Title :
Wireless reactive power transfer for off-shore energy harvesting
Author :
Van Neste, C.W. ; Mahajan, Satish M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA
Abstract :
A method of energy transfer originally developed by Nikola Tesla, may allow the means to transmit off-shore ocean energy, without the use of wires, to distribution points inland. An experiment with this method was conducted by powering a 25 Watt incandescent light bulb at a distance of 20 meters along a 4.5 meter water channel. The salinity of water was increased until it approached that of ocean concentrations. Full energy transmission was observed at resistance levels even higher than those in ocean measurements.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; offshore installations; reactive power; distance 20 m; energy transmission; incandescent light bulb; ocean concentrations; ocean measurements; off-shore energy harvesting; off-shore ocean energy; power 25 W; wireless reactive power transfer; Earth; Energy exchange; Frequency; Laboratories; Oceans; Power engineering; Radio transmitters; Reactive power; Voltage; Wires; Nikola Tesla; Ocean; Reactive Power; Wireless Transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power, 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Capri
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2543-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2544-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2009.5212003
