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Title: Multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer circuit and related techniques

Abstract

A high performance kilowatt-scale large air-gap multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer (WPT) system is provided for electric vehicle (EV) charging. In one particular implementation, the multi-modular system achieves high power transfer while maintaining fringing electric fields within prescribed safety limits. The fringing fields are reduced using near-field phased-array field-focusing techniques, wherein the adjacent modules of the multi-modular system are out-phased with respect to one another. The inter-module interactions in this multi-modular system can be modeled, and an approach to eliminate these interactions in a practical EV charging environment is provided. To illustrate one example implementation, a prototype 1.2-kW 6.78-MHz 12-cm air-gap multi-modular capacitive WPT system comprising two 600-W modules is provided. This prototype system achieves 21.2 kW/m2 power transfer density and a peak efficiency of 89.8%. This multi-modular system also achieves a fringing field reduction of 50% compared to its individual modules.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1986828
Patent Number(s):
11502542
Application Number:
16/636,211
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, CO)
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000618
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 08/01/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Afridi, Khurram K., Regensburger, Brandon, Sinha, Sreyam, Kumar, Ashish, and Popovic, Zoya. Multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer circuit and related techniques. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Afridi, Khurram K., Regensburger, Brandon, Sinha, Sreyam, Kumar, Ashish, & Popovic, Zoya. Multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer circuit and related techniques. United States.
Afridi, Khurram K., Regensburger, Brandon, Sinha, Sreyam, Kumar, Ashish, and Popovic, Zoya. Tue . "Multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer circuit and related techniques". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986828.
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abstractNote = {A high performance kilowatt-scale large air-gap multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer (WPT) system is provided for electric vehicle (EV) charging. In one particular implementation, the multi-modular system achieves high power transfer while maintaining fringing electric fields within prescribed safety limits. The fringing fields are reduced using near-field phased-array field-focusing techniques, wherein the adjacent modules of the multi-modular system are out-phased with respect to one another. The inter-module interactions in this multi-modular system can be modeled, and an approach to eliminate these interactions in a practical EV charging environment is provided. To illustrate one example implementation, a prototype 1.2-kW 6.78-MHz 12-cm air-gap multi-modular capacitive WPT system comprising two 600-W modules is provided. This prototype system achieves 21.2 kW/m2 power transfer density and a peak efficiency of 89.8%. This multi-modular system also achieves a fringing field reduction of 50% compared to its individual modules.},
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