Optical Cable Solar Radiation Transmission With Filtered Energy Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy generating and distributing systems are limited by localized, linear models of energy conservation and conversion, and are dependent on entropy constancy, failing to effectively transmit and utilize solar and non-solar energy efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing heat-resistant optical cables to transmit electromagnetic radiation, which includes a mirror-lens system for concentrating solar rays, a coupler to align them into an optical cable, and filters to convert the energy into heat, light, and electricity, enabling continuous energy generation and distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional linear models of energy conservation and conversion are used, then energy systems are simple and localized, but they fail to efficiently transmit and utilize solar and non-solar energy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces optical cables as intermediary components to transmit concentrated electromagnetic radiation from the mirror-lens system to remote locations. These optical cables act as mediators that carry high-energy radiation beams over distances, enabling efficient energy transmission without direct mechanical connection between the collector and usage points.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical energy transmission systems with an optical-based system. Instead of using mechanical driveshafts, belts, or direct thermal conduction, the invention uses optical cables to transmit concentrated electromagnetic radiation, substituting mechanical/thermal energy transfer with optical energy transmission.
2Adaptability or versatility
If solar energy is considered solely localized, then energy collection is simple and direct, but it limits the ability to distribute energy efficiently across multiple locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal energy transmission system that can serve multiple functions and locations. The optical cable infrastructure enables a single solar energy collection point to distribute energy to multiple remote locations simultaneously, making the system versatile and adaptable to various energy distribution needs across different geographical areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from localized two-dimensional energy collection to three-dimensional energy distribution. By introducing vertical optical cables that can extend to multiple floors and locations, the system adds a vertical dimension to energy distribution, enabling multi-story building integration and remote location servicing from a single collector.
3Productivity
If high concentration indices are achieved through mirror-lens systems, then energy transmission efficiency improves, but heat management becomes more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the heat management function from the energy concentration process by separating the concentration function (mirror-lens system) from the energy delivery function (optical cable transmission). The optical cables transmit the concentrated energy to remote locations where heat is generated, effectively removing the heat management challenge from the concentration system and distributing it to controlled end-use points.
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 system allows for the efficient transmission and conversion of solar and non-solar energy into usable forms, providing continuous energy supply and overcoming the limitations of traditional systems by achieving high concentration indices and self-organizing energy waves, capable of powering multiple homes with a single generator unit.
Implementation Method 1
a first mirror-lens system for concentrating scattered electromagnetic solar rays into a focal plane to produce focused rays
Implementation Method 2
a first mirror-lens system for concentrating scattered electromagnetic solar rays into a focal plane to produce focused rays
Implementation Method 3
A mirror system concentrator concentrates the focused rays by an N factor
Implementation Method 4
A coupling focusing collimator couples the optical cable to three different filters where the complex wave is converted into focused rays and then into heat, light, and electricity
Implementation Method 5
A heat filter filters the heat
Implementation Method 6
A light filter filters the light
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AI summary
A system for generating and transmitting energy including prisms, lenses, mirrors, optical conduits, heat filters, light filters, and electricity filters. The lenses comprise lens systems to capture electromagnetic signals coming from any source of radiant energy. Upon receiving the electromagnetic signals, the lens system multiplies n times the intensity of the signals by a method of infinitesimal folding of signals, a method basically consisting of an overconcentration of signals folding onto themselves multiple times in order to produce substantially concentrated signals and to project the substantially concentrated signals into one single optical cable. These substantially concentrated signals are transmitted long distances as they are reflected through the interior of these optical conduits (in a conceptual manner similar to signal reflection in Tiber optics cables). At the distal ends of the optical cable three filters will extract heat, white light and electricity.