Summary of the invention
In order to protect in order to avoid overheated and possible damage; Therefore improve the capacitor that for example is used to start the AC motor; The present invention provides a kind of capacitor of type mentioned above in first aspect, and this capacitor comprises circuit; This circuit provides first conductivity on the direction of each ground floor from the conductor foil to the condenser foil, and at the rightabout from each ground floor to conductor foil second conductivity that is lower than first conductivity is provided.Wherein, lower conductivity can for example be meant at each ground floor to the conducting path of conductor foil, to have high electrical resistance, perhaps on the direction from each ground floor to conductor foil, does not have conductivity.
According to the present invention; Electric current can be directly transferred to conductor foil through circuit from the ground floor of a condenser foil, so this circuit is walked around (bypass) arrives conductor foil through the second layer of this electric capacity paper tinsel and through electrolyte from the ground floor of this condenser foil conductive path.In other words, the electric charge of the second layer from one of ground floor to relative condenser foil at least in part through said circuit by bypass, thereby reduced the heat that exists in one of electrolyte and second layer.
In this, the regulation that the second layer and conductor foil are relative is meant that the second layer is towards conductor foil.
First conductivity preferably can be higher than the conductivity of electrolyte, and just, the resistance that passes through circuit on the conducting path from conductor foil to each condenser foil can be lower than the resistance through electrolyte valuably.Like this, not only less heat exists in the electrolyte, and is expected to reduce total losses.
Condenser foil can comprise the conductive aluminum foil of coating insulating oxide, perhaps can be made up of the conductive aluminum foil of coating insulating oxide, thereby this insulating oxide constitutes the material that the second layer has characteristic of semiconductor.The insulation isolation scraps of paper (paper-spacer) that are immersed in the electrolyte can be arranged between the second layer and the conductor foil.
Hereinafter uses that to have the quantity order be that the capacitor of two condenser foils and single conductor foil is set forth the present invention as illustration.In the reality, can use any amount of condenser foil and conductor foil, as long as condenser foil is set up at least two different electromotive forces in electrolyte, and conductor foil has the electromotive force that equates basically.
Hereinafter, a condenser foil will be masked as A, and another condenser foil will be masked as B, and from simplifying, conductor foil will be masked as C.During use, paper tinsel A and B can be connected to AC power supplies, thereby alternately have maximum potential.
Depend on the sense of current from AC power supplies, one of condenser foil or another second layer become anode.
Preferably, the surface area of conductor foil can be greater than the surface area of condenser foil, for example on the scope of the total surface area of condenser foil.Special; Conductor foil can have the surface of conducting electricity towards not the insulating of the second layer of each condenser foil; This surface can be enough big, thereby when condenser foil was arranged to row adjacent with conductor foil or matrix, this surface can be directly adjacent with all second layers.
Condenser foil and conductor foil can be flat paper tinsel or non-flat paper tinsel, for example flex foil or be provided with the paper tinsel of the texture that increases surface area.
For example, tantalum can be used as the alternate material of aluminium, and usually, any electric conducting material can be used for the ground floor of conductor foil.Accordingly, the second layer can be processed by any material with characteristic of semiconductor, that is to say, is for example processed by aluminium oxide etc.
Sometimes tantalum is more expensive than aluminium, but tantalum can provide bigger capacitance per unit volume, thereby tantalum especially can be as the alternatives that for example is used for such as space sensitive (space-sensitive) circuit of the small-sized electricity consumption product of mobile phone etc.
The semiconductive characteristic can be provided by the semi-conducting material such as aluminium oxide, is perhaps provided by the alternate material that is used for this purpose as known in the art.The characteristic of semiconductor here is meant that it is different that electric current conducts through the second layer in the opposite direction.In one embodiment, the electric current on direction is basically by blocking-up fully, and electric current can conduct in the opposite direction.
In one embodiment, condenser foil is processed by the foil, etched that comprises aluminum, perhaps comprises the foil, etched that comprises aluminum.
At this, the second layer and conductor foil are meant that relatively the surface faces with each other.
