01-20-2024, 03:24 PM
Hello everyone, I am yet to contribute by making a build of some idea. I have became interested in OU only recently and after skimming through some patents and ideas, only a few of them were in the sweet spot of 1/ convincing me they could work, 2/ i have the capacity to understand and build easily, 3/ if they work, they would be scalable and easily reproducible. And out of all that it was this patent that stuck (Figuera was a close second!).
The patent can be found here: https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2357550A1/en
I already tried to build it, but I am really a novice when it comes to building actual electrical stuff. So I tried and failed.
But there had to be a way to simulate the circuit so I actually know what it does and then get the right parts to assemble it. That is where solarlab gave me a big boost by introducing me to Ansys Maxwell.
Anyway, long story short - this is the design - I applied all the upgrades that are mentioned (steel plates in U shape around the output coil, a magnet for closed coupling - connecting the left and right cores).
It is a simplified version that I tried to build with 3 electromagnets and 1 output coil.
I also made a version with 7 electromagnets and 3 output coils, but I have not been able to get interesting results from that so far.
I'll post more soon.
The patent can be found here: https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2357550A1/en
I already tried to build it, but I am really a novice when it comes to building actual electrical stuff. So I tried and failed.
But there had to be a way to simulate the circuit so I actually know what it does and then get the right parts to assemble it. That is where solarlab gave me a big boost by introducing me to Ansys Maxwell.
Anyway, long story short - this is the design - I applied all the upgrades that are mentioned (steel plates in U shape around the output coil, a magnet for closed coupling - connecting the left and right cores).
It is a simplified version that I tried to build with 3 electromagnets and 1 output coil.
I also made a version with 7 electromagnets and 3 output coils, but I have not been able to get interesting results from that so far.
I'll post more soon.