Typical Applications
Automotive Subsystems
Burst/Boost Power Delivery For Cold Starting Diesel Or Gasoline Engines
Wind Turbine Pitch Control
Hybrid Vehicles
Railroad Braking
Industrial Motor Braking
Energy Storage Recovery
UPS & Telecom System Power Stabilization
What are Ultracapacitors?
Ultracapacitors, or supercapacitors as they are also known, are an energy storage technology that offers high power density, almost instant recharging and very long lifetimes. Because they store energy in an electric field, rather than in a chemical reaction, they can survive hundreds of thousands more charge and discharge cycles than a battery.
Description
High Efficiency Low ESR Ultracapacitors
Electric double layer capacitor
Available with welded post or threaded terminals (including nuts)
Parallel connecting bracket available, optional
Features and Benefits
Very long lifetimes (up to 1,000,000 duty cycles or 10 year DC life)
Rapid charge and discharge
High efficiency low ESRmax (0.25mΩ for 3000F)
No maintenance requirements
No harmful chemicals or toxic metals
Wide range operating temperatures (from -40 °C to 65 °C)
Ultracapacitor modules with charge balancing circuitry designed to your power delivery and packaging requirements
The Advantage of Low ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) Ultra and Super Capacitors
ESR, which involves resistances of cell components, for example, electrolyte resistance and contact resistance between current collectors and electrodes affects the power delivery of a cell. High ESRs restrict the rate at which supercapacitors can be charged and discharged, leading to power reduction and energy dissipation.
Electric/Hybrid Vehicles
Rapid Energy Storage and Recovery
Energy Storage and
Low Maintenance Wind Turbine Pitch Control Power
Power Boost for Diesel and Gasoline Engine Cold Starting
Notes for table:
- -x part number suffix (-T) threaded version or (-P) weldable post version
- ΔT = IRMS2 x ESR x Rca
- Power Density (W/kg) = 0.12V 2 / (ESRDC x mass)
- Maximum Energy (Wh) = ½ CV2/3600
- Energy Density (Wh/kg) = ((½ CV2) / 3600) / mass
| Part Number (Note 1) |
Rated Voltage (V) | Rated Cap. (F) | ᶲDxL (mm) | ESRAC (1kHz/mΩ) | ESRDC (mΩ) | Maximum Continuous Current (A)(∆T=40°C) (Note 2) |
Maximum Peak Current (A) | Maximum Leakage Current (72hrs/mA) | Power Density (W/kg) (Note 3) |
Maximum Energy (Wh) (Note 4) |
Energy Density (Wh/kg) (Note 5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESC1200F-2.7V-CAP-X | 2.7 | 1200 | 60x74 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 110.0 | 1000 | 3.00 | 7300 | 1.2 | 4.7 |
| ESC1500F-2.7V-CAP-X | 2.7 | 1500 | 60x85 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 140.0 | 1300 | 3.00 | 8400 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| ESC2000F-2.7V-CAP-X | 2.7 | 2000 | 60x102 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 170.0 | 1600 | 3.00 | 8100 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| ESC3000F-2.7V-CAP-X | 2.7 | 3000 | 60x138 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 210.0 | 2300 | 5.20 | 7000 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
Ultracap Connecting Brackets and Attachment Nuts
| Part Number |
Description |
|---|---|
| ESCCAPBKT-1 | Connecting bracket for threaded terminal versions of Ultracaps |
| ESCCAPBKT-2 | Connecting bracket for laser-weldable post versions of Ultracaps |
| ESCAPNUT-1 | Attachment nut for Ultracaps with threaded terminals |
Datasheets
ESC3000F-2.7V-CAP-x Datasheet
ESC2000F-2.7V-CAP-x Datasheet
ESC1500F-2.7V-CAP-x Datasheet
ESC1200F-2.7V-CAP-x Datasheet
ESC Ultracap Brochure
Ultracapacitor Hardware Threaded Version Information
Energy Products Line Card
External Resources
Web link to interesting free paper at Wiley Online Publications: Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and Conversion.
By: Brian Kihun Kim1, Serubbable Sy1, Aiping Yu1, and Jinjun Zhang2
1University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2National Research Council Canada, Vancouver, Canada