Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (MXWL) has introduced 16 new Energy-type BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor cells and multi-cell modules as part of its product family strategy for the automotive, transportation, industrial and consumer electronics markets.
Dr. Richard Balanson, Maxwell’s president and CEO, said that the company is rapidly expanding its ultracapacitor product line to capitalize on its global leadership as a provider of innovative, high-performance, low-cost energy storage and power delivery solutions.
Michael Everett, Maxwell’s vice president and chief technical officer, said that the company is leveraging its cell and module architecture and electrode technology to produce a line of six Energy-type cell sizes with capacitances of 350, 650, 1,200, 1,500, 2,000 and 2,600 farads, along with 10 fully-integrated multi-cell modules based on the new cells. He said that the cells with a capacitance of 650 farads or greater operate at 2.7 volts, enabling them to store more energy and deliver more power per unit volume than any other commercially available ultracapacitor products.
BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors deliver up to 10 times the power and longevity of batteries, require no maintenance and operate reliably in extreme temperatures. In transportation applications, they efficiently recapture energy from braking for reuse in hybrid drive trains, reducing fuel consumption and emissions. In mission critical industrial applications, where backup power is critical, they provide reliable, cost-effective, maintenance-free energy storage. In wind turbine blade pitch and braking systems and other industrial applications, they provide a simple, solid state, highly reliable, solution to buffer short-term mismatches between the power available and the power required.
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