CIE Capacitors – The missing link for highly efficient power electronics

Capacitors seem to be old fashion electrical components. However, they are everywhere. You will find them in every mobile phone, TV, refrigerator, car, train or even in Photovoltaic and wind power plants.
The problem is that they are big, heavy, expensive, and can waste a lot of energy. SDU´s CIE capacitor group is working on solutions to reduce the size and weight by introducing new technologies like conducting polymers and nanomaterial-doped polymer dielectrics.
This exhibition/demontstrator shows recent developments of the CIE capacitor group.

Kondensatorer ser ud til at være gammeldags elektriske komponenter. De er dog overalt. Du finder dem i enhver mobiltelefon, TV, køleskab, bil, tog eller endda i solcelle- og vindkraftværker.
Problemet er, at de er store, tunge, dyre og kan spilde meget energi. SDUs CIE-kondensatorgruppe arbejder på løsninger til at reducere størrelsen og vægten ved at introducere nye teknologier som ledende polymerer og nanomateriale-doteret polymerdielektrik.
Denne udstilling/demonstrator viser den seneste udvikling af CIE-kondensatorgruppen.