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Feawin
Gallente Northstar Cabal
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Posted - 2010.09.14 15:27:00 -
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From my understanding, the difference between capacitors and batteries is that while a battery allows for a constant voltage during its discharge, the capacitor's voltage during (its rather short) discharge decrease exponentially. So shouldn't the capacitor used on all ships in eve tehnically go under the definition of a battery?
Or am I talking gibberish?
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Feawin
Gallente Northstar Cabal
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Posted - 2010.09.14 16:48:00 -
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Originally by: Tigobitty
To my knowledge a capacitor is capable of much faster recharge and discharge of high energy, whereas a battery is more for longer term storage of said energy. Even in just a frigate, the dynamic energy levels produced by module requirements are astounding, a Battery would have troubles coupling the reactor output to the load without running into thermal issues, or just flat out kersploding.
Confirms that what powers our ships are fusion, think I read that somewhere.. From now on I'm gonna assume that The Capacitor is just a huge bunch of capacitors available for discharge. But then that doesn't sit right with the nonlinear recharge rates..
CCP, answer question plx.
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Feawin
Gallente Northstar Cabal
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Posted - 2010.09.14 21:43:00 -
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Edited by: Feawin on 14/09/2010 21:45:09 So, the Capacitor is actually a collection of capacitors, which makes it possible to discharge it partially and add more "capacity" in the form of "capacitor batteries" :)
I'm glad we worked that out. I've been pondering this question for several days now.. Now I can finally sleep. Yes, seriously.
EDIT: No dammit, then why does it recharge nonlinearly? |
Feawin
Gallente Northstar Cabal
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Posted - 2010.09.18 17:37:00 -
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Originally by: Fatmarrow
Originally by: X1994 I'm far more interested in how exactly Energy Neutralizers are supposed to work.
Possibly a highly focussed stream of charged particles to cause dieletric breakdown in the capacitor?
Well, wouldnt that be very similar to the accelerated plasma shot by blasters? Anyway, shields/armor/anything would stop a stream of charged particles from reaching the capacitor..
I'm more thinking some smart form of system that "links" an electron inside the target's capacitor's wave function with the wave function of an electron inside your capacitor, allowing the target's electron to be discharged by discharging "your own" electron.. Or something like that.
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