Mobile Battery Train for Off-Grid Power Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing electrical power grid faces inefficiencies due to energy losses during long-distance transmission, particularly the 'joule effect' in traditional wire-based systems, and green energy sources struggle to meet continuous demand without additional storage, leading to waste and infrastructure challenges.
Innovation Solution
A mobile, rechargeable, and modular battery system utilizing a pantograph and catenary or third rail charging system, integrated with a train transportation system, allowing for efficient energy storage and transmission without traditional grid interfacing, capable of being customized and deployed to remote or off-grid locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If traditional wire-based power transmission is used, then continuous physical connection is established, but energy losses occur due to the joule effect and impedance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the energy storage function from the traditional continuous wire-based transmission system. Battery units are deployed at distribution points to store energy locally, eliminating the need for continuous physical wire connections over long distances and reducing energy losses from the joule effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces battery units as intermediary storage devices between power sources and consumers. These battery units act as mediators that store energy and release it when needed, replacing the direct wire-based transmission and reducing energy losses.
2Loss of energy
If green energy sources are built locally to eliminate transmission costs, then transmission losses are reduced, but the systems become restricted to local areas due to volume and weight
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the energy storage system dynamic and mobile by using train cars as platforms for battery units. This allows the energy storage capacity to move along rail networks to different locations, providing both local energy storage benefits and the flexibility to serve multiple areas sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds the dimension of mobility to energy storage by deploying battery units on train cars that travel along rail networks. This transforms the static local energy storage into a mobile system that can serve multiple geographic locations, effectively expanding the service area without traditional transmission infrastructure.
3Reliability
If generators run continuously to avoid mechanical degradation, then system reliability is improved, but excess energy is wastefully dumped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary energy storage by capturing excess energy generated during low-demand periods into battery units. This stored energy is then released during peak demand periods, allowing generators to run continuously at optimal levels without wasting excess energy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements an energy management system that monitors generation and demand in real-time, providing feedback to optimize generator operation. The system automatically stores excess energy when generation exceeds demand and releases it when demand exceeds generation, eliminating the need to dump excess energy while maintaining continuous generator operation.
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
This solution reduces energy losses by eliminating the 'joule effect' and enables efficient, cost-effective power delivery to remote areas, balancing energy production and demand while minimizing infrastructure costs and mechanical degradation.
Implementation Method 1
A power transmission system for transmission of electrical energy is disclosed comprising a battery unit and a form of transportation to transport the battery unit
Implementation Method 2
A mobile, rechargeable, and modular battery system utilizing a pantograph and catenary or third rail charging system
Data Source
AI summary
A Power transmission system for transmission of electrical energy comprising a battery unit and a form of transportation to transport said battery unit wherein the transportation is comprised of a plurality of train cars carrying said battery unit and at least one rail track system to which the railcars travel on and further where the railcars are comprised of plurality of battery modules which are comprised of plurality of battery packs which are comprised of plurality of battery cells and a battery pack management system.