Shock wave and power generation using on-chip nanoenergetic material

US8066831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Curators of the University of Missouri · US

Inventors

• Shubhra Gangopadhyay · Lubbock, US
• Steven Apperson · Columbia, US
• Keshab Gangopadhyay · Columbia, US
• Andrey Bezmelnitsyn · Columbia, US
• Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan · Columbia, US
• Michael Kraus · Columbia, US
• Rajesh Shende · Columbia, US
• Maruf Hossain · Columbia, US
• Senthil Subramanian · Richardson, US
• Shantanu Bhattacharya · Columbia, US
• Yuangang Gao · Boulder, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C06B45/14
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.