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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Steven Apperson, Columbia, MO (US);
Keshab Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Andrey Bezmelnitsyn, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan, Columbia, MO (US);
Michael Kraus, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajesh Shende, Rapid City, SD (US);
Maruf Hossain, Columbia, MO (US);
Senthil Subramanian, Poway, CA (US);
Shantanu Bhattacharya, Columbia, MO (US);
Yuangang Gao, Boulder, CO (US);
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Steven Apperson, Columbia, MO (US);
Keshab Gangopadhyay, Columbia, MO (US);
Andrey Bezmelnitsyn, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan, Columbia, MO (US);
Michael Kraus, Columbia, MO (US);
Rajesh Shende, Rapid City, SD (US);
Maruf Hossain, Columbia, MO (US);
Senthil Subramanian, Poway, CA (US);
Shantanu Bhattacharya, Columbia, MO (US);
Yuangang Gao, Boulder, CO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A method of generating power uses a nanoenergetic material. The nanoenergetic material comprising thermite is obtained and deposited on a substrate. An igniter is placed on the nanoenergetic material. When power is desired, the nanoenergetic material is ignited. A transducer receives thermal, sonic, magnetic, optic and/or mechanical energy from combustion of the nanoenergetic material and converts it into electrical energy. Preferably, the transducer is a thermoelectric, piezoelectric or magneto device. Preferably, multiple transducers are integrated in one power generators to maximize the power from nanoenergetic thermites.