Re: [TML] A revolution in spacecraft design options
Rupert Boleyn 06 Nov 2020 09:19 UTC
On 06Nov2020 0352, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
> So, my advertisement smorgasbord delivered this gem
> https://www.ebay.com/i/124274846648?itemid=124274846648&norover=1&siteid=0&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-198453-24755-9&mkcid=16&ct=71&tag4=23846282153720478&tracking=23846282156780478&fbclid=IwAR12g_xSQtHBm9X-qmx-iPrANhvBeRajWfzGJn7nSji8yncE3lPhQib9-HU
>
> 2,000,000mAh USB battery
> At 5 volts, that works out to about 10Kwh in Size: Approx.
> 16x7.5x1.5cm about 0.000612 kl
> About 16Mwh per kiloliter!.
>
> Yeah BABY!
> Time to design me some new TL10 dinghy's....
> ..
> (/sarcasm)
> That's some pretty deep power density, isn't it?
I get 0.00018 kL. At 10KwH that's 55.56Mwh per kL. It's also 200GJ per
kL, or 48 tons of TNT per kL. Even though batteries are quite dense
that's still probably about thirty times the energy density of TNT...
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