• DocumentCode
    2065031
  • Title

    Using supercapacitors to improve battery performance

  • Author

    Smith, T.A. ; Mars, J.P. ; Turner, G.A.

  • Author_Institution
    cap-XX Pty. Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    124
  • Abstract
    There are many loads that create current pulses yet require a small voltage droop. This can be very demanding on battery sources. The battery voltage and current can be filtered with a capacitor. The capacitor must have sufficient energy storage to deliver the current pulse for the required time, and its equivalent series resistance (ESR) must be small enough to minimise the voltage droop. Supercapacitors meet these requirements. This paper examines performance improvement when a supercapacitor is used with a battery.
  • Keywords
    capacitor storage; capacitors; load (electric); secondary cells; battery performance improvement; capacitor; current pulse; energy storage; equivalent series resistance; performance improvement; runtime extension; supercapacitors; transient suppression; voltage droop minimisation; voltage support; Batteries; Capacitors; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Energy storage; Mars; Paramagnetic resonance; Power supplies; Supercapacitors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2002. pesc 02. 2002 IEEE 33rd Annual
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7262-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PSEC.2002.1023857
  • Filename
    1023857