A loosely coupled capacitive power transfer system with LC compensation circuit topology

Hua Zhang, Fei Lu, Heath Hofmann, Chris Mi

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Abstract

This paper proposes a double-sided LC compensated capacitive power transfer (CPT) system, which is the dual of the conventional series-series (SS) compensated inductive power transfer (IPT) system. Four metal plates are arranged as the capacitive coupler, and there are coupling capacitances between each pair of plates. At each side, a compensation capacitor is connected in parallel with the plates, and its value is usually much larger than the coupling capacitance between the plates, which results in a loosely coupled CPT system. In this paper, the fundamental harmonics approximation (FHA) method is used to analyze the circuit working principle. It shows that the system can work at constant current mode. An expression for the system output power is expressed, which is similar to that of the SS compensated IPT system. A 150W input power CPT system is therefore designed as an example to validate the compensation topology. The experimental results show that the dc to dc efficiency of the system is 66.67% when the air-gap distance is 180 mm and the switching frequency is 1.5 MHz.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509007370
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016 - Milwaukee, United States
Duration: Sep 18 2016Sep 22 2016

Publication series

NameECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMilwaukee
Period9/18/169/22/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Control and Optimization

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