Systems and Methods for Enhancing Energy Storage in Quantum Thermodynamic Systems
OwnerEdward H. Alleninventor
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a device for harvesting energy from an environment energy system comprises a pump, and a coherence capacitor of metamaterial configured to store of coherence in interactions between elements of the metamaterial, a carrier fluid of particles that flushes coherence from the metamaterial and carries the coherence to a quantum heat engine via a circuit at a rate determined by a pump. The quantum heat engine is configured to harvest heat energy from the environment and use the heat energy to output useful energy while expelling waste heat back into the same environment.
Claims20
A system for extracting energy from an environment, comprising:
- a circuit;
- a pump configured to circulate a carrier fluid through the circuit;
- a coherence-storing metamaterial coupled to receive the carrier fluid from the pump, the carrier fluid extracts coherence from the metamaterial by changing interactions between nodes in the metamaterial;
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- a quantum heat engine coupled to receive coherence extracted from the metamaterial, the quantum heat engine is configured to use the coherence to output useful energy while expelling waste energy by erasing one or more bits of the coherence.
A method comprising:
- operating a pump to extract coherence from a coherence capacitor, the coherence capacitor includes a metamaterial that shifts between a first state that stores coherence and a second state when at least a portion of the coherence has been extracted, wherein the coherence is absorbed and extracted by a carrier fluid that includes particles that pass through a metamaterial in the coherence capacitor and mate with interactions supported and anchored by nodes of the metamaterial;
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- circulating the carrier fluid to supply the coherence to a quantum heat engine;
- converting the coherence to heat in the quantum engine;
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- producing useful energy from the heat.
An apparatus comprising:
- a pump;
- a coherence capacitor of metamaterial configured to store coherence in interactions between elements of the metamaterial;
- a carrier fluid circulated by the pump through the metamaterial to extract coherence from the metamaterial by changing interactions between nodes in the metamaterial;
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- a quantum heat engine configured to receive the coherence via the carrier fluid and to output useful energy while expelling waste heat back into the same environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.