A Study on Equivalent Circuit Model of High-Power Density Electric Double Layer Capacitor

Abstract

Various models for the equivalent circuit of EDLC (Electric Double Layer Capacitor) have been presented so far. The multi-stage connection of RC circuit is a representative model to simulate the, EDLC's charge-discharge characteristic. However, since high energy density type EDLC for electric power storage has the electrostatic capacity of thousands F, the phenomenon of being almost uninfluential for the case of conventional capacitor appears in an actual measurement notably. To overcome this difficulty, we develop an equivalent circuit model using a nonlinear model that considers the voltage dependency of the electrostatic capacity in this paper. After various simulations and comparison with experimental results, we confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed model. © 2003, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. All rights reserved.