公开(公告)号：US20060059937A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10943291

申请日：2004-09-17

申请人： David Perkins ,  James Andrews ,  Robert Radke ,  Joseph Pinkerton ,  Scott Logan

发明人： David Perkins ,  James Andrews ,  Robert Radke ,  Joseph Pinkerton ,  Scott Logan

IPC分类号： F25B9/00 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D9/00

CPC分类号： F02C6/16 ,  F02C7/18 ,  F05D2260/234 ,  H02J15/006 ,  H02K5/20 ,  H02K9/19 ,  H02K11/046 ,  Y02E60/15

摘要： A system and method for cooling electrical machines (e.g., generators), sub-systems (e.g., power electronics), and components (e.g., bearings) in an electrical generation system such as a compressed air storage (CAS) energy system or a thermal and compressed air storage (TACAS) energy system is provided. Cooling is derived from the thermal expansion of a compressed gas, which may be the same gas used to drive a turbine-generator of CAS or TACAS energy system.

摘要翻译： 在诸如压缩空气存储（CAS）能量系统或热能的发电系统中冷却电机（例如发电机），子系统（例如，电力电子设备）和部件（例如，轴承）的系统和方法 并提供压缩空气存储（TACAS）能量系统。 冷却源自压缩气体的热膨胀，其可以是用于驱动CAS或TACAS能量系统的涡轮发电机的相同气体。

公开(公告)号：US20060059936A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10943289

申请日：2004-09-17

申请人： Robert Radke ,  Scott Logan ,  David Perkins ,  Joseph Pinkerton

发明人： Robert Radke ,  Scott Logan ,  David Perkins ,  Joseph Pinkerton

IPC分类号： F02G1/00 ,  F02G3/00 ,  F25B9/00 ,  F02C6/00 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D9/00

CPC分类号： H02K7/1823 ,  H02K11/048

摘要： A system and method for cooling electrical machines (e.g., generators), sub-systems (e.g., power electronics), and components (e.g., bearings) in an electrical generation system such as a compressed air storage (CAS) energy system or a thermal and compressed air storage (TACAS) energy system is provided. Cooling is derived from the thermal expansion of a compressed gas, which may be the same gas used to drive a turbine-generator of CAS or TACAS energy system.

公开(公告)号：US20070022755A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-01

申请号：US11510248

申请日：2006-08-24

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Beatty ,  David Perkins

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Beatty ,  David Perkins

IPC分类号： F01K13/02

CPC分类号： F24F5/0085 ,  F02C6/16 ,  H02J9/062 ,  H02J9/08 ,  Y02B10/72 ,  Y02E60/15

摘要： Backup energy systems utilizing compressed air storage (CAS) systems and bridging energy systems to supply backup power to a load are provided. During a power failure, the bridging energy system provides backup power to the load at least until the CAS system begins supplying adequate power. In various embodiments, backup power capability is enhanced through the use of one or more exhaustless heaters, which are used to heat compressed air. The compressed air, in turn, drives a turbine which is used to power an electrical generator. In various embodiments, ambient air heat exchangers or other types of heat exchangers are used to heat compressed air prior to the compressed air being routed to the turbine, thereby increasing system efficiency. Backup power and backup HVAC are also provided by utilizing turbine exhaust, heat exchangers and various resistive heating elements.

摘要翻译： 提供了利用压缩空气存储（CAS）系统和桥接能量系统为负载提供备用电力的备用能源系统。 在电源故障期间，桥接能量系统至少提供给负载的备用电力，直到CAS系统开始提供足够的功率。 在各种实施例中，通过使用用于加热压缩空气的一个或多个无电加热器来增强后备功率能力。 压缩空气又驱动用于为发电机供电的涡轮机。 在各种实施例中，环境空气热交换器或其它类型的热交换器用于在压缩空气被引导到涡轮机之前加热压缩空气，从而提高系统效率。 备用电源和备用HVAC也通过利用涡轮机排气，热交换器和各种电阻加热元件来提供。

