SBIR Phase I: Long-Range, Millimeter-Wave, Wireless Power Beaming with Enhanced Efficiency

SBIR 第一阶段：提高效率的长距离毫米波无线功率传输

• 批准号: 2334557
• 负责人: Mirhamed Mirmozafari
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: MAXWAVE LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-15 至 2024-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2334557&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Long; Range; Millimeter

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to drive high-tech industry development in the Midwest region of the United States. This team develops and deploys wireless, power-beaming technologies for applications in both civilian and military contexts. The project explores wireless generation and distribution of mass energies through electromagnetic waves. The resulting technology spans applications from the wireless charging of vehicles to green energy distribution and solar power beaming. Immediate applications include long-distance flights of heavy-duty drones, which can be remotely charged from terrestrial power beaming stations. With the addition of relay drones, this technology may also establish a resilient airborne energy distribution network for military purposes. In the long term, the technology's scalability enables solar power beaming, a significant leap toward carbon-free green energy production.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses the fundamental limitations of existing wireless power-beaming technologies. Conventional methods suffer from poor efficiency and require large physical dimensions for Radio Frequency transmitters and receivers. These limitations have made a long-range power-beaming solution impractical. To overcome these obstacles, this project aims to develop a unique operational mode for wireless power-beaming technology: power beaming at the near-field zone using millimeter waves. This approach offers significant advantages, including improved efficiency, compact dimensions, outstanding long-range performance, and safe operation. By leveraging the extended near-field range of a transmitter operating at millimeter waves and utilizing an adaptively controllable collimated beam, the technology can significantly enhance power efficiency, allowing power to be transmitted over much greater distances. Furthermore, a uniquely devised frequency plan within the low-loss region of atmospheric transmission windows enhances the system's resilience in adverse weather conditions. The utilization of shorter wavelengths in the millimeter-wave spectrum enables substantial reductions in the size of transmitting and receiving systems. Precise control of the transmitter's focal point ensures a secure and reliable power-beaming connection between subsystems. This technology has the potential to revolutionize wireless power beaming, facilitating efficient transfer of high powers and unlocking capabilities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目旨在推动美国中西部地区的高科技行业发展。该团队开发并部署了在平民和军事环境中应用的无线，电极式技术。该项目通过电磁波探索了无线产生和质量能量的分布。最终的技术涵盖了从车辆无线充电到绿色能源分布和太阳能横梁的应用。直接应用包括重型无人机的长途飞行，可以从地面电动射击站远程充电。通过添加继电器无人机，该技术还可以建立一个有弹性的空降能量分配网络，以实现军事用途。从长远来看，该技术的可伸缩性可以实现太阳能横梁，这是朝着无碳绿色能源生产迈出的重大飞跃。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I期项目解决了现有无线电力梁技术的基本限制。常规方法的效率较差，需要宽敞的物理尺寸来射频发射器和接收器。这些局限性使远距离的电源梁解决方案不切实际。为了克服这些障碍，该项目旨在为无线功率梁技术开发独特的操作模式：使用毫米波在近场区域进行电动横梁。这种方法具有很大的优势，包括提高效率，紧凑的维度，出色的长期性能和安全的操作。通过利用以毫米波运行的发射器的延伸近场范围并利用可自适应可控的准光束，该技术可以显着提高功率效率，从而使电源在更大的距离内传输。此外，在大气变速箱窗户的低损失区域内设计了一个独特的频率计划，可以在不利的天气条件下增强系统的弹性。毫米波谱中较短波长的利用可以大大减少传输和接收系统的大小。对发射机焦点的精确控制可确保子系统之间的安全可靠的功率束连接。这项技术有可能彻底改变无线功率光束，促进高功能的有效转移和解锁能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来支持的。