WO2023037349A1

WO2023037349A1 - A method of energy conversion and device for its implementation

Info

Publication number: WO2023037349A1
Application number: PCT/IB2022/058638
Authority: WO
Inventors: Evgeni KUPCHIN
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-09-09
Filing date: 2022-09-14
Publication date: 2023-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2024-03-09

Abstract

The invention relates to energy converters based on the dynamic Casimir effect. The possibilities of excitation of resonant oscillations in quantum cavities of intercrystalline or intergranular spaces are found. A high ratio of output power relative to input power has been obtained.

Description

[1] A method of energy conversion and device for its implementation

A method of energy conversion and device for its implementation

The invention relates to the field of electrical engineering and, in particular, to electrical energy converters using the dynamic Casimir effect.

A certain number of patents are known for methods and devices for energy conversion using the dynamic Casimir effect.

Basically, the inventions relate to the formation of resonant cavities in various materials to extract quantum energy in these cavities.

Closer to the claimed are US patents No. US 9,444,264 dated 09/13/2016, US No. 10,243,405 dated 03/26/2019 and US No. 10,992,182 dated 04/27/2021 by the same inventor and individual applicant Bonifacio J. Yales from the Philippines, which are successive developments of a method and system for supplying power to a load based on a transformer.

As the closest prototype, we take the latest patent US 10,992,182.

The system includes one or more primary coils tuned to a load and one or more secondary coils. The system is tuned to the resonances of the transformer and load coils.

The core is made of grain oriented silicon steel sheets coated with silicon and densely packed to maximize the Casimir effect on thin silicon laminated steel sheets.

However, the use of sheet steel does not provide a sufficiently effective Casimir cavity over a large area between the sheets, because it is impossible to provide a constant nanometer gap between the sheets and such a resonator will have a very low quality factor, so the conversion efficiency drops.

In addition, the transformer is tuned to the inductive parametric resonance of the coils, matched with the load.

The claimed invention relates to a method and device for energy conversion in two versions.

(First option). A method of energy conversion, including excitation in the primary electromagnetic circuit of parametric electromagnetic oscillations, transmission of these oscillations to a secondary electromagnetic circuit through a magnetic circuit passing by a magnetic flux through the primary and secondary circuits and collecting of energy in the secondary circuit, characterized in that a polycrystalline and/or a fine-grained ferromagnetic medium is used in the magnetically conductive circuit, and, at least in one section of the ferromagnetic circuit, parametric electromagnetic oscillations are excited as resonant for groups of cavities with similar parameters and formed by gaps between the grains of a ferromagnetic material that satisfy the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect.

The method is realized by the following means:

An energy conversion device, including:

Primary energy electromagnetic oscillation generator,

The primary circuit connected to the generator and the secondary circuit connected to the load, both circuits are connected through a ferromagnetic core, together representing asymmetrical transformer;

The device is characterized by the fact that :

The core is made of polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic material.

The primary energy generator includes tuning means in the frequency range that satisfies the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect in large groups of homogeneous cavities with similar parameters and formed between intergranular or intergranular spaces in a ferromagnetic medium.

(Second option) An energy conversion method, including the excitation of parametric electromagnetic oscillations in the primary electromagnetic circuit of the circuit, the transmission of these oscillations to the secondary electromagnetic circuit through the magnetic circuit, by passing the magnetic flux through the primary and secondary circuits, and the collection of energy in the secondary circuit, characterized in that in in a magnetic circuit, a polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic medium is used, and, at least in one section of the ferromagnetic circuit, parametric electromagnetic oscillations are additionally excited as resonant for most groups of cavities with similar parameters and formed by gaps between the grains of the ferromagnetic material that satisfy the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect.

The method of the second variant is realized by the following means:

An energy conversion device according to claim 2, including:
Primary energy electromagnetic oscillation generator,
The primary circuit connected to the generator and the secondary circuit connected to the load, connected through a core of polycrystalline or fine-grained ferromagnetic material, together representing an asymmetrical transformer.

The device is characterized in that :
The core is made of polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic material, and the device further includes:
An additional generator connected to an additional circuit covering at least one section of the core;
Means for setting up an additional generator in the frequency range that satisfies the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect in large groups of homogeneous cavities formed between crystallites and/or intergranular spaces in a ferromagnetic medium

To increase the conversion efficiency, a sufficient volume of the resonant cavity in the nanometer range is required. (It is practically impossible to provide a constant gap in this range between thin sheets over a large area).

To obtain sufficient volume and efficient energy conversion, studies were carried out on polycrystalline and fine-grained magnetically conductive materials, including ferrites. It has been found that intergranular and/ or intergranular cavities of nanometer dimensions can be used to obtain the dynamic Casimir effect. Moreover, these cavities are formed naturally during the formation of these materials, although they can be created artificially through the use of special technologies.

Nevertheless, certain cavities are present in the material , and a significant part of them have similar parameters and are located close to each other. For a significant part of such cavities, there are general resonant conditions that can be selected and excited by an external magnetic field throughout the entire depth of the material. At the same time, the smaller the particles of this material (crystallites or grains), the more such cavities become, their resonance becomes noticeable and contributes to the release of significant additional energy.

In this way,

The inventor found that in polycrystalline and/or finely dispersed materials, resonant cavities are formed in intercrystalline or intergranular spaces, in which the dynamic Casimir effect can manifest naturally.

One can choose resonance conditions for a sufficiently large group of such cavities in order to obtain additional energy in them.

According to the tests carried out on a number of samples, the energy conversion coefficient even when using serial components reached 28. Further development is possible.

