Development of a Wireless Power Supply System for an E-Bike

Jaehong Lee, Sangmin Lee, Myeongseok Kwak, Gyeonghoon Yeom, Seung Hwan Lee

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Abstract

A wireless power transfer system for an electric bicycle was investigated in this study. Loosely coupled transmitter and receiver coils that are designed for an installation on a rack and a bike wheel were developed. Achieving required mutual inductance with compact size and light weight coils was the goal of the system design. To achieve the requirements, the transmitter and receiver coils were wound in a ferrite pot-core that increases coils' self-inductances and confines magnetic flux to prevent coupling with a bike wheel and a rack. Using finite element analysis, the dependence of the quality factor and self-inductance of a coil design methodology using the ferrite pot-core was studied in this paper. It was found that eddy-current loss of coils wound in a pot-core increased highly near the air-gap. To achieve a high quality factor, coil should be located as deep inside of the pot-core. On the other hand, coils' self-inductances decreased while coils were moved away from the air-gap. Also, mathematical analysis of a series-parallel compensated wireless power transfer system was studied. Stability margin, efficiency, and induced voltage were considered to optimize the load resistance. The proposed system was evaluated using an experimental test-bed. Measured coil-to-coil efficiency of the developed system was over 90 % and the overall efficiency was 73.2 % at its rated operation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages599-605
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9788957083130
StatePublished - May 2019
Event10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 27 May 201930 May 2019

Publication series

NameICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period27/05/1930/05/19

Keywords

  • Battery charging
  • Coil design
  • E-bike wireless power transfer system
  • Finite element analysis
  • Pot-core
  • Series-Parallel resonant

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