Capacitors as an element in advanced power sources in power electronics systems

As consumer and industrial requirements for compact, high power density, electrical power systems grow substantially over the next decade, development of high power/energy density capacitor technology is a major enabling technology component element. This paper describes the results of a continuing study of the Power Sources Manufacturer's Association Capacitor R&D Committee of capacitor technologies for microsecond to fractional-second electrical energy storage, discharge, filtering and power conditioning applications. For such applications, capacitor technology is unequalled in flexibility and adaptability to meet a broad range of requirements in the future.