Determining current drawn from a capacitor

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To determine the current drawn from a supercapacitor, the user calculated the energy before and after connecting a load. With a 3000F capacitor starting at 1.100V and dropping to 1.045V over 3.5 seconds, the energy calculations showed a decrease of 177J. This resulted in an average power output of 50.5W, leading to an estimated current of 47.1A using the formula A=W/V. The method of using voltage drop and energy calculations is validated, confirming the accuracy of the current estimation.
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Hello.

I want to know what current i am getting out of a supercapacitor, but i have nothing to directly measure the currents in the given range with.
So i tried to determine it from the voltage drop on the cap, and i want to know if i did it right.

Given is 3000F capacitor, at initial voltage of V1=1.100V.
After being connected to the load in question for 3.5 seconds, the voltage is V2=1.045V.

Thus, the energy in the capacitor is 0.5*C*V*V.
E1=1815J
E2=1638J
Which gives spent energy of 177J.

W=J/s, so for the 3.5 seconds it was giving out 50.5W of power.
Finally, A=W/V, and average V was 1.0725V, which gives 47.1A of current.

Is that a correct way of current estimation?
 
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You can also use a capacitor equation.

C = Q/V = (I*t)/V ---> I = C * V/t = 3000F * (1.1V - 1.045V)/3.5s = 3000F * 0.055V/3.5s = 47.14A
 
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