Enhancing battery life using super capacitor

electronics engineering, electrical engineering and computer engineering

Battery based applications are generally used in our day to day life. Batteries can only be supplied for the finite period of time. Usually usage of batteries, will lead to the reduction in the life of the batteries. Super-Capacitor is a new technology which has several merits in energy storage capacity. Super capacitors are becoming increasingly favored alternatives for the conventional and traditional battery sources. Because of its flexibility, Super Capacitors can be reconciled where electrochemical batteries are used. Here the Super Capacitor is interfaced with that Battery based system to deliver maximum power output required for the load, so the life of the Battery will also be extended. The connection of Super Capacitors with Battery based applications are done for the various Battery ranges. The reduction in Battery stresses by using super capacitors are used as high power storage devices to smoothen the peak power applied to the Battery during backup time and to deliver full power during outage. MATLAB simulation has also been done for analysis and energy calculations of such system.

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