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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (US);
John Finn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Cihan Akcay, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Daniel Barnes, Lamy, NM (US);
Juan Fernandez, Los Alamos, NM (US);
William Gibson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Aaron McEvoy, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Keith Moser, Libertyville, IL (US);
Richard Nebel, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Liviu Popa-Simil, Los Alamos, NM (US);
TIBBAR PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and corresponding systems and methods for managing electric power, particularly a transformer system and method, and more specifically a transformer for direct current. An example apparatus includes a chamber configured to contain plasma. The apparatus includes input electrodes disposed at least partially within the chamber, and configured to receive a first direct current input into the chamber. The input electrodes are configured to cause the input direct current to induce motion in the plasma. Motion induced in the plasma transforms current flowing there-through. At output electrodes extend from the chamber. The output electrodes conduct a second direct current, from the induced motion in the plasma, for delivery from the chamber.