STEORN DEMO LIVE & STREAM in Dublin, December 15th, 10 AM

[mondrasek]

So to optimize the CoP, forget the electrical input to switch the toroids (just try to minimize current needed for saturation unless you want a space heater as a by product of your motor/generator).  Focus on maximizing the attraction of the magnets to the ferrite cores, ie.  ferrite materials, distances, switch timing, etc...

Maximize the (free) torque.  That has nothing to do with the electrical power input.

[Staffman]

Just a thought... I wonder if putting a ring magnet behind the toroid would help?

[Omnibus]

So to optimize the CoP, forget the electrical input to switch the toroids (just try to minimize current needed for saturation unless you want a space heater as a by product of your motor/generator).  Focus on maximizing the attraction of the magnets to the ferrite cores, ie.  ferrite materials, distances, switch timing, etc...

Maximize the (free) torque.  That has nothing to do with the electrical power input.

That's correct. That's exactly how I understand it. Very clever, indeed.

To prove conclusively that that's the case one needs to use a pulse generator (instead of having the rotor trigger the pulses) and see whether or not presence of rotor will have any effect on the electrical characteristics of the coils. If there's no influence OU properties of the motor will be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[Omnibus]

Just a thought... I wonder if putting a ring magnet behind the toroid would help?

Problem is, you need to create changing magnetic field that would interact with the magnetic field of the rotor without the rotor affecting the creation og the core magnetic field in any way (that is, without the rotor magnets affecting the electrical characteristics of the coils).

This is something like a permanent magnet OU motor whereby, as a separate system, there are coils having perfect energy balance.

[Staffman]

I was just thinking that maybe a magnet behind the toroid could help increase torque on the rotor. Would the magnet effect the rotor when the toroid coils are energized?