公开(公告)号：US20050122084A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-09

申请号：US11035536

申请日：2005-01-14

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Badger

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Badger

IPC分类号： H02J7/14 ,  H02P9/04 ,  H02P9/48 ,  H02H7/06

CPC分类号： H02J7/1446 ,  H02J7/1492 ,  H02P9/04 ,  H02P9/48 ,  Y02T10/92

摘要： The present invention relates to variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) devices and methods for maximizing engine generator efficiency. In one embodiment, a VSCF device may include at least two paths for conducting power to the load. One path, a line inductor path, may advantageously incur minimal power loss when the engine generator is supplying rated power to a load. A second path, a VSCF path, may be used to ensure that the frequency of the power is maintained at a substantially constant frequency under various load conditions. Another embodiment of the invention describes a process for determining optimal engine generator speed for a particular load. Because engine speed can be varied using any VSCF device, this process determines a speed that minimizes fuel consumption, emissions, and noise pollution for a given load.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及变速恒频（VSCF）装置和用于最大化发动机发电机效率的方法。 在一个实施例中，VSCF设备可以包括用于向负载进行电力的至少两个路径。 当发动机发电机向负载供给额定功率时，一个路径，线路电感器路径可以有利地产生最小的功率损耗。 可以使用第二路径VSCF路径来确保在各种负载条件下功率的频率保持在基本恒定的频率。 本发明的另一个实施例描述了用于确定特定负载的最佳发动机发电机速度的过程。 因为发动机转速可以使用任何VSCF装置来改变，所以这个过程确定了一个最小化给定负载的燃油消耗，排放和噪声污染的速度。

公开(公告)号：US20070139883A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-21

申请号：US11305411

申请日：2005-12-15

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Perkins

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  David Perkins

IPC分类号： F28F7/00

CPC分类号： H01L23/473 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H05K7/20727 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Systems and methods for providing operational resources such as cooling and secondary electrical power to electronics in server racks in data centers is provided. Pressurized air is provided in a closed loop that is routed through each of the servers to a heat exchanger. The electronics in the servers are in thermal contact with the closed loop via a heat sink such that heat from the electronics is transferred to the closed loop. The heated pressurized air travels from the server racks to the heat exchanger which removes the heat from the air and exhausts it to the atmosphere. The pressurized air in the closed loop may be cooled through the use of chilled water, stored water, or both, in which case the closed loop passes through the water prior to traveling to the heat sinks.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于向数据中心的服务器机架中的电子设备提供诸如冷却和次级电力等操作资源的系统和方法。 加压空气设置在闭合回路中，该闭合回路通过每个服务器路由到热交换器。 服务器中的电子设备通过散热器与闭环热接触，使得来自电子设备的热量传递到闭环。 加热的加压空气从服务器机架行进到热交换器，其从空气中除去热量并将其排放到大气中。 闭环中的加压空气可以通过使用冷冻水，储存水或两者来冷却，在这种情况下，闭环在行进到散热器之前通过水。

公开(公告)号：US20070138888A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-21

申请号：US11705226

申请日：2007-02-09

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan

IPC分类号： H02K5/00 ,  H02K21/00 ,  H02N1/00 ,  H02K23/04

CPC分类号： H02K7/025 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  H02K21/26 ,  H02K33/18 ,  H02K99/00 ,  H02N1/00 ,  H02N1/006 ,  H02N11/002 ,  H02N11/006 ,  Y02E60/16 ,  Y10S977/725 ,  Y10S977/731 ,  Y10S977/838 ,  Y10S977/90

摘要： Electromechanical systems utilizing suspended conducting nanometer-scale beams are provided and may be used in applications, such as, motors, generators, pumps, fans, compressors, propulsion systems, transmitters, receivers, heat engines, heat pumps, magnetic field sensors, kinetic energy storage devices and accelerometers. Such nanometer-scale beams may be provided as, for example, single molecules, single crystal filaments, or nanotubes. When suspended by both ends, these nanometer-scale beams may be caused to rotate about their line of suspension, similar to the motion of a jumprope (or a rotating whip), via electromagnetic or electrostatic forces. This motion may be used, for example, to accelerate molecules of a working substance in a preferred direction, generate electricity from the motion of a working substance molecules, or generate electromagnetic signals. Means of transmitting and controlling currents through these beams are also described.

