Inductive heating system and method for controlling discharge of electric energy from machines
View Patent ↗Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method comprising: receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor; and via the working coil, transferring the electrical energy to a mass related to the vehicle via Hall Effect, the transferred electrical energy converted to heat energy in the mass.
1. An electrical energy dissipation system for dissipating electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle, the electrical energy dissipation system comprising:
a tuned circuit electrically coupled to an electrical bus associated with the vehicle, the tuned circuit adapted to receive electrical energy from the braking system of the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electrical motor, the vehicle comprising a second wheel drive comprising a second electrical motor distinct from the first electrical motor, the tuned circuit comprising;
a capacitor;
a working coil coupled with said capacitor, said working coil adapted to transfer, via Hall Effect, the electrical energy from the braking system to a mass related to the vehicle, the transferred electrical energy converted to heat energy in the mass.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pulse generator electrically coupled to the electrical bus, the electrical bus adapted to receive the electrical energy from the braking system as a direct current, said pulse generator adapted to transform the direct current to a pulsed current.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pulse generator electrically coupled to the electrical bus, the electrical bus adapted to receive the electrical energy from the braking system as a direct current, said pulse generator adapted to transform the direct current to a pulsed current, said pulse generator powered by an alternating current source.
4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a charging inductor electrically coupled in series with the electrical bus associated with the vehicle.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the electrical bus coupled to said tuned circuit.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the vehicle coupled to the electrical bus coupled to said tuned circuit.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a truck.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a mine haul truck.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical motor is an electrical induction motor adapted to be powered by an alternating current.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical motor is adapted to be powered by a direct current.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mass is a bed of a truck.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a locomotive.
13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a fan adapted to increase convective heat transfer from the mass.
14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat exchange apparatus adapted to increase heat dissipation from the mass.
15. A system comprising:
a means for receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor, the vehicle comprising a second wheel drive comprising a second electric motor distinct from the first electric motor;
a means for transferring the electrical energy via Hall Effect to a mass related to a vehicle, the transferred electrical energy converted to heat energy in the mass.
16. A method comprising:
receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor, the vehicle comprising a second wheel drive comprising a second electric motor distinct from the first electric motor;
via the working coil, transferring the electrical energy to a mass related to the vehicle via Hall Effect, the transferred electrical energy converted to heat energy in the mass.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
generating the electrical energy via magnetically slowing the first electric motor.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
rectifying the electrical energy from the first electric motor and the second electric motor to a direct current electrical energy.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
converting the electrical energy to a time-series of voltage pulses.
20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
generating a pulsed current in the electrical energy.