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- From: davros@acme.gen.nz (Steven Groom)
- Subject: CAPACITOR STORAGE ???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.114341.28212@acme.gen.nz>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 11:43:41 GMT
- Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Hello again.
-
- Well debate seems to have got under way. I went out and bought a 1000uF
- capacitor @ 400V (80J energy storage - it was cheap o.k.)
-
- now, 1500kWH = 5.4 MJ (32MJ for 5 hours) minus a 17% for leakage.
-
- this capacitor is 120mm X 50mm, volume = 2.36e-4 m^3 (dimensions include a
- little for hookup wires shelving etc)
-
- 5.4e6/80 =67500 caps, = 15.9 m^3 housed in a cube, this would be 2.5m
- cubed.
-
- Now, that is for one hour. we need say ..... five of these or one building
- 4.57 m cubed.
-
- Oh dear, it was a nice idea anyway .... the only avenue seems to be if caps
- could be something like 4.05 joules per cc of cap space at 400V, another
- voltage I suppose, but since the telling point is the voltage (E=1/2.C.V^2)
- then I suppose a 10kV cap would be best for E storage and longevity (as I
- think the oil based ones are higher quality??), but how does one chop 10kV
- up thru a XFormer? (minor problem I suppose)
-
- lets see ...
- 32.4MJ at 10000V means you need .65 farad.
-
- Is higher voltage the way to go?
-
- Also, making your house more efficient means you probably will never use
- 32.4MJ per day on average, any other ideas?
-
- Steve.
-