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Wireless Electricity (Witricity)

Shiva Kumar R 1sso4ee028

Contents
Introduction History Methods Principle Implementation Advantages Drawbacks Future Conclusion

Introduction
A clean-cut vision of a future freed from the rat's nest of cables needed to power today's electronic gadgets has come one step closer to reality. Wireless power transmission or Witricity as it is called, is the process that takes place in any system where electrical energy is transmitted from a power source to an electrical load, without interconnecting wires.

History
1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair
Nikola Tesla Teslas experiments caused every animal within miles of his tower to flee and never return as long his tower was operating. Finally he was supposed to give up as he ran out of money.

1964 William C. Brown


demonstrated on the CBS Walter Cronkite news a microwave-powered model helicopter that received all the power needed for flight from a microwave beam.

Nikole Teslas Experimental Setup

In 2005, Dave Gerding first coined the term WI-TRICITY. On 7 th June, 2007 WiTricity
A team (led by Prof. Marin Soljacic) from MIT were able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source seven feet away plasma-free. The researchers plan to miniaturize the setup enough for Commercial use in 3 to 5 years does not need a direct line of sight for it to work.

Model at MIT Research centre

Old Physics New Demand


"In the past, there was no great demand for such a system, so people did not have a strong motivation to look into it,"

Methods
Radiation methods
Various methods of transmitting power wirelessly have been known for centuries. Perhaps the best known example is electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves. While such radiation is excellent for wireless transmission of information, it is not feasible to use it for power transmission. Since radiation spreads in all directions, a vast majority of power would end up being wasted into free space. One can envision using directed electromagnetic radiation, such as lasers, but this is not very practical and can even be dangerous. It requires an uninterrupted line of sight between the source and the device, as well as a sophisticated tracking mechanism when the device is mobile.

Magnetically coupled resonance method


The system exploits "resonance", a phenomenon that causes an object to vibrate when energy of a certain frequency is applied. When two objects have the same resonance they exchange energy strongly without having an effect on other surrounding objects

Principle

How actually Wireless Work?


1) Power from mains to antenna, which is made of copper. 2) Antenna resonates at a frequency of about 10MHz, producing electromagnetic waves. 3) 'Tails' of energy from antenna 'tunnel' up to 2m (6.5ft).

4)

Electricity picked up by laptop's antenna, which must also be resonating at 10MHz. Energy used to re-charge device.
Energy not transferred to laptop re-absorbed by source antenna.

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People/other objects not affected as not resonating at 10MHz.

Implementation
This wireless technology can be implemented in

Housing systems Office Theatres Etc.

Advantages

Simple.
No Accidents(short circuits).

No Health Damages.
No continuous line of sight is required.

Reduces transmission cost.

No power cords.
Comfortable & Reliable.

Efficient.

Draw Backs
Technology is Expensive.

Carcinogenic?

The Future
10 Years Short distance induction
Cell phones
Batteries Laptop Computers Mp3 players Artificial hearts, etc.........

50 Years Moderate distance


Household robots. Cars, etc.........

200 Years Long distance


Airplanes Helicopters Warcrafts Spacecrafts, etc

Conclusion
The work is truly pioneering". Wi-Tricity system touted as safe, efficient, is potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones and light up lamps without cords. This is just so amazing and exciting, so practical, so useful and opening many doors to many other possibilities. So its time to bid farewell to wires.
Goodbye wires The future is wireless!

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