Cornell Dubilier White Paper Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are widely used in all types of inverter power systems, from variable-speed drives to welders to UPS units. This paper discusses the considerations involved in selecting the right type of aluminum electrolytic bus capacitors for such power systems. The relationship among temperature, voltage, and ripple ratings and how
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This overview presentation includes a technology primer, performance characteristics comparison, application classifications, supercapacitor applications, end of life and failure modes, CDE supercapacitor product offering, a supercapacitor comparison chart, the new VMF/VPF Series – Hybrid Capacitor, a technology comparison, optimizing the custom solution process, and supercapacitor markets and applications.
Download this technical guide to learn about supercapacitor construction, typical applications, determining the correct supercapacitor for a given application, equivalent circuit, measuring the capacitance of supercapacitors, leakage current, life expectancy calculation, soldering guidelines, cell balancing, and lead bending recommendations.
While most engineers have a basic understanding of supercaps, relatively few have put them to use. So it is helpful to discuss the applications that best fit supercaps and the pluses and minuses of the technology vs. batteries or in combination with batteries...
CDE's engineering team can support customers through all the potential design solutions and strategies that can be implemented into any application. CDE designs and manufactures custom supercapacitor solutions which support applications to function at their fullest capabilities...
The newest series of supercapacitors from Illinois Capacitor is the DGH Series, offering capacitance values up to 350 Farads. This series continues a supercapacitor trend of incremental improvements, while achieving lower costs. The DGH Series includes 21 different value/voltage combinations...
One key factor: Determining the nuances of how capacitors handle expected ripple currents Examine a dc link capacitor’s ac ripple current and you’ll realize it arises from two main contributors: the incoming current from the energy source and the current drawn by the inverter. Of course, capacitors cannot pass dc current; thus, dc current only
