A Novel AC to AC Wireless Power Transfer System for EV Charging Applications

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel ac to ac wireless power transfer (WPT) system is introduced for electric vehicle (EV) charging applications to reduce cost and design complexity. The presented wireless power transfer concept achieves unity power factor (UPF) on the grid-side by using a hybrid frequency ac / ac converter without an additional converter stage and closed loop control compared to the conventional systems. Due to inherent merit of the proposed ac / ac converter, ac input with 60 Hz grid frequency can be directly transferred to the load by superimposing with high frequency switching signal through the wireless coils. To validate the theoretical analysis of the proposed WPT system, the experimental results of the proposed converter are provided for 650 W output power by using 6 inches air gap between the couplers with the input of 110 VRMS ac source. The system overall efficiency is measured 89 % achieving 0.99 power factor (PF) and 1.5 % current total harmonic distortion (THD).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAPEC 2020 - 35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1685-1690
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148298
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2020 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: Mar 15 2020Mar 19 2020

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
Volume2020-March

Conference

Conference35th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period03/15/2003/19/20

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operated by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy

    Keywords

    • EV / PEV charger
    • ac-to-ac converter
    • grid frequency
    • high frequency
    • wireless power transfer

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