Application of power multiplication to electric power distribution

• US 7,969,042 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2007
• Issued: 06/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quantum Wave LLC
• Original Assignee: Cpg Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Pesavento, Philip, Corum, James F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman; Jared J
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAPLAN, HAL IRA
• Application Number:
  US11/751,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20080185916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 307/43, 307/44, 307/47
• US Class Current: 307/43
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 15/00 Systems for storing electric energy mechanical systems therefor F01-F04; in chemical form H01M
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/01 Arrangements for reducing harmonics or ripples
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/28 Arrangements for balancing of the load in a network by storage of energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/40 Arrangements for reducing harmonics

Abstract

In various embodiments, various systems and methods are provided for power distribution. In one embodiment, power distribution apparatus is provided comprising a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure, and a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure. The multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network.

Claims

1. A power distribution apparatus, comprising:

a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure;

a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

a plurality of power sources, each power source electrically coupled to a respective power network coupling;

wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network and is configured to maintain a power signal that acts as a frequency and phase reference for purposes of synchronization for the plurality of power sources.

2. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure further comprises a parametric reactance that negates at least a portion of a physical resistance of the multiply-connected electrical structure.

3. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure stores electrical energy received through one of the power network couplings.

4. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is a velocity inhibited circuit.

5. The power distribution apparatus of claim 4, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is constructed from a plurality of lumped-elements.

6. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

at least one power source is electrically coupled to a first one of the power network couplings;

at least one electrical load is electrically coupled to a second one of the power network couplings; and

the multiply-connected electrical structure further comprises an energy storage buffer between the at least one power source and the at least one electrical load.

7. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure provides a degree of electrical isolation between respective ones of the power network couplings.

8. The power distribution apparatus of claim 7, wherein the power network couplings further comprise a plurality of load couplings.

9. The power distribution apparatus of claim 8, wherein a first load is coupled to a first one of the load couplings and a second load is coupled to a second one of the load couplings, the multiply-connected electrical structure reducing an effect of a change in the first load on power supplied to the second load.

10. The power distribution apparatus of claim 7, wherein the power network couplings further comprise a plurality of power source couplings.

11. The power distribution apparatus of claim 10, wherein the degree of electrical isolation further comprises the degree of electrical isolation between a first power source coupled to a first one of the power source couplings and a second power source coupled to a second one of the power source couplings.

12. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of the power network couplings further comprising a load coupling; and

a control system that regulates a flow of electrical energy through the load coupling to an electrical load.

13. The power distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure acts as a narrow band pass filter at the nominal frequency.

14. The power distribution apparatus of claim 13, wherein heat removed from the multiply-connected electrical structure is generated by an attenuation of at least one waveform having a frequency outside the narrow pass band of the multiply-connected electrical structure.

15. A method for power distribution, comprising the steps of:

supplying electrical energy from at least one power source to a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure comprising a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network, the multiply-connected electrical structure configured to maintain a power signal that acts as a frequency and phase reference for purposes of synchronization for the at least one power source; and

distributing the electrical energy to at least one electrical load from the multiply-connected electrical structure.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of parametrically exciting a parametric reactance in the multiply-connected electrical structure to negate at least a portion of a physical resistance of the multiply-connected electrical structure.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of storing electrical energy in the multiply-connected electrical structure.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of inhibiting a velocity of a power waveform propagating through the multiply-connected electrical structure.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of constructing the multiply-connected electrical structure from a plurality of lumped-elements.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of buffering an amount of electrical energy between the at least one power source and the at least one electrical load in the multiply-connected electrical structure.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of providing a degree of electrical isolation between the at least one power source and the at least one electrical load using the multiply-connected electrical structure.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one electrical load further comprises a plurality of electrical loads, the method further comprising the step of reducing an effect of a change in a first one of the electrical loads on power supplied to a second one of the electrical loads.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one power source further comprises a plurality of power sources, the method further comprising the step of providing a degree of electrical isolation between respective ones of the power sources with the multiply-connected electrical structure.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising the step of using a power signal in the multiply-connected electrical structure as a frequency and phase reference for purposes of synchronization of at least one of the power sources.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step of employing one of the power sources to prime the power signal in the multiply-connected electrical structure at startup.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of distributing the electrical energy to at least one electrical load from the multiply-connected electrical structure further comprises the step of controlling a flow of the electrical energy from the multiply-connected electrical structure to the at least one electrical load.

27. The method of claim 15, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure acts as a narrow band pass filter at the nominal frequency, wherein the method further comprising the step of electrically filtering power flowing through the multiply-connected electrical structure, where an amount of heat is generated in the multiply-connected electrical structure by an attenuation of at least one waveform having a frequency outside the narrow pass band of the multiply-connected electrical structure.

28. A power distribution apparatus, comprising:

a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure comprising a parametric reactance that negates at least a portion of a physical resistance of the multiply-connected electrical structure;

a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network.

29. A power distribution apparatus, comprising:

a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure;

a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure, the plurality of power network couplings further comprise a plurality of load couplings; and

wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network and provides a degree of electrical isolation between respective ones of the power network couplings, wherein a first load is coupled to a first one of the load couplings and a second load is coupled to a second one of the load couplings, the multiply-connected electrical structure reducing an effect of a change in the first load on power supplied to the second load.

30. A power distribution apparatus, comprising:

a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure;

a plurality of power network couplings in the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure is a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network and acts as a narrow band pass filter at the nominal frequency, wherein heat removed from the multiply-connected electrical structure is generated by an attenuation of at least one waveform having a frequency outside the narrow pass band of the multiply-connected electrical structure.

31. A method for power distribution, comprising the steps of:

supplying electrical energy from at least one power source to a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure comprising a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network;

parametrically exciting a parametric reactance in the multiply-connected electrical structure to negate at least a portion of a physical resistance of the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

distributing the electrical energy to at least one electrical load from the multiply-connected electrical structure.

32. A method for power distribution, comprising the steps of:

supplying electrical energy from at least one power source to a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure comprising a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network;

distributing the electrical energy to a plurality of electrical loads from the multiply-connected electrical structure;

providing a degree of electrical isolation between the at least one power source and the plurality of electrical loads using the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

reducing an effect of a change in a first one of the plurality of electrical loads on power supplied to a second one of the plurality of electrical loads.

33. A method for power distribution, comprising the steps of:

supplying electrical energy from at least one power source to a power multiplier comprising a multiply-connected electrical structure comprising a resonant circuit tuned to a nominal frequency of a power network, wherein the multiply-connected electrical structure acts as a narrow band pass filter at the nominal frequency;

electrically filtering power flowing through the multiply-connected electrical structure, where an amount of heat is generated in the multiply-connected electrical structure by an attenuation of at least one waveform having a frequency outside the narrow pass band of the multiply-connected electrical structure; and

distributing the electrical energy to at least one electrical load from the multiply-connected electrical structure.