Capacitor Technology Great energy Storage in Small Place Amaris “J.W.” Jones-Wiggins Dr. Rebman

Photogenic  Where do cameras get their flash?  Capacitors take in energy  Release it in an Instant Flash!!

What’s a Capacitor? AAn object that stores energy and releases it quickly SSimilar to batteries except cannot create energy

Composition  Two plates inside a cell that are parts of two terminals  Plates separated by a non-conducting substance

How do Capacitors Work  Capacitors take in electrons from the charge created by the main power source and stores them  Once power has faded the capacitor picks and begins to discharge the power to continue the flow.

Storage Capacity  The Storage Capacity of a Capacitor is called a Farad.  Farad Storing capacitors are large, usually capacity is measured in microfarads 1 Farad1 coulomb. 1 Coulomb6.25billion electrons 1 Amp sec1 Coulomb flow per sec 1 Amp hour3,600 amp seconds *Charge assumed at 1 volt.

Functionality  Capacitors are mainly used for quick bursts of energy  Evening out uneven energy flow  Can’t store nearly as much energy as a battery. Capacitor1 fared1 amp second AA Battery10,080 Farads2.8 amp hours

Capacitive Technology Uses CClock, Timers, other time keeping Devices WWave based Devices, X-rays, MRIs, and Antennas CCell Phones TTouch Screens

History of Capacitor  Messy Records give Credit to two People:  1. Ewald Georg von Kleist  2. Pieter van Musschenbroek : Invented the Leyden Jar  Concepts Expanded by Ben Franklin, and later Michael Faradey

Future of Capacitive Technology.  NanoTube Capacitors.  Greatly Increases Power for small spaces  Growing capacitors

BE CAREFUL!  Capacitors can Discharge Large amounts of power very quickly  Lp0RdLQ&NR=1 Lp0RdLQ&NR=1  acitor.htm acitor.htm

Works Cited  Marshall, Brian. Bryant, Charles. W. “ How Capacitors Work” How Stuff Works.com 2.htm 2.htm  Buczkowski, Tyra “Capacitor History” Faradnet.  “Nano World Carbon Nanotube Capacitors” Psyorg.