The layer of capacitor can pile up, and for example is stacked in the heap that also comprises the multi-ply paper material, and this heap can be rolled into cylinder.This cylinder can be equipped with connector, and places the cylindrical shell of being processed by for example aluminium etc.
Circuit can be suitable for stoping fully from conductor foil through the electric current of circuit on the direction of condenser foil, perhaps is suitable for limiting at least the electric current that this side up.Especially, this circuit can comprise at least one diode that is used for each condenser foil.In one embodiment; Is adjustable through circuit to the conductivity degree on the direction of conductor foil from capacitor element, perhaps can be for example waits automatically based on the power of AC power supplies supply, based on the electric capacity of capacitor through the conductivity of circuit on the direction of conductor foil from capacitor element and regulates.
Circuit, or especially, each diode of circuit can be arranged in the housing or outside the housing.
As indicated above, capacitor especially can be in order to start the AC motor.For this reason, condenser foil can form size and be in the scope of 20-400 microfarad to impel electric capacity, perhaps more preferably is in the scope of 80-300 microfarad, perhaps is between the 120-200 microfarad.
Paper tinsel be arranged in valuably respect to one another two-layer in; One deck is formed by conductor foil; Another layer is formed by condenser foil, and these condenser foils arrange and embark on journey or matrix, and the surface that makes the surface of the second layer that condenser foil has all conduct electricity with not insulating of conductor foil is relative.
On the one hand, the present invention provides a kind of capacitor of type mentioned above, and this capacitor is connected such as the power device of motor and is suitable for providing between the power supply of alternating current, and condenser foil alternately changes polarity thus.
Second aspect the invention provides a kind of method of protecting electrolysis to start capacitor, and this capacitor comprises:
-electrolyte,
-uninsulated electric conducting material the conductor foil of part at least, and
The condenser foil of-at least two separation, each condenser foil comprise that the ground floor electric conducting material and the second layer have the material of characteristic of semiconductor,
This method comprises: arrange that condenser foil makes the second layer relative with conductor foil; So that electric current can be transmitted to conductor foil from one of ground floor through electrolyte; First conductivity is provided on the direction of each ground floor from the conductor foil to the condenser foil, and second conductivity far above first conductivity is provided at rightabout from each ground floor to conductor foil.
Especially, compare with second conductivity, first conductivity can be reduced to zero, makes electric current only can on a direction of conductor foil, conduct at ground floor.Especially, first and second conductivity can be provided with the diode that the unilateral conduction from each ground floor to conductor foil is provided by conductor and the connection such as normal cable or electric wire.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the capacitor 1 that comprises housing 2 with perspective view, and housing 2 comprises the volume 3 that is immersed in the electrolyte.Volume 3 is connected to housing 2 apparent terminals 4,5 through lead-in wire.Housing further comprises circuit 6, will describe circuit 6 in further detail with reference to figure 2.
It is the paper tinsel heap of not rolling up 7 that Fig. 2 shows.The paper tinsel heap of the corresponding volume 3 of paper tinsel heap comprises the uninsulated electric conducting material of part (such as aluminium) conductor foil 8 at least, and the condenser foil 9,10 of at least two separation.Condenser foil 9,10 is processed by the foil, etched that comprises aluminum, and condenser foil 9,10 includes conductive material layer and semiconductor material layer.
Condenser foil 9,10 arranges and embarks on journey, and makes them two all have in the face of the surperficial surface of (promptly relative) conductor foil 8.When heap 7 was rolled into 3, this package jar was in the housing that comprises electrolyte 2.In the case, conductor foil 8 has floating potential in electrolyte.
Circuit 11 is connected between conductor foil 8 and the condenser foil 9, and circuit 12 is connected between conductor foil 8 and another condenser foil 10.When heap 7 is rolled, roll up 3 tinnings in housing 2, circuit 11 and 12 forms aforesaid circuit 6 together.
Each circuit 11,12 comprises diode structure; Allow from conductive material layer (" ground floor " of each condenser foil 9,10 just) through the electric current of circuit 6 through this structure, and stop from conductor foil 8 through this structure and to pass through the electric current of circuit 6 to the rightabout of condenser foil 9,10 to conductor foil 8.