Ultracapacitor used with primary power supply

-- Control Engineering, 11/1/2000

San Diego, Calif.-PC2500, a 2500-farad ultracapacitor, supplies power to a system during peak loads and outages. It is ideal for industrial, UPS, hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel cell applications, or for any other application requiring pulsed power, high-cycle reliability, and/or low maintenance. Measuring 161 x 62 x 61.5 mm, the PC2500 caches 7800 Joules of energy at a nominal 2.5 V for high-powered discharges ranging from fractions of a second to one minute. Through its small size and ability to relieve power intensive systems of peak power functions, the ultracapacitor extends a system's life while reducing its overall cost.

Maxwell Technologies