Network-Based Electrical Energy Transmission System with Dynamic Rerouting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical energy transmission systems require significant resources and incur high costs due to the need for reserved lines and extensive infrastructure, leading to inefficiencies and limitations in distance and location, such as impossibility of underground or underwater transmission and difficulties in building quick charging stations.
Innovation Solution
A network-based electrical energy transmission system utilizing a generator, converters, and a single-wire electric current network with multiple branching lines that allows for bypass routes in case of wire damage, reducing the need for reserved lines and enabling efficient underground and underwater transmission, as well as the ability to add energy sources and build quick charging stations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If reserved lines are used to ensure uninterrupted energy supply, then reliability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically reroutes electrical current through alternative paths in the network when wire damage occurs. Instead of static reserved lines, the network adapts its current flow paths based on operational conditions, allowing any consumer block to receive power through multiple possible routes without requiring dedicated backup lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The network automatically provides bypass routes when damage occurs without requiring manual intervention or pre-configured reserved lines. The electrical current self-adjusts its path through the interconnected wire network, and the system self-heals by routing power through alternative consumers or paths when a wire is damaged.
2Power
If extensive infrastructure with high supports is used, then energy transmission capability is improved, but area occupied and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions into a single wire network that serves both as primary transmission path and backup route. The same physical infrastructure performs multiple roles: normal power transmission, alternative routing, and dynamic load balancing, eliminating the need for separate reserved lines and reducing overall territory occupation.
Solution Approach 2:
Each wire in the network serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a primary transmission line, a backup path for other consumers, and a dynamic routing option. This multi-functionality allows the system to maintain high power transmission capability with minimal infrastructure, as every component contributes to multiple system goals.
3Reliability
If double expenses are made for transmission, then reliability is improved, but loss of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from the network's operational state to dynamically determine optimal current paths. When a wire is damaged or when load conditions change, the system automatically adjusts current distribution through the network, routing power through paths with minimal resistance and energy loss while maintaining reliability.
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
The system provides uninterrupted energy supply with reduced costs and energy losses, allowing for flexible expansion and efficient energy distribution without the need for extensive infrastructure, enabling energy supply through multiple paths and reducing environmental impact.
Implementation Method 1
a converter converting the multi-phase electric current generated by the generator into a different electric current
Implementation Method 2
an electric current network connected with the converter and having a plurality of first electric current lines extending in different directions towards electric current users
Implementation Method 3
further converters converting the electric current transmitted by said network into the different electric currents and supplying the different electric currents to the electric current users
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AI summary
An electric energy transmission system which does not need a reservation has a generator generating a multi-phase electric current, a converter converting it into another electric current, an electric current network connected with the converter and having a first group of electric current lines extending towards electric current users and a second group of electric current ones electrically connecting the electric current lines of the first group with each other, and a plurality of consumer blocks connected with the network and having users which use different electric currents and further converters converting the electric current transmitted by the network into the different electric currents and supplying the different electric currents to the electric current users.