EP4655802A1

EP4655802A1 - Energy system

Info

Publication number: EP4655802A1
Application number: EP24747505.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Harald Furu
Original assignee: Affin AS
Current assignee: Affin AS
Priority date: 2023-01-27
Filing date: 2024-01-22
Publication date: 2025-12-03
Also published as: JP2026505048A; WO2024158292A1; NO20230078A1; CN120660151A

Abstract

An energy system for generating electrical energy is provided. The energy system eliminates the problem of shut down caused by overheating, generates more green electricity and delivers constant energy to the output power lines. The energy system comprises two or more muon generators that are connected in a cascade coupling, where each muon generator is supplied with an input power line, implemented with a switch, connected to a transformer having one or more output power lines, implemented with a computer, and also provided with a cooling unit. Further the energy system includes a feedback system having laser temperature measurements and control of the switch for performing shutting off the switch of the muon generators when the temperature exceeds a threshold value.

Description

Title: Energy System

Technical Field

[0001 ] The present invention relates generally to the energy system. More specifically, the invention relates to an energy system for generation of electrical energy employing cosmic rays and muons. The energy system provides a cascade coupling of two or more muon generators that eliminates the problem of shut down caused by overheating, generates more green electricity and delivers constant energy to the output power lines.

Background Art

[0002] There are many possible technologies and methods for producing electrical energy to meet the demands of the society and the mankind’s. Many of these different technologies and methods include a variety of advantages and disadvantages. For example, solar power and wind power are clean and renewable sources of energy, but the energy is generated only when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Nevertheless, this technology is restricted to the weather conditions as it depends on the sunlight or the wind, which limits its applications.

[0003] Further burning fossil fuel may produce energy on-demand, but is limited in quantity, while the process of obtaining the fuel via operations such as mining and fracking, may discharge several pollutants (i.e. chemical pollutants, carbon dioxide and many other wastes) that contributes to the disruption of ecosystems and habitats, and therefore it arises a concern for the environment.

[0004] Further Cosmic rays are known to generate abundant muons from the decay of cosmic rays passing through Earth's atmosphere. Cosmic rays lose energy upon collisions with atmospheric particles, and to a lesser extent atoms or molecules, generating elementary particles, including pions and then muons. Typically, hundreds of muons are generated per cosmic ray particle from successive collisions. The muons are very unstable and have a life time of 2- 10^-6 seconds and normally decays in an electron, a p-neutrino and an electron-neutrino. [0005] The muons provide a reliable source for electrical power generation. Thus, there exist an unmet need to continue to research and develop alternative methods of viable and clean energy production.

[0006] There are some Muonic Electromagnetic Generators that can produce electricity from the decay of muons, which are present in a large quantity at the atmosphere, during day and night, independently of the weather conditions, which allows a continuous supply of electricity for various uses, including high powered.

[0007] The Muonic Electromagnetic Generators are known in the prior arts such as US publication US20160049839A1 , PCT application nos. PCT/IB2012/002291 , PCT/BR2013/000107, PCT/BR2014/000112, PCT/FR2009/052379 etc. The Muonic Electromagnetic Generator consists of a primary source of electric network or a battery, connected to an inverter, which transforms the direct current from the battery into alternating current. Said source feeds an oscillator, whose frequency is a multiple fractional of the wavelength Compton of the muon, through the protection of an inductive filter, while the terminals of the oscillator are connected in series with a sparkgap and an external oscillating coil that generates a variable oscillating magnetic field, with the same frequency as the oscillator, capable of attracting and concentrating the muons coming from the cosmic rays. In the center of the said coil the muons decay (fragment) spontaneously into a great quantity of electrons (a muon results in one electron) inside the central chamber of the coil, till they are absorbed by the electric wires of the internal coil, in the form of electricity, which will feed any external load through another inverter of three-phase load, after having been converted to the voltage of use.

[0008] It has been observed that these muonic electromagnetic generators produce enormous amounts of heat that may shut down the whole system within few minutes.

[0009] While the muonic electromagnetic generators of US publication US20160049839A1 , PCT Application Nos. PCT/IB2012/002291 , PCT/BR2013/000107, PCT/BR2014/000112 are silent about a heat problem, but there exists a heating problem. [0010] Table 1 below presents results obtained from tests carried out by means of the process and device of US publication US20160049839A1 , PCT application nos. PCT/IB2012/002291 and PCT/BR2013/000107.

