Presentation By: Santosh Lopez Nilesh Naik
Presentation By: Santosh Lopez Nilesh Naik
Presentation By: Santosh Lopez Nilesh Naik
ABSTRACT:
Wireless power transmission is witricity Nikola Tesla proposed theories of Witricity in the late 1800s and early 1900s In 2006 researchers at MIT led by Marine discovered an efficient way to transfer power between coils separated by a few meters. Two resonant objects of the same resonant frequency tend to exchange energy efficiently, while not interchanging the surroundings
INTRODUCTION:
witricity is a new technology Using this technology, transmission of electrical energy without wires can be possible The inventors of witricity are the researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) This is based upon the coupled resonant objects. In this resonant magnetic fields are used, So the wastage of power is reduced. The system consists of transmitters and receivers. Which contain magnetic loop antennas made of copper coils
The simplest device is transformer. The primary and secondary circuits are electrically isolated from each other. Transfer of energy takes place by electromagnetic coupling through mutual induction.
A larger, stronger field can be used for energy transfer over long distance, but this process is extremely inefficient.
The main draw back of this method is the short range Since magnetic field spreads in all direction, making a large wastage of energy.
Electricity traveling along an electromagnetic wave can tunnel from one coil to the other as long as the both have the same resonant frequency. As long as both the coils are out of range of one another nothing will happen, since the field around the coil are not strong enough to affect much around them. Similarly if two coils resonate at different frequencies nothing will happen
witricity was made possible using resonance, where an object vibrates with the application of a certain frequency of energy. Two objects having similar resonance tend to exchange energy without causing any effect on the surrounding objects. The frequency at which an object naturally vibrates is called resonant frequency
Inverse rectennas convert electricity into microwave beams, rectennas suitable for receiving energy beamed from solar panels in geocentric orbit would need to be several miles across. Rectifying antennae are usually made an array of dipole antennae, which have + & - ve poles. These antennae connect to semiconductor diodes. Rectenna conversion has an efficiency of about 95%.
In the 1980s, Canada's Communications Research Centre created a small airplane that could run off power beamed from the Earth, called the Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform (SHARP) SHARP could fly in circles 2 kilometers in dia. at an altitude of about 13 miles (21 kilometers). The aircraft could fly for months at a time. The secret to the SHARP'S long flight time was microwave transmitter A large, disc-shaped rectifying antenna, just behind the plane's wings changed the microwave energy from the transmitter into direct-current (DC) electricity. Because of the microwaves interaction with the rectenna, the SHARP had a constant power supply as long as it was in range of a functioning microwave array.
*To make sure the whole planet had a steady power supply, a network of satellites would have to re-direct the microwave energy.
*Many people would resist the idea of being constantly bathed in microwaves from space, even if the risk were relatively low.
ADVANTAGES OF WITRICITY
No need of line of sight
No need of power cables and batteries Does not interfere with radio waves Wastage of power is small By the use of resonant coupling wave lengths produced are far lower and thus make it harmless. Highly efficient than electromagnetic induction Resonant induction system is one million times as efficient as electro magnetic induction system.
DISADVANTAGES
Wireless power transmission can be possible only in few meters. Efficiency is only about 40%.
APPLICATIONS:
Witricity has many medical applications. It is used for providing electric power in many commercially available medical implantable devices.
Another application of this technology includes transmission of information. It would not interfere with radio waves and it is cheap and efficient.
Witricity is in development stage, lots of work is to be done to use it for wireless power applications. Currently the project is looking for power transmission in the range of 100w. Before the establishment of this technology the detailed study must be done to check whether it cause any harm on any living beings.