[Amps] Energy stored in capacitor bank ?
Jim Forsyth
jim at forsyth.net
Mon Oct 3 11:04:11 EDT 2005
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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