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Wireless Power Transfer System With Passive Boost Topology for AGVs

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents a wireless power transfer system with a passive boost topology for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). The system has a transmitter composed of a track coil and arrayed solenoid coils. The solenoid coils amplify the magnetic field and change the currents passively depending on the position of the receiver; they increase the current as the receiver coil approaches. Magnetic field analysis and numerical analysis using equivalent circuit equations display the system characteristics with various parameters. In comparison with a system that contains a transmitter with arrayed solenoid coils connected electrically in series, the proposed system has higher efficiency, less magnetic flux leakage and low-cost implementation. Experiments of wireless power transfer using a prototype of this system confirmed that the proposed system is 18% more efficient than the series solenoid system. The dynamic power transfer test of a moving vehicle revealed that the system successfully transferred a power of 100 W regardless of the receiver position.

Source: IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications

DOI: 10.1109/ojia.2020.3039791

Authors: Hirokazu Matsumoto, Ryohei Noborikawa, Teppei Zaitsu, Yojiro Shibako

Institutions: Aoyama Gakuin University, Fukuoka University

Language: English

Topic: Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,750