ADAPTATION OF POLYPHASE WAVEGUIDE PROBES

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along a lossy conducting medium such as, e.g., the surface of a terrestrial medium by exciting a polyphase waveguide probe. A probe control system can be used to adjust the polyphase waveguide probe based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
exciting a first charge terminal and a second charge terminal of a polyphase waveguide probe with excitation voltages to synthesize a plurality of fields that substantially match a guided surface-waveguide mode of the lossy conducting medium to transmit energy along a surface of the lossy conducting medium via a radial surface current, the first charge terminal positioned at a defined height over the lossy conducting medium and the second charge terminal positioned below the first charge terminal by a defined distance; detecting a change in operating conditions associated with the polyphase waveguide probe; and in response to the detected change, adjusting the polyphase probe to improve the matching of the guided surface waveguide mode.