Vacuum Magnet Battery Using Circulating Charges for Stable Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing batteries face challenges in long-term energy storage with minimal degradation, safety concerns, particularly with lithium-ion batteries, and the need for a power-to-mass ratio that supports intermittent renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
Innovation Solution
A magnet battery utilizing a vacuum chamber with circulating charged particles and a magnet to create a voltage difference through electromagnetic principles, eliminating chemical cells and providing long-term energy storage with negligible degradation and high power-to-mass ratio.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemical cells are used in traditional batteries, then energy storage capability is achieved, but degradation occurs over time and safety issues arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the chemical system (chemical cells with electrochemical reactions) with a physical system (charged particles circulating in a magnetic field). This substitution eliminates chemical degradation while maintaining energy storage capability, as the physical circulation of charged particles does not undergo degradation like chemical materials do.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental operating parameter from chemical potential energy to electromagnetic energy. By using the Lorentz force (F = qvB) to circulate charged particles in a vacuum chamber around a magnet, the system generates voltage through electromagnetic induction rather than chemical reactions, thereby avoiding chemical degradation entirely.
2Power
If lithium-ion batteries are used for energy storage, then power density is improved, but safety hazards increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a vacuum chamber as an inert environment to contain the charged particles. This vacuum environment eliminates the need for flammable electrolytes and reactive chemicals found in lithium-ion batteries, thereby maintaining high power density while completely removing safety hazards associated with chemical combustion or thermal runaway.
3Quantity of substance
If chemical materials are used in batteries, then energy storage is achieved, but environmental pollution occurs
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing chemical materials with a physical system of charged particles in a vacuum, the patent eliminates environmental pollution. The system uses only electricity and magnetic fields, with no chemical substances that could leak or contaminate the environment, while maintaining full energy storage capacity.
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 magnet battery offers safe, long-term energy storage with excellent power-to-mass ratio, supporting the electrical grid with backup power for renewable energy sources, and does not contribute to environmental pollution.
Implementation Method 1
A vacuum chamber is positioned within the container and coupled to the second end of the lead wire. The vacuumed chamber including a plurality of charged particles circulating a magnet causing opposite charges to accumulate between the first end and the second end of the lead wire, resulting in a voltage difference in the lead wire.
Implementation Method 2
The magnet battery uses the physics of a magnetic field and charged particles to store power and supply a voltage difference to an external circuit
Data Source
AI summary
An illustrative battery is provided. The battery includes a container and a lead wire positioned within the container. The lead wire includes a first end and a second end. A vacuum chamber is positioned within the container and coupled to the second end of the lead wire. The vacuumed chamber including a plurality of charged particles circulating a magnet causing opposite charges to accumulate between the first end and the second end of the lead wire, resulting in a voltage difference in the lead wire. The voltage difference is supplied to a circuit using the first end of the lead wire.