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Title: DC-DC electrical transformer

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OSTI ID:1495654
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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.

Research Organization:
Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000677
Assignee:
Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc. (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
10,178,749
Application Number:
15/336,508
OSTI ID:
1495654
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Oct 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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