US 11,697,979 B2
Power system for high temperature applications with rechargeable energy storage
John J. Cooley, Boston, MA (US); Riccardo Signorelli, Boston, MA (US); Morris Green, Brighton, MA (US); Padmanaban Sasthan Kuttipillai, Malden, MA (US); Christopher John Sibbald Deane, Boston, MA (US); and Lindsay A. Wilhelmus, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to FASTCAP SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by FASTCAP SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,374.
Application 17/398,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,069, filed on May 12, 2017, granted, now 11,088,556.
Application 15/930,069 is a continuation of application No. 15/918,908, filed on Mar. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,673,264, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 15/918,908 is a continuation of application No. 14/792,726, filed on Jul. 7, 2015, granted, now 9,954,382, issued on Apr. 24, 2018.
Application 14/792,726 is a continuation of application No. 14/683,475, filed on Apr. 10, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/683,475 is a continuation of application No. 13/480,085, filed on May 24, 2012, granted, now 9,013,144, issued on Apr. 21, 2015.
Application 13/480,085 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/928,896, filed on Dec. 21, 2009, granted, now 8,760,851, issued on Jun. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/620,364, filed on Apr. 4, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/537,360, filed on Sep. 21, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/494,332, filed on Jun. 7, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/493,039, filed on Jun. 3, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/489,389, filed on May 24, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0376641 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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1. A power system adapted for supplying power in a high temperature environment, the power system comprising:
a rechargeable energy storage that is operable in a temperature range of between about minus forty degrees Celsius and about two hundred and ten degrees Celsius coupled to a circuit for at least one of supplying power from the energy storage and charging the energy storage;
wherein the rechargeable energy storage is configured to store between about one tenth (0.1) of a joule and about one hundred kilojoules of energy, and to provide peak power of between about one watt and about one hundred kilowatts, for at least two charge-discharge cycles; and
wherein the rechargeable energy storage comprises an ultracapacitor comprising an electrochemical double-layer capacitor comprising:
two electrodes wetted with an electrolyte, each electrode being attached to or in contact with or coated onto a current collector and separated from each other by a separator porous to the electrolyte, wherein the electrodes comprise activated carbon or carbon nanotubes;
wherein the electrodes, electrolyte and current collector contain less than 1,000 parts per million (ppm) of impurities, the impurities comprising at least one of halide ions and metallic species, and
wherein the ultracapacitor exhibits a leakage current less than 1 amp per liter of volume over a range of operating temperatures and at a voltage up to a rated voltage; and
a power supply; where the power supply is configured to supply energy from an energy storage to a logging instrument.