Classical Physics

   

Rethinking Electricity: A Wave-Based Interpretation of Electrical Energy Transport

Authors: Oliver Consa

This work revisits Oliver Heaviside’s interpretation of electricity within modern electromagnetic theory, presenting electrical energy transport as a fundamentally wave-based phenomenon. Electrical energy is transmitted primarily as electromagnetic fields propagating through the dielectric medium surrounding theconductors; the motion of charges within the conductors plays a secondary, dissipative role. Building on transmission line theory, Maxwell’s equations, and Poynting’s theorem, the paper introduces the concepts of supracurrent and infracurrent to distinguish field-mediated energy flux from dissipative material response. The telegrapher’s equations are then interpreted as a macroscopic description of propagation and loss in real transmission lines.

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