Compact Power Multiplier Using Velocity-Inhibiting Circuit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current power multiplication technologies are impractical for low power frequencies due to the large physical size required, which is cost-prohibitive and inefficient, and fail to address severe mismatches between peak and average load demands in electrical distribution systems, leading to brownouts and blackouts.
Innovation Solution
A compact power multiplier network using a velocity-inhibiting circuit with lumped-elements, such as T-networks or π-networks, that operates at low frequencies by reducing the wavelength, allowing for real power multiplication and efficient energy storage and distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If conventional electromagnetic path configuration is used for power multiplication, then power multiplication can be achieved, but the physical size becomes impractically large at low frequencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the electrical parameters of the transmission line by introducing series capacitors and shunt inductors to create an artificial impedance that reduces the wavelength. This parameter transformation allows the electromagnetic path to achieve the required electrical length (multiple wavelengths) in a physically compact size, resolving the contradiction between power multiplication capability and physical size at low frequencies
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces lumped-element circuits (capacitors and inductors) as intermediary components that modify the propagation characteristics of the electromagnetic wave. These intermediary elements create an artificial transmission line with reduced wavelength, enabling compact power multiplication without requiring physically large electromagnetic paths
2Reliability
If power multiplication is implemented to address peak load demands, then power supply stability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the power multiplication function into modular components: series capacitors, shunt inductors, and transmission line sections. Each component performs a specific function (impedance transformation, wavelength reduction, power multiplication), allowing the system to achieve reliable power supply stability while maintaining manageable complexity through functional decomposition
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional system where the same transmission line structure with lumped elements serves multiple purposes: it acts as an electromagnetic path for power multiplication, an artificial transmission line for wavelength reduction, and a power smoothing mechanism for load demand management. This universality improves reliability without proportionally increasing complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables significant power multiplication at low frequencies, reducing the size of power multipliers from thousands of kilometers to a compact form, facilitating efficient energy storage and distribution, and mitigating brownouts and blackouts by providing a stable power supply.
Implementation Method 1
A compact power multiplier network using a velocity-inhibiting circuit with lumped-elements, such as T-networks or π-networks, that operates at low frequencies by reducing the wavelength
Implementation Method 2
Power multiplication may be achieved electrically using an electromagnetic path configuration for accumulating electrical energy and stepping up or magnifying real AC power
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AI summary
A power multiplier and method are provided. The power multiplier includes a power multiplying network that is a multiply-connected, velocity inhibiting circuit constructed from a number of lumped-elements. The power multiplier also includes a launching network, and a directional coupler that couples the launching network to the power multiplying network. The power multiplier provides for power multiplication at nominal power generation frequencies such as 50 Hertz, 60 Hertz, and other power frequencies, in a compact circuit.