Collector plate for use with a disk-pack turbine system
A system and method in at least one embodiment provides magnetic levitation to a vehicle above and/or partially about a rail or track using a flux field generator having a plurality of members having mated waveform patterns. In a further embodiment, the magnetic levitation also uses a distribution system. In a further embodiment, the plurality of members forms a disk-pack turbine. In a further embodiment, the flux field generator is not vehicle based.
1. A collector plate for use in a magnetic field and/or flux field generator, the collector plate comprising:
a base configured to be parallel to a plane passing through an axial center of the generator when installed in the generator;
a collection structure extending from said base and configured to face the generator, said collection structure including a plurality of sine waveform fins or hyperbolic waveforms; and
electrical connectors connected to said collection structure.
2. The collector plate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said base and said collection structure includes at least one of the following materials individually or in combination as alloys or multiple layers: copper, bismuth, steel, silver, nickel, gold, platinum, carbon-fiber structures, and mercury.
3. The collector plate according to claim 1 , wherein said sine waveform fins or hyperbolic waveforms have a vertical orientation.
4. A system comprising:
a plurality of collector plates according to claim 1 ; and
a collection structure configured to fit around the magnetic field and/or flux field generator, said collection structure is connected to said collector plates.
5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said collection structure is integrally formed with a frame supporting the magnetic field and/or flux field generator.
6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein said collection structure includes vertical risers and a centering member extending in from said vertical risers to an axial center of said collection structure.
7. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said collection structure includes a wall and/or a dome, said collection structure includes steel and/or iron.
8. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said collection structure includes a containment wall and a flux return over the top of said wall to define a cavity in which a majority of the magnetic field and/or flux field generator sits.
9. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said electrical connectors include
a plurality of diodes, each diode attached to one respective collector plate and oriented to provide current to said attached collector plate;
an output for each collector plate; and
a capacitor connected in parallel to each collector plate, and
wherein said collector plates are electrically isolated from said collection structure.
10. The collector plate according to claim 1 , wherein said electrical connectors include
a plurality of diodes, each diode attached to one respective collector plate and oriented to provide current to said attached collector plate;
an output for each collector plate; and
a capacitor connected in parallel to each collector plate.
11. A collector plate for use with a disk-pack turbine system, the collector plate comprising:
a base configured to be parallel to a plane passing through an axial center of the disk-pack turbine when installed around the disk-pack turbine;
a collection structure extending from said base and configured to be between said base and the disk-pack turbine system, said collection structure including a plurality of fins; and
electrical connectors connected to said collection structure.
12. The collector plate according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of said base and said collection structure includes at least one of the following materials individually or in combination as alloys or multiple layers: copper, bismuth, steel, silver, nickel, gold, platinum, carbon-fiber structures, and mercury.
13. The collector plate according to claim 11 , wherein said fins include sine waveform fins.
14. The collector plate according to claim 11 , wherein said fins include hyperbolic waveforms.
15. The collector plate according to claim 11 , wherein said electrical connectors include
a plurality of diodes, each diode attached to one respective collector plate and oriented to provide current to said attached collector plate;
an output for each collector plate; and
a capacitor connected in parallel to each collector plate.
16. A system comprising:
at least three collector plates according to claim 11 ; and
a collection structure configured to fit around the disk-pack turbine system, said collection structure is connected to said collector plates.
17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein said collection structure is integrally formed with a frame supporting the disk-pack turbine system.
18. The system according to claim 17 , wherein said collection structure includes vertical risers and a centering member extending in from said vertical risers to an axial center of said collection structure.
19. The system according to claim 16 , wherein said collection structure includes a containment wall and a flux return over the top of said wall to define a cavity in which at least a majority of the disk-pack turbine system sits.
20. The system according to claim 16 , wherein said electrical connectors include
a plurality of diodes, each diode attached to one respective collector plate and oriented to provide current to said attached collector plate;
an output for each collector plate; and
a capacitor connected in parallel to each collector plate, and
wherein said collector plates are electrically isolated from said collection structure.