0011] Thus, there is a need for an improved energy system which eliminates the problems of frequent shutdowns caused by overheating. Further there is a need for an improved energy system that delivers constant energy to the output and even generates more green electricity.

Summary of the invention

[0012] Aspects of the present invention provide an energy system for generating and delivering continuous electrical energy. The energy system will eliminate the problem of shut down caused by overheating, generates more green electricity and delivers a constant energy to the output power lines.

[0013] In one aspect of the invention provides an energy system comprising two or more muon generators that are connected in a cascade coupling, where each generator is supplied with an input power line, implemented with a switch, connected to a transformer having one or more output power lines, implemented with a computer, and also provided with a cooling unit. Further the energy system includes a feedback system having laser temperature measurements that control starting and shutting off the switch, performing shutting off the switch of the generators when the temperature exceeds a threshold value. Further one generator is shut down immediately after when a second generator is started.

[0014] One aspect of the invention the switch is further linked to a clock that shuts off the input power after a given time. Since electronic components have different critical working temperature areas, this will give a guide to shut off the generators. [0015] Further the generators comprise thermoelectric elements/materials that generate electricity by temperature differences, where the thermoelectric elements/materials are elements/materials that can transfer heat energy into the electrical energy, so that it can reuse the heat energy to make more electricity. Further provides a feedback system that includes laser temperature measurements and control, for shutting off the switch and shutting off the input power when the temperature reaches a threshold value e.g. reaching 25% from the equipment working rate.

[0016] One aspect of the invention the thermoelectric elements are included in the generator and/or placed in combination with the cooling unit, and have separate output power lines, where the cooling unit transports liquid cooling medium (preferably water and/or oil) in contact with all the critical components that produce too much heat.

[0017] One aspect of the invention the energy system includes the computer that calculates timing for reaching a maximum temperature.

[0018] One aspect of the invention the transformer transforms output voltage according to requirements where the electricity is used.

[0019] In another of aspect of the invention is a method for generating electrical energy, the method includes connecting two or more muon generators in cascade coupling, where each generator is being supplied with an input power line, implemented with a switch, connected to a transformer having one or more output power lines, implemented with a computer, and also provided with a cooling unit.

[0020] Other aspects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims.

Brief description of the drawings

[0021] The detailed description will be better understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings as follows:

[0022] Fig.1 illustrates a cascade coupling of at least two electricity generators according to an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed description of the invention

[0023] The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, the embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

[0024] Embodiments of the present invention as shown in Fig.1 , provide a system 40 comprising at least two muon generators 50 in form of cascade coupling. However, it will be appreciated that, in practice, the numbers of the muon generators in the coupling can be at least two or more than two without limiting the scope of the invention. As illustrated in the Fig-1 , an input power is supplied to each generator 50, where each generator is implemented with a switch 51. The generator 50 is further connected to a transformer 52 through which one or more output power lines are connected to deliver a constant energy to the output. Further the system 40 provides a computer 53 connected to the generator 50 and a cooling unit 54 is also implemented with the generator 50.

[0025] Computers 53 from both the first and second generators can be coupled together to manage a common status of which generators 50 are in active use, and show the overall performance of the energy production. An alternative solution could be that just one computer 53 control all the generators 50 in the current cascade (not shown in the Fig 1 ) coupling.

[0026] According to the construction and configuration as illustrated in Fig.1, embodiments of the invention provide two solutions to the overheating and the shutdown problems of the muonic generators and even generate more green electricity.

[0027] According to the embodiments of the invention, a first solution is the use of thermoelectric elements/materials that generate electricity by temperature differences. Thermoelectric elements/materials are the elements/materials which can transfer heat energy and electrical energy to each other, so that it can reuse the heat energy to make more electricity and improves the efficiency of the generators. Further a feedback system that includes laser temperature measurements that control the starting and shutting off the switch 51 and the input power, when the temperature reaches a threshold value e.g. reaching 25% from the equipment working rate. Further the laser temperature measurements are preferably installed close to critical components/parts of each generator 50 so that measurements are sent to the computer 53 that controls starting of next generator and shutting off the first generator. In addition to that, both the input power and the output power measurements of energy are sent to the computer 53 that links the information about the timing of measurements of both the temperature and energy.

[0028] Alternatively, in another embodiment instead of the feedback system, the switch 51 can just be linked to a clock that shuts off the input power after a given time (i.e. 2 - 8 min, according to empiric test for finding the critical over heated temperature). Since electronic components have different critical working temperature areas, this will give a guide to shutting off the generator 50.

