A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries
A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries
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It opens the door to a new era of electric efficiency.
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I wonder if we will get to a point where capacitor batteries will be too good.
Can you image a small issue leading to an entire instantaneous energy dump of a large capacity capacitor while on an airplane?
Make me wonder if we will limit how fast a capacitor can discharge in some consumer goods.
20 6 ReplyWe already do with resistors.
18 2 ReplyAnd fuses and breakers
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Yeah. Good thing we don’t fill up planes with flammable material today!
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12 0 ReplyI think we have more pressing issues in certain airplanes at the moment, but that's a good point.
5 0 ReplyCan't blow up the plane if it falls apart first
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