Re: [Amps] Energy stored in capacitor bank ?

["Jim Forsyth" <jim@forsyth.net>]

Yes

> I have 14 caps in series, each having a capacity of 4200 uF. The load  
> voltage for
> the bank will be about 3250 V DC (calculated using Duncan Amps' PSU
> Designer software).
> 
> Am I right in simply calculation the stored energy as
> 
> Cres = 4200 uF / 14 = 300 uF
> 
> W = 1/2 * C * U * U = 0,5 * 300 *10^-6 * 3250 V * 3250 V = 1,6 *10^3  
> J = 1,6 kJ


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