Greetings to all, I am writing in response to David Roden's message of October 2nd (copy appears below).
Information on Solectria's UCB42 Ultracapacitor Module may be found at: http://www.solectria.com/products/energysys.html And, information on Solectria's DC345 Bi-Directional DC-DC Converter for energy management in vehicles with more than one onboard energy source (e.g. batteries and ultracaps) may be found at: http://www.solectria.com/products/dcdcconv.html Best wishes, Karl Thidemann Marketing Manager Solectria Corporation 9 Forbes Road Woburn, MA 01801 USA tel 781-932-9009 fax 781-932-9219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.solectria.com << Subject: Re: FW: supercapacitors Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:03:45 -0400 From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Solectria built a system using supercaps to reduce peak battery load in an EV a couple of years ago. It appeared to be successful in improving range. They issued a news release about it, but I can't find it now on their website. Note that one can't just parallel the caps and expect much effect, because of the way they store energy. A sort of variable DC:DC converter is needed to maintain the necessary voltage as the caps discharge. >>
