they have much higher self discharge rates than batteries. I can see applications using super capacitors and batteries together in order to take advantage of the best features of each.
One of the problems of using super capacitors for energy storage is that they have much higher self discharge rates than batteries. I can see applications using super capacitors and batteries together in order to take advantage of the best features of each.
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