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To: SpaceBar

The lowly chemical storage battery is slow to charge and slow to release energy into the load.

The capacitor is relatively fast at both.................


4 posted on 11/02/2020 9:11:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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plus they go pop when you plug them into the wall outlet


5 posted on 11/02/2020 9:14:45 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Red Badger

But, as the article explains: “They have a weakness, however, in the relatively low quantity of energy that they can store, a property known as their energy density.”

The energy density disparity is huge for standard capacitors compared to physical batteries. You expect a battery to supply power for a matter of hours. Capacitors, on the other hand take on chores like taking the voltage ripple out of power supplies by charging and discharging over 100 times a second.

Even though these guys are improving the energy density, it is going to be a far cry from being able to supplant batteries for long haul operations.


15 posted on 11/02/2020 9:56:31 AM PST by the_Watchman
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