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US 2018/0026553 A1Published application
Energy Collection
AssigneeIon Power Group, LLC
InventorClint McCowen
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Abstract
An electro-hydrodynamic energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support system. A particle mist is injected collocated to the collection fibers. The support system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fibers may be made of any conducting material, but graphene, carbon and graphite are preferred. Diodes may be used to restrict the backflow or loss of energy.
Claims20
A method of collecting energy comprising:
- suspending at least one collection device with, in operation, microscopic points of a cross-section of the collection device exposed to the environment from a support structure, the at least one collection device electrically connected to the support structure;
- injecting a mist collocated to the at least one collection device;
- and
- providing a load with an electrical connection to the at least one collection device to draw current.
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A system of energy collection comprising:
- a support structure, the support structure comprising at least one of an airplane, drone, blimp, balloon, kite, satellite, train, motorcycle, bike, skateboard, scooter, hovercraft, electronic device, electronic device case, billboard, cell tower, radio tower, camera tower, flag pole, telescopic pole, light pole, utility pole, water tower, building, sky scraper, coliseum, roof top, solar panel and a fixed or mobile structure exceeding 1 inch in height above ground or sea level;
- at least one collection device with, in operation, microscopic points of a cross-section of the collection device exposed to the environment electrically connected to the support structure;
- an injector configured to inject a particle mist collocated to the at least one collection device;
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- a load electrically connected to the at least one collection device.
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A system of collecting energy comprising:
- means for suspending at least one collection device with, in operation, microscopic points of a cross-section of the collection device exposed to the environment;
- means for injecting a particle mist collocated to the at least one collection device;
- means for inducing current flow, the means for inducing current flow electrically connected to the means for suspending;
- and
- means for restricting the backflow of charge carriers, the means for restricting the backflow of charge carriers electrically connected between the at least one collection device and the means for inducing current flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.