Dynamic capacitor energy system

• US 8,325,463 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Mehrkam Peterson
• Original Assignee: William Mehrkam Peterson
• Inventors: Peterson, William Mehrkam
• Primary Examiner(s): Ha, Nguyen T
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG Q
• Application Number:
  US12/290,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20100109473A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 361/502, 136/248, 136/253, 136/205, 136/206, 136/293, 323/285, 323/290, 323/305, 320/166
• US Class Current: 361/502
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 7/04 having a dielectric selected for the variation of its permittivity with applied temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H02N 11/002 Generators

Abstract

One embodiment of an improved energy conversion and storage system uses pre-charge-enabled energy-converting variable capacitors that can be substantially encapsulated in asphalt roads or streets. Another embodiment can be substantially encapsulated in concrete walls or rooftops. Radiant solar energy does work on temperature-sensitive capacitors. Temperature change, in one embodiment, modifies the capacitance of the previously pre-charged capacitor, thereby converting solar energy into increased electrical energy available for practical use, without needing parabolic reflectors and without needing any moving parts. Other embodiments are described and shown.

Claims

1. An energy system for generating and storing electricity comprising:

a. polar molecules within a medium that allows energetically efficient movement of said polar molecules,

b. wherein said polar molecules are substantially surrounded by at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode;

c. collectively described as an energy converting variable capacitor;

d. wherein one or more said energy converting variable capacitor is enclosed and protected within at least one core enclosure,

e. which is substantially encapsulated within an encapsulant of blacktop, asphalt, asphalt concrete, bitumen, or concrete,

f. and wherein said encapsulant absorbs radiant solar energy when said radiant solar energy is substantially available,

g. and said encapsulant emits radiant energy when said radiant solar energy is substantially absent,

h. and said encapsulant conducts heat to raise or lower temperatures of said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor;

i. wherein said temperatures is a capacitance-controlling parameter;

j. wherein peripheral electronics controls a plurality of phases within at least one energy conversion cycle,

k. wherein said phases include pre-charging of said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor by a low-loss inductance-based circuit;

l. wherein a plurality of capacitors called a temporary energy store can temporarily store a resulting gain in electrical energy,

m. and said peripheral electronics output a portion of said gain in electrical energy.

2. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said encapsulant is also a road for vehicles, and said core enclosure includes an effective means for protecting said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from damage due to weight of said vehicles on said road, and said core enclosure has a substantially low profile in its vertical dimension, and said core enclosure has a substantially larger dimension in at least one horizontal dimension, and said improved energy system includes a means of substantially thermally insulating said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from deeper layers of said road.

3. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said encapsulant is also a parking lot for vehicles, and said core enclosure includes an effective means for protecting said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from damage due to weight of said vehicles on said parking lot, and said core enclosure has a substantially low profile in its vertical dimension, and said core enclosure has a substantially larger dimension in at least one horizontal dimension, and said improved energy system includes a means of substantially thermally insulating said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from deeper layers of said parking lot.

4. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said encapsulant is also a wall of a building, wherein said wall includes a means of substantially thermally insulating said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from deeper layers of said wall, and said core enclosure has a substantially low profile in its horizontal dimension into said wall, and said core enclosure has a substantially larger dimension in at least one dimension that is orthogonal to said horizontal dimension into said wall.

5. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said encapsulant is also a rooftop of a building, wherein said rooftop includes a means of substantially thermally insulating said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor from deeper layers of said rooftop, and-said core enclosure has a substantially low profile in its dimension down into said rooftop, and-said core enclosure has a substantially larger dimension in at least one dimension that is orthogonal to said dimension down into said rooftop.

6. The energy system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of capacitance-controlling curves are selectively activated in order to optimize energy yield fraction for current temperatures of said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor, despite seasonal or diurnal variations in temperature ranges.

7. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said core enclosure is shaped to be substantially easy-to-remove from within a substantially permanent harder-to-remove outer enclosure which is substantially encapsulated in said encapsulant, wherein a substantially high thermal conductivity is provided between said core enclosure and said outer enclosure.

8. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor can be produced with a topology comprising coaxial electrode pairs wherein, their ratio of their outer diameter of said coaxial electrode pairs to their length is substantially as extreme as a ratio of diameter to length of long thin muscle elements.

9. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor, comprises a substantially optimized dielectric material comprising, a pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms, wherein, a first type of atom and a second type of atom are included, wherein a linear chain of said first type of atom and a linear chain of said second type of atom have substantially different thermal linear expansion coefficients, and at one end of a first said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms is a substantially positive net charge, and at one end of a second said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms is a substantially negative net charge, wherein, a first temperature maximizes net polarization of said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms, and wherein, a second temperature minimizes net polarization of said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms.

10. The energy system of claim 9, wherein a plurality of said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms are contained in a medium that allows energy efficient changes in shape of said plurality of said pair of two adjacent linear chains of atoms in response to changes between said first temperature and said second temperature.

11. The energy system of claim 1, wherein said polar molecules comprise a plurality of substantially microscopic particles of a perovskite material, wherein said particles change their degree of polarization in response to changes between a first temperature and a second temperature.

12. The energy system of claim 1, wherein at least one energy modulator provides a repetition of said energy conversion cycle more frequent than once per day, wherein said energy modulator is a means of providing shade alternated with non-shade from said radiant solar energy.

13. A method for building an energy system for generating and storing electricity comprising:

a. providing polar molecules within a medium that allows energetically efficient movement of said polar molecules,

b. wherein said polar molecules are substantially surrounded by at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode;

c. collectively described as an energy converting variable capacitor;

d. and providing one or more said energy converting variable capacitor enclosed and protected within at least one core enclosure,

e. which is substantially encapsulated within an encapsulant of blacktop, asphalt, asphalt concrete, bitumen, or concrete,

f. and wherein said encapsulant absorbs radiant solar energy when said radiant solar energy is substantially available,

g. and said encapsulant emits radiant energy when said radiant solar energy is substantially absent,

h. and said encapsulant conducts heat to raise or lower temperatures of said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor;

i. wherein said temperatures provides a capacitance-controlling parameter;

j. wherein peripheral electronics is provided to control a plurality of phases within at least one energy conversion cycle,

k. wherein said phases include pre-charging of said one or more said energy converting variable capacitor by a low-loss inductance-based circuit;

l. wherein a plurality of capacitors called a temporary energy store are provided to temporarily store resulting gain in electrical energy,

m. and said peripheral electronics is provided to output a portion of said gain in electrical energy for useful consumption.