Maxwell ultracapacitor cells come in sizes from one to 3,000 Farads and multi-cell modules ranging from 16 to 125V. The company has brought on line a high-volume assembly line for its redesigned, 350-Farad “D-cell” ultracapacitor products, which are used mainly in wind turbine blade-pitch drives. A third line, the HC family of small cell products range, from one to 150 Farads are used mainly in industrial electronics.Unlike batteries, which produce and store energy by a chemical reaction, ultracapacitors store energy in an electric field and they can charge and discharge in a fraction of a second, perform normally over a broad temperature range (-40 to +65°C), operate reliably up to one million or more charge/discharge cycles, and resist shock and vibration.
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
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Windpower Engineering & Development
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