Romanian ZPM (Zero Point Module)

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Fighter posted this 07 February 2023

This is the imported thread (from the old aboveunity site) about my ZPM:

For references I will keep the original posting date for every imported post.

Note: This thread is public, everyone can see it, even the visitors which are not members here.

For the posts made by former aboveunity members which are not members on our site I'll use a member placeholder named UndisclosedMember.

Regards,

Fighter

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
Nikola Tesla
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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

IMHO:

Get the SiC MOSFET Switch working properly; and varify it (Test Set * ) - then characterize the Coil Circuit of prime interest (DUT) - then you can play around with looking at the "undiscovered secrets."

Anyway, that's the approach we use, it may not be the only method... But, be careful not to be fooling your selves hoping for an easier way.

 * Also cheaper than frying expensive parts!

Just Sayin!

SL

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

Hey UndisclosedMember,

Get the SiC MOSFET Switch working properly;

What makes you think the Mosfet is not working properly?

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

UndisclosedMember,

Waveforms - based on lots of experience... could be wrong of course. Spice simulation as well... but that may be in error as well.

Would be good to have a shot of the Test Set (data) output - that would varify the driver/Mosfet configuration. Hard to determine what part of the overall waveform is due to the Coil Circuit action and what part is due to the switching mosfet's actions.

Test Set shot would determine the driver/fet parasitics, etc.. Then de-embed from the overall wave and your left with only the Coil features.

SL

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

Hey UndisclosedMember,

What waveforms?

Mosfet Gate Waveforms were not shown as far as I know?

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

Hey UndisclosedMember,

Consider this another way:

Your trying to measure the S-Parameters (or whatever) of a "black box" using a Network Analyzer (NA).

First you calibrate (check the operation of the NA) by looping IN to OUT using in-line "knowns" - "Short," "Match" (50 ohms or whatever your system impedance is), and "Open."

That gives you a pretty good reference starting point, or base line, to work from. Now you can be pretty sure that any "Deviations" are caused by the DUT only and not due the Test Set.

The DUT in this case is your Coil Circuit.

SL

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

"Hey UndisclosedMember,

What waveforms?

Mosfet Gate Waveforms were not shown as far as I know?"

 

Exactly - that's the point. 
We see the "overall waveform"  - but how much is "Driver/Mosfet" and how much is the actual "Coil" configuration"

SL

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

Also, once the driver/mosfet is de-embeded from the series connected, counter-wound coils, these coils can be studied more closely.

E.G. are they truely balanced, what is their interactive behavour, inductive coupling, capacitive match, anomolies, and so forth?

SL

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UndisclosedMember posted this 24 September 2019

Hey UndisclosedMember,

Of course we need to be careful, be thorough with test conditions!

I just think assuming Mosfet Switching conditions not being met properly is a rater large leap?

You have "Generated" a full: ‭3.574784‬ Watts above your Input for a COP: ‭1.09396

I get your hesitation, it is understandable, however, we must also be practical, and logical. Fact is: Gate leakage is not going to provide the System with an excess of: 3.574784‬ Watts that cover Losses and also a little extra to power a load.

The skeptic in all of us, can both be useful and be a hinderance!

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Jagau posted this 24 September 2019

Excellent demonstration fighter.


In search mode the secret is patience and how we will continue.

I find this thread very interesting and I follow it assiduously.

thanks for sharing

Jagau

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Fighter posted this 25 September 2019

@SolarLab

Hi Fighter,

Very impressive work!

...Some great work so far - no doubts that your very close to cracking this! Good luck.


SL

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IMHO:

Get the SiC MOSFET Switch working properly ... then you can play around with looking at the "undiscovered secrets."

Anyway, that's the approach we use, it may not be the only method... But, be careful not to be fooling your selves hoping for an easier way.

Could you not contradict yourself ?

What I show here is real-life experiments and results and you're talking theoretically.

... then you can play around with looking at the "undiscovered secrets."

I can be ironic too, I can ask you where is your ZPM replication with perfect switching without ringings proving that I'm wrong and you're right ? Or at least the device you're working on ?

Let's see you driving coils which generate 200Vpp spikes and your MOSFETs switching perfectly without any ringing, do you think it's possible ? Because I doubt it.

You can have perfect switching with a little light-bulb but not with ZPM's coils, these coils generate asymetric magnetic fields opposing each other and interacting.

Simulate this and you'll see your simulation will show that ZPM should consume all your DC source's power only in this process of opposing magnetic fields, ZPM's coils should be hot as hell from those magnetic fields fighting each other and there should not be enough power remaining for powering 2 x 12V/55W light-bulbs.

I'm open to any suggestion but I am the one deciding which way to go, wasting time and money looking for a illusory "perfect switching" is not what I intend to do.

I still have other important steps to do in the improvement process, like building a real-time input/output measurements system which would help me a lot in the tuning process and (if possible) to "blind" ZPM so it stops sending power back to the DC source and use that power in a useful way to power additional loads on its output.

Sorry but I don't get over it when I work 10-15 hours per month documenting and sharing details about my experiments with everyone here and someone comes and says I'm " playing around with looking at "undiscovered secrets" ". I'm repeating what I said before with other occasion: show me your data. Not "simulations", real experiments and real data resulted from those experiments. Then we could talk about who's wrong and who's right.

P.S.:

Anyway, that's the approach we use

"We" ? Who are those "we" ? You and who else ?

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
Nikola Tesla
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