Increase in Power Efficiency When Discharging Series Capacitors with a Step-Down Circuit Compared to Discharging Parallel Capacitors with a Step-Up Circuit

A discharging circuit with high energy efficiency is designed for supercapacitors. In this design, the capacitors are connected in parallel during charging and connected in series during discharging. With this method, the voltage of the capacitors in series becomes two times larger during dischargin...

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Main Author: Shunji Nakata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/2/314