The stated essence explained -5 . _

Fig.1

Electron microscopic image of the surface of a ferrite with a large area of grain boundaries (a large number of Casimir cavities). Ferrite has an increased degree of generation [ Fig .1]

Fig.2

Electron microscopic image of the surface of a ferrite with a small area of grain boundaries (a small number of Casimir cavities). Ferrite It has minor degree generation

Fig.3

] The figure shows the diagram of the first variant with 2 coils

Fig.4

The figure shows a diagram of another variant with 3 coils

Fig.5

The figure shows the test scheme for the first variant with 2 coils

Option 1. The circuit shown in from one option with 2 coils includes a tuned generator 1 connected to the ( L 1 and exciting an alternating electromagnetic field in the coil L 1, which excites resonant oscillations in the core F in most areas of the grain gaps of the ferrite core F satisfying the conditions for the manifestation of the dynamic Casimir effect. The resonant frequency is selected depending on the material, ferrite grain size, surface properties, their packing density, their homogeneity and degree of orientation.

The output energy is taken on the coil L 2 and sent to the inverter 2 connected to the load.

The feedback signal from the inverter is fed to the controller 3, which generates a control signal for fine tuning the frequency of the frequency fine tuning unit 4 of the generator 1. The positive feedback circuit of the output inverter 2 is connected to the generator 1 and can feed it for a certain time.

The excitation generator 1 can initially be powered by an AC or DC source.

(Option 2.) The circuit of the second variant with 3 coils shown in includes a tuned generator 1, which excites an alternating electromagnetic field in the coil L1, which excites resonant oscillations in the core F in most regions of the intergranular gaps that satisfy the conditions for the manifestation of the dynamic Casimir effect.

The output energy is picked up at coil L2 and sent to inverter 2 connected to the load.

The feedback signal is fed to the controller 3, which generates a control signal for fine tuning the frequency of the frequency fine tuning unit 4 of excitation. The positive feedback circuit of the output inverter 2 is connected to the generator 1 and can feed it for a certain time.

The excitation generator 1 can initially be powered by an AC source, either AC or DC.

In this version, an additional excitation coil L 3 is connected to the fine tuning unit 4. This coil can be used for more precise tuning and a higher quality factor of the resonance of the dynamic Casimir effect.

Examples

Electronic generating module EMG . S (generator 6) was manufactured according to option 1. The test scheme is shown in .

Power was supplied from the AC mains 220 V 50 Hz through a CALPORT 300 high-precision electrical energy meter (unit 5) to the input of generator 6. The voltage at the output of generator 6 was measured with a V1 voltmeter ( Fluke 5790 A ) in DC mode. A load of 2 incandescent lamps was connected through a 0.1 Ohm resistance coil. The voltage drop across the resistance was measured with a Fluke 8508 A multimeter .

The test results according to the scheme in are presented in table 1.

no	Total Power consumed S input V*A	Active Power consumed P input W	DC output voltage U output , V	voltage drop resistance U resist , V	Resistance Ohm	Calculated DC current A	output power W	output rate
1	13.75	8.2713	326.1469	0.072791	0.10	0.72791	237.4	28.70
2	13.75	8.2942	326.0359	0.072859	0.10	0.72859	237.55	28.64
3	13.68	8.3038	326.6286	0.072901	0.10	0.72901	238.12	28.67
4	13.73	8.2900	326.6054	0.072882	0.10	0.72882	238.03	28.71
5	13.72	8.2918	326.2791	0.072883	0.10	0.72883	237.80	28.68

The test results showed that with an input power of 8.3 W at the load, 326 V was obtained at a current of 0.72 A or 234.7 W, or a ratio of 28.228 times.

The invention is industrially applicable, tested and can be mass -produced

Claims

A power conversion method, including excitation in the primary electromagnetic circuit of parametric electromagnetic oscillations, transmission of these oscillations to the secondary electromagnetic circuit through a magnetic circuit passing through the primary and secondary circuits, and collecting energy in the secondary circuit, characterized in that the magnetic circuit uses a polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic medium, and, at least in one section of the magnetically conductive circuit, parametric electromagnetic oscillations are excited as resonant for a group of most cavities formed by gaps between crystallites and/or grains of a ferromagnetic material that satisfy the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect
A device for converting energy by the method of claim 1, including:
Primary energy electromagnetic oscillation generator,
The primary circuit connected to the generator and the secondary circuit connected to the load, connected through a magnetically conductive core, together representing an asymmetrical transformer;
characterized in that:
The core is made of polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic material.
The primary energy generator includes tuning means in the frequency range that satisfies the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect in large groups of homogeneous cavities formed between crystallite or intergranular spaces in a ferromagnetic medium.
A power conversion method, including excitation of parametric electromagnetic oscillations in the primary electromagnetic circuit, transmission of these oscillations to the secondary electromagnetic circuit through a magnetically conductive circuit passing through the primary and secondary circuits and collecting energy in the secondary circuit, characterized in that a polycrystalline and/or fine-grained ferromagnetic medium is used in the magnetically conductive circuit, and, at least in one section of the ferromagnetic circuit, parametric electromagnetic vibrations as resonant for most groups of cavities formed by gaps between crystallites or grains of a ferromagnetic material that satisfy the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect.
Item 4] A device for converting energy by the method of claim 2, including:
Primary energy electromagnetic oscillation generator,
The primary circuit connected to the generator and the secondary circuit connected to the load, connected through a core of polycrystalline or fine-grained ferromagnetic medium, together representing an asymmetrical transformer;
characterized in that:
The core is made of fine-grained ferromagnetic material, and the device further includes:
An additional generator connected to an additional circuit covering at least one section of the core.
Tools for setting up an additional generator in the frequency range that satisfies the conditions for the occurrence of the dynamic Casimir effect in large groups of homogeneous cavities formed between crystallites or intergranular spaces in a ferromagnetic medium.