SBIR Phase I: Research and Development of Circular Flux Devices

该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是提供更实用的电动机/发电机，购买，使用和维护，因为圆形磁通器件（CFD）是电动机和发电机效率和实用性的根本进步。 由于CFD更高效，因此每台电机消耗的能量更少。 由于地球上大约一半的电力是由电动机消耗的，而所有的电力都是由发电机产生的，因此即使这些设备的微小改进也会导致显着的能源减少。 更高的效率沿着降低重量、成本和尺寸是能源部特别要求的吗？电动汽车无处不在的挑战CFM满足了这些需求以及许多其他不断发展和当前电机应用的需求。 此外，更轻的圆形磁通发电机（CFG）解决了直接驱动风力涡轮机的重量问题，从而消除了昂贵和高维护的齿轮箱。 CFG风力涡轮机的建造、安装和维护成本将更低，使风力发电更具成本效益。随着风力发电取代化石燃料发电厂，温室气体减少。 预期的结果是对一项新技术的科学理解和商业化，该技术将通过减少全球能源消耗和全球变暖来显着改善我们的社会。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将推进对循环通量装置（CFD）这一全新概念的理解和发展，使其能够实现，促进和促进其商业化。今天的发电机和电动机的设计基本上与尼古拉·特斯拉在19世纪末描述的相同。 这种旧的设计使它们比必要的更重，更大，更昂贵，限制了它们的应用和效率。 然而，通过专利折叠电磁线圈实现的CFD是一项根本性的改进，使这些设备更轻，更小，更便宜，更高效。 该设计基本上是不同的，并代表了第四个拓扑概念，循环通量。由于计算流体力学是一种全新的技术，目前已有商业应用，因此需要进行大量的研究和开发，以充分了解它们的工作原理以及如何优化和商业化。因此，研究目标集中在分析，构建原型和测试原型上，这应该会更好地理解这项新技术。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to provide motors / generators that will be more practical to buy, use, and maintain, because Circular Flux Devices (CFDs) are a fundamental advancement in efficiency and practicality of both motors and generators. Because CFDs are more efficient, they will consume less energy per motor unit. Since about half the electricity on earth is consumed by electrical motors and all electricity is produced from electrical generators, even small improvements in these devices will result in significant energy reduction. Higher efficiency along with lower weight, cost, and size were specifically requested in the Department of Energy?s, Electric Vehicles Everywhere Challenge. CFMs answer those needs and the needs of many other evolving and current motor applications. Also, the much lighter Circular Flux Generators (CFG) solves the weight issue of direct drive wind-turbines enabling the elimination of the costly and high maintenance gearboxes. CFG wind-turbines will be lower-cost to build, install, and maintain, making wind power more cost-effective. Greenhouse gases diminish as wind-power replaces fossil fuel plants. The anticipated results are a scientific understanding and commercialization of a new technology that will significantly improve our society by reducing global energy consumption and global warming.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will advance the understanding and development of the fundamentally new concept of a Circular Flux Device (CFD) to a level that will enable, promote, and facilitate their commercialization. Generators and motors are designed today basically the same as described by Nikola Tesla in the late 1800s. This old design makes them heavier, larger, and more expensive than necessary, limiting their applications and efficiency. However, CFDs enabled by the patented Folded Electromagnetic Coil are a fundamental improvement that makes these devices lighter, smaller, less-expensive, and more-efficient. The design is substantially different and represents a fourth topology concept, Circular Flux. Since the CFD is fundamentally new and commercial application is currently available, considerable research and development is needed to fully understand how they work and how to optimize and commercialize them. Thus, the research objectives are focused on analysis, building prototypes, and testing prototypes, that should result in a better understanding of this new technology.