摘要翻译： 提供使用悬浮导电纳米级光束的机电系统，可用于电机，发电机，泵，风扇，压缩机，推进系统，发射器，接收器，热机，热泵，磁场传感器，动能 存储设备和加速度计。 这样的纳米级光束可以提供为例如单分子，单晶细丝或纳米管。 当两端悬挂时，可以通过电磁或静电力使这些纳米级光束围绕它们的悬挂线旋转，类似于跳动（或旋转鞭状物）的运动。 该运动可以用于例如以优选方向加速工作物质的分子，从工作物质分子的运动产生电，或产生电磁信号。 还描述了通过这些梁传输和控制电流的手段。

公开(公告)号：US20070018537A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-25

申请号：US11529997

申请日：2006-09-28

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan

IPC分类号： H01L41/00

CPC分类号： H01L41/1136 ,  H02N2/18 ,  Y02T10/166 ,  Y10S977/708 ,  Y10S977/724 ,  Y10S977/725 ,  Y10S977/796 ,  Y10S977/837 ,  Y10S977/936 ,  Y10S977/948

摘要： Nanoelectromechanical systems utilizing nanometer-scale assemblies are provided that convert thermal energy into another form of energy that can be used to perform useful work at a macroscopic level. These systems may be used to, for example, produce useful quantities of electric or mechanical energy, heat or cool an external substance or propel an object in a controllable direction. In particular, the present invention includes nanometer-scale beams that reduce the velocity of working substance molecules that collide with this nanometer-scale beam by converting some of the kinetic energy of a colliding molecule into kinetic energy of the nanometer-scale beam. In embodiments that operate without a working substance, the thermal vibrations of the beam itself create the necessary beam motion. In some embodiments, an automatic switch is added to realize a regulator such that the nanometer-scale beams only deliver voltages that exceed a particular amount. Various devices including, piezoelectric, electromagnetic and electromotive force generators, are used to convert the kinetic energy of the nanometer-scale beam into electromagnetic, electric or thermal energy. Systems in which the output energy of millions of these devices is efficiently summed together are also disclosed as well as systems that include nanometer-scale transistors.

摘要翻译： 提供了利用纳米级组件的纳米机电系统，其将热能转换成另一形式的能量，其可用于在宏观层面执行有用的工作。 这些系统可以用于例如产生有用量的电力或机械能量，加热或冷却外部物质或以可控方向推进物体。 特别地，本发明包括通过将碰撞分子的一些动能转换成纳米级光束的动能来降低与该纳米级光束碰撞的工作物质分子的速度的纳米级光束。 在没有工作物质的情况下操作的实施例中，光束本身的热振动产生必要的光束运动。 在一些实施例中，添加自动开关以实现调节器，使得纳米级光束仅传递超过特定量的电压。 使用包括压电，电磁和电动势发生器在内的各种装置将纳米级光束的动能转换成电磁，电或热能。 还公开了将数百万个这些器件的输出能量有效地相加在一起的系统以及包括纳米级晶体管的系统。

公开(公告)号：US20050126172A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-16

申请号：US10943293

申请日：2004-09-17

申请人： Robert Hudson ,  David Perkins ,  Donald Hudson ,  David Beatty ,  Donald Stamets ,  Joseph Pinkerton

发明人： Robert Hudson ,  David Perkins ,  Donald Hudson ,  David Beatty ,  Donald Stamets ,  Joseph Pinkerton

IPC分类号： F24H1/18 ,  F24H9/20 ,  F28D20/00 ,  F01K1/00 ,  F01K3/00

CPC分类号： F24H1/185 ,  F24H9/2021 ,  F28D20/0056 ,  Y02E60/142

摘要： A thermal storage unit having at least one annular flow channel formed between an inner and outer member is provided. The thermal storage unit uses conventional mill products to create annular flow channels that are coupled to each other via transverse channels for allowing various fluid routing arrangements and piping connections, and that economically maximize the surface area of flow in contact with the thermal mass included in the inner and outer members. This enables the thermal storage unit to economically provide heat storage as well as effective heat delivery and pressure containment for a fluid flowing through the annular channel. The thermal storage unit's size and shape are optimized and its performance enhanced by providing features for maintaining the position of the inner member within the outer member, features for providing support for the unit, and insulation.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种具有形成在内部和外部构件之间的至少一个环形流动通道的储热单元。 热存储单元使用传统的研磨产品来产生环形流动通道，其通过横向通道相互连接，以允许各种流体布置布置和管道连接，并且经济地最大化与包含在该流体中的热质量接触的流动表面积 内部和外部成员。 这使得热存储单元能够经济地为流过环形通道的流体提供蓄热以及有效的热传递和压力容纳。 优化了蓄热单元的尺寸和形状，并且通过提供用于保持内部构件在外部构件内的位置的特征，提供用于为单元提供支撑的特征和绝缘性的特征而提高其性能。

