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A Dynamic Capacitive Power Transfer System for the Elevator
­ PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY An innovative system enabling real-time, wireless and efficient power transfer for peripheral electrical systems in elevators and other tracked systems in motion. This technology comprises a metal track attached to the building side as a power transmitter, and a piece of metal on the elevator side as a...
Published: 8/9/2024   |   Inventor(s): Fei Lu, Hua Zhang
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Category(s): Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Energy, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Mechanical Device, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Power Converters, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Smart Buildings, Energy > Energy: Electromechanical Systems, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting, Energy > Energy: Regenerative Power Generation, Electrical Engineering & Electronics > EE: Components
Incident Power and Relative Phase Distribution Mapping in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Using Energy Harvesting
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Drexel researchers have developed an innovative method for obtaining incident power and relative phase distribution across Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs). Four versions of a novel energy harvesting circuit have been developed to trade-off sensitivity versus circuit complexity. The sensitivity of these...
Published: 7/25/2023   |   Inventor(s): Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Chelsea Knittel-Amanatides, Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Kyei Anim
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Category(s): Communications & Cybersecurity > Comm: Wireless, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting
Polymer dispersed liquid crystal photovoltaic device and method for making
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY A novel photovoltaic device including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material that is capable of converting solar energy to electrical energy and method for making. The device may optionally include a conductive container for holding the PDLC material. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is directed...
Published: 8/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Adam Fontecchio, Jared Coyle
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Category(s): Energy, Materials & Chemicals, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting, Energy > Energy: Solar, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Polymers, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Coatings, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Thin Films
HIGH-EFFICIENCY BULK PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT DEVICES
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY The present invention is directed to photovoltaic devices and methods of generating electrical energy and power therefrom, based on a novel nano-enhanced bulk photovoltaic effect using non-centrosymmetric crystals, including ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials. In certain embodiments, the device comprises...
Published: 8/13/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jonathan Spanier, Vladimir Fridkin, Alessia Polemi, Andrew Rappe
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Category(s): Energy, Materials & Chemicals, Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Chemicals and Processes, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Nanomaterials, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting, Energy > Energy: Solar, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Electronic Components, Electrical Engineering & Electronics > EE: Components
Semiconductor ferroelectric compositions and their use in photovoltaic devices
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARYDisclosed herein are ferroelectric perovskites characterized as having a band gap, Egap, of less than 2.5 eV. Also disclosed are compounds comprising a solid solution of KNbO3 and BaNi1/2Nb1/2O3-delta, wherein delta is in the range of from 0 to about 1. The specification also discloses photovoltaic devices comprising one...
Published: 7/15/2024   |   Inventor(s): Jonathan Spanier, Andrew Rappe, Peter Davies, Ilya Grinberg, Don West
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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Energy, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Nanomaterials, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting, Energy > Energy: Solar
Non Thermal Plasma Cleaning of Dirty Synthesis Gas
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Biomass, municipal wastes, hydrocarbon fuels or coal can be reformed via one or a combination of pyrolysis, combustion and gasification processes. A series of chemical reactions during the course of these processes usually results in the formation of a complex mixture of combustible gases such as CH4, CO, H2, unreacted...
Published: 7/16/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Ivan Chernets, Gary Nirenberg
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Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Reactors, Energy > Energy: Energy Harvesting, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Environmental Purification and Protection