[0029] In another embodiment as shown in the Fig.1 , the invention, according to the cascade coupling of at least two generators 50, the system 40 shuts down one generator 50 just after when the second generator 50 has started. Hence the cascade coupling of the two or more muon generators 50 will eliminate the problem of shut down caused by overheating, and deliver a constant energy to the output power lines.

[0030] Further in another embodiment, the system 40 implemented with the computer 53 that calculates timing for reaching the maximum temperature and the laser temperature measurements. Additionally, the computer 53 also calculates energy both from the input power and the output power line.

[0031] In addition, the system 50 includes the cooling unit 54 that transports liquid cooling medium (preferably water and/or oil) in contact with all the critical components that produce too much heat. So, all the critical components of the generator 50 remain cool, and further the water may cause a damp that can be used through a turbine for producing electricity.

[0032] In another embodiment, the thermoelectric elements/materials can be included in the muon generator 50 and/or placed in combination with the cooling unit 54, and have separate output power lines. Further the transformer 52 transforms the output voltage according to the requirements where the electricity is used.

[0033] The foregoing description of embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of the invention without departing from the scope of the invention. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the invention and its practical application to enable one skilled in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

Claims What is claimed is:

1. An energy system (40) for generating and delivering continuous electrical energy, the system comprising: two or more muon generators (50) that are connected in cascade coupling, where each generator (50) is: supplied with an input power line, implemented with a switch (51), connected to a transformer (52) having one or more output power lines; implemented with a computer (53), and provided with a cooling unit (54), characterized in that, including a feedback system having laser temperature measurements that control starting and shutting off the switch (51), performing shutting off the switch (51) of the generators (50) when the temperature exceeds a threshold value, where one generator (50) is shut down immediately after when a second generator (50) is started, where the cascade coupling of the two or more muon generators (50) eliminate a shutdown problem caused by overheating and deliver a constant energy to the output power lines.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein further comprises thermoelectric elements/materials that generate electricity by temperature differences, where the thermoelectric elements/materials are elements/materials that can transfer heat energy into the electrical energy.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the thermoelectric elements are included in the generator (50) and/or placed in combination with the cooling unit (54), and have separate output power lines.

8

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer (53) calculates timing for reaching a maximum temperature.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the cooling unit (54) transports liquid cooling medium in contact with all the critical components that produce too much heat, where the cooling medium is water and/or oil.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the laser temperature measurements are installed close to critical components/parts of each generator (50) so that measurements are sent to the computer (53) that controls starting of a second generator (50) and shutting off a first generator (50).

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transformer (52) transforms output voltage according to requirements where the electricity is used.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the switch (51) is further linked to a clock that shuts off the input power after a given time, and guides shutting off the generators (50).

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cascade coupling of the two or more muon generators (50) eliminates problems of shut down caused by overheating, and delivers constant energy to the output power lines.

10. A method for generating of electrical energy, the method comprising: connecting two or more muon generators (50) in form of cascade coupling, where each generator (50) is: supplied with an input power line, implemented with a switch (51), connected to a transformer (52) having one or more output power lines; implemented with a computer (53), and provided with a cooling unit (54), characterized in that,

9 including a feedback system having laser temperature measurements that control starting and shutting off the switch (51), performing shutting off the switch (51) of the generators (50) when the temperature exceeds a threshold value, where one generator (50) is shut down immediately after when a second generator (50) is started.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein further includes thermoelectric elements/materials that generate electricity by temperature differences, where the thermoelectric elements/ materials are elements/ materials that can transfer heat energy into the electrical energy.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the thermoelectric elements are included in the generator (50) and/or placed in combination with the cooling unit (54), and have separate output power lines.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the computer (53) calculates timing for reaching a maximum temperature.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the cooling unit (54) transports liquid cooling medium in contact with all the critical components that produce too much heat.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the transformer (52) transforms output voltage according to requirements where the electricity is used.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the switch (51) is further linked to a clock that shuts off the input power after a given time.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the cascade coupling of the two or more muon generators (50) eliminates a shutdown problem caused by overheating and delivers a constant energy to the output power lines.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein delivers continuous electrical energy in use.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein computers (53) of each cascade generators (50) are coupled together.

20. The method of claim 13, Wherein just one computer (53) controls all the cascade generators (50).

10