公开(公告)号：US20050104085A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-19

申请号：US10886648

申请日：2004-07-07

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan ,  Jeffrey Mullen

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton ,  John Harlan ,  Jeffrey Mullen

IPC分类号： G11C13/02 ,  G11C23/00 ,  H01H1/00 ,  H01H1/027 ,  H01L31/072 ,  H01L21/336

CPC分类号： G11C23/00 ,  B81B3/0021 ,  B81B2201/014 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  G11C13/025 ,  G11C2213/16 ,  H01H1/0094 ,  H01H1/027 ,  Y10S977/732

摘要： Nanoelectromechanical switch systems (NEMSS) that are structured around the mechanical manipulation of nanotubes are provided. Such NEMSS can realize the functionality of, for example, automatic switches, adjustable diodes, amplifiers, inverters, variable resistors, pulse position modulators (PPMs), and transistors. In one embodiment, a nanotube is anchored at one end to a base member. The nanotube is also coupled to a voltage source. This voltage source creates an electric charge at the tip of the free-moving-end of the nanotube that is representative of the polarity and intensity of the voltage source. The free-moving end of this nanotube can be electrically controlled by applying an electric charge to a nearby charge member layer that is either of the same (repelling) or opposite (attracting) polarity of the nanotube. A contact layer is then placed in the proximity of the free-moving end of the nanotube such that when a particular electric charge is placed on the nanotube, the nanotube electrically couples the contact layer.

摘要翻译： 提供了围绕纳米管的机械操作构建的纳米机电开关系统（NEMSS）。 这样的NEMSS可以实现例如自动开关，可调二极管，放大器，反相器，可变电阻器，脉冲位置调制器（PPM）和晶体管的功能。 在一个实施方案中，纳米管在一端锚定到基底构件。 纳米管还耦合到电压源。 该电压源在纳米管的自由移动端的尖端处产生代表电压源的极性和强度的电荷。 该纳米管的自由移动端可以通过将电荷施加到与纳米管相同（排斥）或相反（吸引））极性的附近的电荷元件层来进行电控制。 然后将接触层放置在纳米管的自由移动端附近，使得当在纳米管上放置特定的电荷时，纳米管电耦合接触层。

公开(公告)号：US20050045222A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-03

申请号：US10948065

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： Joseph Pinkerton

发明人： Joseph Pinkerton

IPC分类号： G01K7/02 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H02K33/00 ,  H02K35/04 ,  H02N1/08 ,  H02N11/00 ,  H01S3/10

CPC分类号： G01K7/028 ,  G01K2211/00 ,  H01L41/1136 ,  H02K33/00 ,  H02K35/04 ,  H02K99/10 ,  H02K99/20 ,  H02K2201/18 ,  H02N1/08 ,  H02N2/18 ,  H02N11/00 ,  Y10S977/948

摘要： Energy conversion systems utilizing nanometer scale assemblies are provided that convert the kinetic energy (equivalently, the thermal energy) of working substance molecules into another form of energy that can be used to perform useful work at a macroscopic level. These systems may be used to, for example, produce useful quantities of electric or mechanical energy, heat or cool an external substance or propel an object in a controllable direction. In particular, the present invention includes nanometer scale impact masses that reduce the velocity of working substance molecules that collide with this impact mass by converting some of the kinetic energy of a colliding molecule into kinetic energy of the impact mass. Various devices including, piezoelectric, electromagnetic and electromotive force generators, are used to convert the kinetic energy of the impact mass into electromagnetic, electric or thermal energy. Systems in which the output energy of millions of these devices is efficiently summed together are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用纳米级组件的能量转换系统，其将工作物质分子的动能（等效地，热能）转换成可用于在宏观层面上执行有用工作的另一形式的能量。 这些系统可以用于例如产生有用量的电力或机械能量，加热或冷却外部物质或以可控方向推进物体。 特别地，本发明包括纳米级冲击质量，其通过将碰撞分子的一些动能转化为冲击质量的动能来降低与该冲击质量碰撞的工作物质分子的速度。 使用包括压电，电磁和电动势发生器的各种装置将冲击质量的动能转换成电磁，电或热能。 还公开了将这些设备的数百万的输出能量有效地相加在一起的系统。