Automated Test Stand for HEV Capacitor Testing

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:930878

Seiber, Larry Eugene ^[1]; Armstrong, Gary ^[2]

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1. ORNL
2. Maverick Systems

As capacitor manufacturers race to meet the needs of the hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) of the future, many trade-offs at the system level as well as the component level must be considered. Even though the ultra-capacitor has the spot light for recent research and development (R&D) for HEVs, the electrostatic capacitor is also the subject of R&D (for HEVs as well as wireless communications). The Department of Energy has funded the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Power Electronic and Electric Machinery Research Center to develop an automated test to aid in the independent testing of prototype electrostatic capacitors. This paper describes the design and development of such a stand.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Facility
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 930878
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE SoutheastCon 2007, Richmond, VA, USA, 20070322, 20070325
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
CAPACITORS
TEST FACILITIES
DESIGN
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTROSTATICS
TESTING