BRIDGE
    2.
    发明申请
    BRIDGE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180226904A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15749429

    申请日:2016-07-28

    申请人: Frank DIETERLE

    发明人: Frank DIETERLE

    IPC分类号: H02N3/00 E01D19/04

    摘要: A bridge with a support structure supporting a deck section provided with at least one energy-converting device for converting kinetic energy into electrical energy. Having the energy-converting device at least partly positioned in or on a bridge bearing and/or the energy-converting device at least partly used as a bridge bearing at the same time, achieves the most efficient possible use of the kinetic energy of the bridge.

    Bi-Stable MEMS Cantilever Heat Harvester

    公开(公告)号:US20170229630A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15017609

    申请日:2016-02-06

    IPC分类号: H01L37/02 H02N3/00

    摘要: A bi-stable micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) heat harvester is provided. A bi-stable MEMS cantilever located between a hot temperature surface and a cold temperature surface, and is made up of a first MEMS material layer, having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A second MEMS material layer is in contact with the first MEMS material layer, and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. A tensioner, made from a material having a tensile stress greater than the stress of the first or second MEMS materials, is connected to the cantilever. The heat harvester also includes a mechanical-to-electrical power converter, which may be a piezoelectric device or an electret device. The bi-stable MEMS cantilever may include a thermal expander having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The thermal expander is connected to the tensioner.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20170077840A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15122819

    申请日:2015-03-26

    IPC分类号: H02N3/00

    CPC分类号: H02N3/00 F24V99/00 H05H1/48

    摘要: The invention relates to electrical power engineering and can be used for the production of autonomous sources of thermal and electrical energy. The required technical result, which consists in increasing the effectiveness of the generation of thermal energy whilst at the same time producing electrical energy, is achieved in a method based on the generation of a high-voltage electrical discharge between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode which are mounted in series, said electrical discharge being formed from a hydride-forming metal, and forming a vortex flow of inert gas along the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode in the direction of the cathode electrode with hot steam being injected into this flow, wherein the high-voltage electric discharge between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode is generated by means of the supply of a combined voltage to said electrodes, said combined voltage comprising a DC component and a radio-frequency component, the cathode electrode is in the form of a nozzle with an opening for the hot vapour outflow, and at least one pair of electrode probes for drawing electrical energy is mounted between the electrodes, one of said electrode probes being arranged on the axis of the vortex flow, and the other being arranged at the periphery thereof. The device for implementing the method comprises: a quartz tube in which an electrode anode and an electrode cathode are mounted in series on one axis, with an electrical energy generator being connected to said electrode anode and said electrode cathode, wherein the electrode cathode is formed from a hydride-forming metal; a generator of a vortex flow of inert gas, which is mounted at the inlet end of the quartz tube and is capable of generating a vortex flow of inert gas along the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode in the direction of the cathode electrode; and also at least one pair of electrode probes, which are capable of drawing electrical energy, one of which electrode probes is arranged on the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and the other of which is arranged at the periphery of the vortex flow, wherein the electrode anode is in the form of a steam injector, the electrode cathode is in the form of a nozzle with an opening for hot vapour outflow, and an electrical energy generator, which is connected to the electrode anode and the electrode cathode, is capable of generating a combined voltage comprising a DC component and a radio-frequency component.

    Energy collection
    7.
    发明授权
    Energy collection 有权
    能量收集

    公开(公告)号:US09479086B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US14242464

    申请日:2014-04-01

    发明人: Clint McCowen

    摘要: An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fibers may be made of any conducting material, but carbon and graphite are preferred. Diodes may be used to restrict the backflow or loss of energy.

    摘要翻译: 能量收集系统可以收集和使用由电场产生的能量。 收集纤维从由杆支撑的支撑线系统悬挂。 支撑线系统通过连接线与负载电连接。 收集纤维可以由任何导电材料制成,但优选碳和石墨。 二极管可用于限制回流或能量损失。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC FIELDS IN ELECTRO-HYDRODYNAMIC APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20160040646A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-11

    申请号:US14920009

    申请日:2015-10-22

    IPC分类号: F03B13/00

    CPC分类号: F03B13/00 F03D7/00 H02N3/00

    摘要: An electro-hydrodynamic system that extracts energy from a gas stream, which includes an injector that injects a first species of particles having the same polarity into the gas stream, wherein particle movement with the gas stream is opposed by a first electric field; an electric field generator that generates a second electric field opposing the first, such that the net electric field at a predetermined distance downstream from the injector is approximately zero; an upstream collector that collects a second species of particles having a polarity opposite the first particle species; a downstream collector that collects the charged particle; and a load coupled between the downstream collector and the upstream collector, wherein the load converts the kinetic energy of the gas stream into electric power.

    INTERNAL CURRENT COLLECTION STRUCTURE OF THERMAL TO ELECTRIC CONVERTING CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME
    9.
    发明申请
    INTERNAL CURRENT COLLECTION STRUCTURE OF THERMAL TO ELECTRIC CONVERTING CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME 有权
    电流转换电路的内部电流采集结构及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150010787A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-08

    申请号:US13961911

    申请日:2013-08-08

    IPC分类号: H01G9/21 H01M4/66

    CPC分类号: H01G9/21 H02N3/00 Y10T29/417

    摘要: Disclosed is an internal current collection structure of a tubular thermal to electric converting cell including an internal electrode, a solid electrolyte and an external electrode. The internal current collection structure includes: a first current collector which closely contacts with the internal electrode of the tubular thermal to electric converting cell; a second current collector which fixes the first porous current collector to the inside of the tubular thermal to electric converting cell and causes the first current collector to be in close contact with the internal electrode; and a lead wire which is a conductive medium and is located between the first current collector and the second current collector.

    摘要翻译: 公开了包括内部电极,固体电解质和外部电极的管状热电转换元件的内部集电结构。 内部电流收集结构包括:与管状热电转换单元的内部电极紧密接触的第一集电器; 第二集电体,其将第一多孔集电体固定到管状热电转换单元的内部,并使第一集电体与内部电极紧密接触; 以及作为导电介质并位于第一集电体和第二集电体之间的引线。

    Energy Collection
    10.
    发明申请
    Energy Collection 有权
    能量收集

    公开(公告)号:US20140210308A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14242464

    申请日:2014-04-01

    发明人: Clint McCowen

    IPC分类号: H02N1/10 H02N11/00

    摘要: An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fibers may be made of any conducting material, but carbon and graphite are preferred. Diodes may be used to restrict the backflow or loss of energy.

    摘要翻译: 能量收集系统可以收集和使用由电场产生的能量。 收集纤维从由杆支撑的支撑线系统悬挂。 支撑线系统通过连接线与负载电连接。 收集纤维可以由任何导电材料制成,但优选碳和石墨。 二极管可用于限制回流或能量损失。