TRIAC/SCR-BASED ENERGY SAVINGS DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings device comprising:
- at least one phase input connection for inputting a predetermined amount of incoming energy having at least one analog signal into said energy savings device;
at least one magnetic flux concentrator connected to said at least one phase input connection for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings device;
at least one volts zero crossing point detector in electrical connection with said at least one phase input connection for determining at least one zero volts crossing point of said at least one analog signal;
at least one digital signal processor in electrical connection with said at least one volts zero crossing point detector for processing said at least one analog signal;
at least one voltage reducing means having at least one drive control wherein said at least one voltage reducing means is in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor for reducing said predetermined amount of incoming energy by providing pulse width modulation to the at least one analog signal to yield a reduced amount of energy; and
at least one phase output connection in electrical connection with said at least one voltage reducing means for outputting said reduced amount of energy out of said energy savings device.
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Abstract
A TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings device, system and method (1) wherein a predetermined amount of voltage below a nominal line voltage and/or below a nominal appliance voltage is saved, thereby conserving energy. Phase input connections (2) are provided for inputting analog signals into the device and system (1). A magnetic flux concentrator (3) senses the incoming analog signal (20) and a volts zero crossing point detector (5) determines the zero volts crossing point (21) of the signal (20). The positive half cycle (22) and negative half cycle (23) of the signal (20) are identified and routed to a digital signal processor (10) for processing the signal (20). The signal (20) is reduced by pulse width modulation and the reduced amount of energy is outputted, thereby yielding an energy savings for an end user.
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66 Claims
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1. An TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings device comprising:
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at least one phase input connection for inputting a predetermined amount of incoming energy having at least one analog signal into said energy savings device; at least one magnetic flux concentrator connected to said at least one phase input connection for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings device; at least one volts zero crossing point detector in electrical connection with said at least one phase input connection for determining at least one zero volts crossing point of said at least one analog signal; at least one digital signal processor in electrical connection with said at least one volts zero crossing point detector for processing said at least one analog signal; at least one voltage reducing means having at least one drive control wherein said at least one voltage reducing means is in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor for reducing said predetermined amount of incoming energy by providing pulse width modulation to the at least one analog signal to yield a reduced amount of energy; and at least one phase output connection in electrical connection with said at least one voltage reducing means for outputting said reduced amount of energy out of said energy savings device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings device comprising:
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at least one power supply unit in electrical connection with said energy savings device for powering said energy savings device; at least one phase input connection for inputting a predetermined amount of incoming energy having at least one analog signal into said energy savings device; at least one magnetic flux concentrator connected to said at least one phase input connection for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings device via galvanic isolation; at least one analog signal conditioning device for conditioning said at least one analog signal of said energy exiting said at least one magnetic flux concentrator; at least one volts zero crossing point detector in electrical connection with said at least one phase input connection for determining at least one zero volts crossing point of said at least one analog signal; at least one digital signal processor in electrical connection with said at least one volts zero crossing point detector for processing said at least one analog signal; at least one voltage reducing means having at least one drive control wherein said at least one voltage reducing means is in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor for reducing said predetermined amount of incoming energy to yield a reduced amount of energy by providing pulse width modulation to the at least one analog signal; at least one phase output connection in electrical connection with said at least one voltage reducing means for outputting said reduced energy out of said energy savings device; at least one reset switch in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor; at least one USB communications interface in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor; and at least computing device in electrical connection with said energy savings device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings system comprising:
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a means for inputting a predetermined amount of incoming energy into said energy savings system; a means for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings system; a means for conditioning at least one analog signal of said energy; a means for determining at least one volts zero crossing point of said at least one conditioned analog signal; a means for processing said at least one conditioned analog signal; a means for reducing said at least one conditioned analog signal of said predetermined amount of energy to yield a reduced amount of energy; and a means for outputting said reduced energy out of said energy savings system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for using an TRIAC/SCR-based energy savings device comprising at least one phase input connection for inputting a predetermined amount of incoming energy having at least one analog signal into said energy savings device;
- at least one magnetic flux concentrator connected to said at least one phase input connection for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings device;
at least one volts zero crossing point detector in electrical connection with said at least one phase input connection for determining at least one zero volts crossing point of said at least one analog signal;
at least one digital signal processor in electrical connection with said at least one volts zero crossing point detector for processing said at least one analog signal;
at least one voltage reducing means having at least one drive control wherein said at least one voltage reducing means is in electrical connection with said at least one digital signal processor for reducing said predetermined amount of incoming energy by providing pulse width modulation to the at least one analog signal to yield a reduced amount of energy; and
at least one phase output connection in electrical connection with said at least one voltage reducing means for outputting said reduced energy out of said energy savings device, said method comprising steps of;a. inputting a predetermined amount of energy having at least one analog signal into said energy savings device; b. sensing said predetermined amount of energy entered into said energy savings device; c. determining at least one volts zero crossing point of said at least one analog signal; d. processing said at least one analog signal; e. reducing said predetermined amount of energy by providing pulse width modulation to said at least one analog signal; and f. outputting said reduced amount of energy out of said energy savings device. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
- at least one magnetic flux concentrator connected to said at least one phase input connection for sensing said predetermined amount of incoming energy entered into said energy savings device;
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