A Milky Way bar contains more energy than a stick of dynamite.
A tank of gas in that SUV contains about a megawatt. My grandson has more energy than a full SUV and often explodes. Terry On 5/4/07, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: >In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 2 May 2007 20:29:15 -0400: > >>http://www.zenncars.com/home/EEStor%20equity%20investment%20April%2030%202007%20FINAL%202.pdf >> >[snip] > >>Inc. The negotiated investment terms also grant ZENN an additional investment option of up to US $5 million on the same terms, >> > >It isn't permittivity that's the likely problem, it's the breakdown voltage. > I Searched under EEstor and found an interesting discussion of the technology. The proposed capacitor would store several KW hrs worth of energy, it would be stored at 3.5 KV. Someone calculated that the energy in the charged capacitor would be equivalent to 100 sticks of dynamite. The BaTi dielectric is brittle, and it was noted that this sort of device does not fail gracefully, which is a euphemism for destructive failure. Given the energies involved, and the mechanical forces which I would assume would be generated in charging the capacitor, I would assume it would be a matter of time before it rapidly disassembles itself, and the car. --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---
