Ultracapacitors are also known as Super capacitors or Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors (EDLC) which stores the energy in an electric field rather electrochemically. Today, automotive industries have gone under a drastic change from internal combustion engine to electric and hybrid engines.
Ultracapacitors are electronic devices that store energy electrostatically by polarizing an electrolytic solution but there is no chemical reactions occur to store the energy. They are charged and discharged number of times and are highly reversible.
The cars have become a sophisticated vehicle with electronic subsystems and accessories and due to the increasing demand of electric power in such vehicles, so there is a need of a component which can overcome the problem of battery, energy storage, cost effective delivery, charging rate and high maintenance. For this purpose, Ultracapacitors have been designed to fill the automotive power gaps. High energy lead acid batteries and Ultracapacitors together can achieve high energy, charging, cycle stability and efficiency.
The power of ultracapacitors can be used to save energy because when the vehicle stops, it allows the engine to stop as well and then instantly restarts it. Ultracapacitors also captures the regenerated braking energy thus increases the efficiency and lower down the level of pollution. Ultracapacitors play a major role in improving the power management in hybrid electric vehicles and extend battery life. If we compare the performance of engines using Ultracapacitors with conventional diesel engines, it can be seen that fuel consumption has been reduced by more than 50% and emission is lowered by 90%.
Ultracapacitors are also utilized by the fuel cell based engines. These types of engines are very big in size and expensive. But hybrid engines having fuel cell with the Ultracapacitors not only brings down the cost but also achieves the maximum load condition.
Advantages of Ultracapacitors:
- Long Lifetime
- More Efficient
- Environmentally Friendly
- Extremely Safe
- Offer 10 times more power.
- Function even in cold weather at -400C
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Informative read regards Ultracapacitors. Ultracapacitors are used in some electric vehicles like to store rapidly available energy with their high power density in order to keep batteries within safe resistive heating limits and extend battery life.
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