Sentences with phrase «using ultracapacitors»

With some incremental improvements (which are already happening), this could become very practical and it wouldn't be surprising if in the near future we saw some electric buses using ultracapacitors instead of heavier and more expensive chemical batteries.

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AFS Trinity Power in Bellevue, Washington, recently displayed a modified hybrid SUV that uses ultracapacitors alongside batteries and an internal combustion engine, and major manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota have also been experimenting with the technology.

Using ultracapacitor energy storage to further reduce life cycle costs, this next - generation hybrid bus has achieved Ultra Low Emission Bus certification with 37 % lower greenhouse gas... Read more →

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OK, so that's pretty technical, but essentially it boils down to this: the ultracapacitor / lithium - ion battery replaces the traditional lead - acid battery in the hood of your car, and it stops and starts when the car is idling, reducing both emissions and fuel use.

Ultracapacitors using nanotubes have gone on to be a success, notably through FastCap Systems, a firm founded by John Cooley, also from MIT.

Using an onboard source of energy (such as a battery, ultracapacitor, solar panel or any combination thereof), the electrodes will send an electrical current into the plasma, causing the plasma to push against the neutral (noncharged) air surrounding the craft, theoretically generating enough force for liftoff and movement in different directions (depending on where on the craft's surface you direct the electrical current).

Maxwell Technologies» recent contract win to supply Zhejiang Geely with a complete ultracapacitor module for use in mild - hybrid vehicles marks a turning point both for the company and the advanced energy - storage technology.

The new nanotube - enhanced ultracapacitors could be made in any of the sizes currently available and be produced using conventional technology.

The LEES ultracapacitor has the capacity to overcome this energy limitation by using vertically aligned, single - wall carbon nanotubes — one thirty - thousandth the diameter of a human hair and 100,000 times as long as they are wide.

Today's ultracapacitors use electrodes made of activated carbon, which is extremely porous and therefore has a very large surface area.

The use of ultracapacitors in hybrids isn't a new idea.

Mark Verbrugge, director of the materials and processes lab at GM, says that of the two uses for ultracapacitors, it will be easier to use them in microhybrids.

They are continuing to test ultracapacitors to demonstrate that they can make batteries last longer, which would allow automakers to use smaller batteries and save money.

Ultracapacitors and Micro-Hybrids Ultracaps could also be used in microhybrids because they require much less energy storage than full hybrids or PHEVs.