Suppose that the Maxwell BCAP0310 ultra capacitor described in Example 37.5 used conventional capacitor technology. Specifically, assume

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Suppose that the Maxwell BCAP0310 ultra capacitor described in Example 37.5 used “conventional” capacitor technology. Specifically, assume that it can be described essentially as a parallel plate capacitor of area A, plate separation d, and dielectric constant ε =kε0 rolled into a spiral to fit into a cylinder of radius R = 16.5 mm and height H = 60 mm. First compute the plate separation d in terms of k. Then estimate the insulator/dielectric’s breakdown voltage in terms of k, assuming that the breakdown voltage sets the limit V ≤ 2.85 V quoted in the box. Ordinary dielectric shave k in the range 1–100. Are the distance scales and dielectric properties of the BCAP0310 consistent with your expectations for a conventional capacitor?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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