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Old 09-01-2024, 08:19 PM   #108 (permalink)
Logic
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
Research I just did indicated that cooking charcoal to activate it, in a summary, makes the particles smaller (DUH) which increases the surface area related to the particle core. You're correct that it is plain old charcoal

Has the meaning of supercap changed? Back a bit, it meant huge amounts of additional capacitance in a smaller package although at a teeny breakover voltage. Good only for filtering or storage.
Charcoal:
yep. Thx for the confirmation.
I seam to recall something about charcoal made from Bamboo being better due to the fiber structure when still alive. Maybe it forms nano-tube-ish type structures or something. Might be worth researching.

Supercap:
I think it has: Way more energy density rather than just power density.
Then theres a whole lot of 'All in one' combo supercap + battery stuff going on.

For me flywheel energy storage is extremely interesting in that it can do 2 things:
Balance an enclosed bike with a total disregard for crosswinds etc
and
Act as energy storage.
ie:
Rev the flywheels up more when coming to a halt and use that juice to pull away again.
+ a small genset for cruise and you're golden.

Last edited by Logic; 09-03-2024 at 08:01 AM..
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