A new coupling structure and position detection method for segmented control dynamic wireless power transfer systems
- Authors: Li, Xiaofei , Hu, Jiefeng , Wang, Heshou , Dai, Xin , Sun, Yue
- Date: 2020
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Vol. 35, no. 7 (2020), p. 6741-6745
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- Description: In this letter, a new coupling structure for dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) systems is proposed. Bipolar coils are symmetrically placed on the transmitter unipolar coils, resulting in natural decoupling between the bipolar coils and the unipolar coils. This special structure can mitigate the self-couplings between the adjacent unipolar transmitter coils and hence facilitate the design of the compensation circuit. Another remarkable advantage of this design is that it can lead to a stable mutual coupling between the transmitter array and the receiver when the receiver moves along the transmitter, making it a natural fit for DWPT applications. Furthermore, to reduce the electromagnetic interference and power loss, an automatic segmented control scheme is implemented, and a position detection method by monitoring the primary current is developed. The feasibility of the proposed coupling structure and the position detection method are verified on a laboratory prototype with 72-V output voltage. The experimental results show that the power fluctuation is within ±2.5%, and system efficiency is around 90%. (This letter is accompanied by a video demonstrating the experimental test). © 2020 IEEE.
A special magnetic coupler structure for three-coil wireless power transfer : analysis, design, and experimental verification
- Authors: Wang, Heshou , Cheng, Ka , Li, Xiaofei , Hu, Jiefeng
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Vol. 57, no. 11 (2021), p.
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- Description: In this article, a special magnetic coupler for three-coil wireless power transfer (WPT) is proposed to eliminate the mutual inductance between the source coil and the receiver coil, which can significantly improve the design freedom. Specifically, unipolar Q coil, mixed QDD coil, and bipolar DD coil are designed for the source coil, the transmitter coil ( $\text{T}_{\mathrm {X}}$ ), and the receiver coil ( $\text{R}_{\mathrm {X}}$ ), respectively. By making use of unipolar coils and bipolar coils, this structure magnetically decouples the receiver coil from the source coil. Meanwhile, under different lateral misalignment conditions, this new coupler facilitates maintaining high efficiency. A laboratory prototype has been constructed to validate the proposed structure, demonstrating that the proposed structure can realize inherent characteristics, enhance misalignment tolerance, and energy transfer. The potential applications are EV systems, but this design can be generalizable to other three-coil systems. © 1965-2012 IEEE.