Stray current mitigation assemblies having a carbon conduction subassembly
OwnerAlfred B. Craig, Yunxiang Cheninventors
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Abstract
A stray current mitigation assembly includes a carbon conduction subassembly configured to be embedded in a subsurface adjacent an electrically conductive structure. The carbon conduction subassembly includes a carbon fiber fabric layer and one or more conductive extensions electrically coupled to the carbon fiber fabric layer. The carbon fiber fabric layer is configured to capture stray current generated by the electrically conductive structure and the one or more conductive extensions are configured to carry captured stray current along a length of the one or more conductive extensions.
Claims21
A stray current mitigation assembly comprising:
- a carbon conduction subassembly configured to be embedded in a subsurface adjacent an electrically conductive structure, wherein:
- the carbon conduction subassembly comprises a carbon fiber fabric layer and one or more conductive extensions electrically coupled to the carbon fiber fabric layer;
- the carbon fiber fabric layer is configured to capture stray current generated by the electrically conductive structure;
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- the one or more conductive extensions are configured to carry captured stray current along a length of the one or more conductive extensions.
A method of carrying stray current, the method comprising:
- capturing stray current from an electrically conductive structure with a carbon fiber fabric layer of a carbon conduction subassembly of a stray current mitigation assembly, wherein:
- the carbon conduction subassembly comprises one or more conductive extensions electrically coupled to the carbon fiber fabric layer;
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- the carbon conduction subassembly is embedded in a subsurface adjacent the electrically conductive structure;
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- carrying stray current along the one or more conductive extensions of the carbon conduction subassembly to a power source electrically coupled to the one or more conductive extensions.
A stray current mitigation assembly comprising:
- a carbon conduction subassembly configured to be embedded in a subsurface adjacent an electrically conductive structure, wherein:
- the carbon conduction subassembly comprises a carbon fiber fabric layer and one or more conductive extensions;
- the one or more conductive extensions comprise at least one metal mesh layer in contact with the carbon fiber fabric layer;
- the carbon fiber fabric layer is configured to capture stray current generated by the electrically conductive structure;
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- the at least one metal mesh layer is electrically coupled to a power source such that the at least one metal mesh layer carries captured stray current from the carbon fiber fabric layer to the power source;
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- an insulation layer configured to be embedded in the subsurface adjacent the carbon fiber fabric layer such that the carbon fiber fabric layer is disposed between the insulation layer and the at least one metal mesh layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.