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Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology has become a popular research direction in the field of industrial applications, with the advantages of contactless operation, high degree of freedom, and great controllability. However, there are still some challenging issues that need to be resolved. First of all, more advanced circuit topologies and magnetic coupling structures need to be designed to achieve the power conversion goals of diversified applications. Second, novel control methods, optimization algorithms, and modeling methods enable systems to be better controlled and designed. Finally, potential application scenarios need to be discovered so that this novel power transfer method can be applied in more suitable applications. Therefore, this topic is organized by the responsible editor to gather the power of more scholars. With reviewers' hard work and considerations, 32 papers were finally accepted for publication in this Special Issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Linear machines are currently considered as viable candidates for direct-drive wave and free-piston energy converters. This paper is devoted to an approach based on a magnetic equivalent circuit (MEC), which is also called lumped circuit, dedicated to the modeling and sizing of a tubular linear permanent-magnet synchronous machine (T-LPMSM). The proposed approach considers, in a first step, the cancelation of the end-effect phenomenon. To do so, a dedicated design procedure, consisting in 1) achieving a $2\pi/3$-shift between the armature phase flux linkages by selecting a fractional ratio of the stator pole pitch to the mover one and 2) balancing the amplitudes of the phase flux linkages by extending the stator magnetic circuit with teeth of appropriate dimensions, is firmly applied on two basic T-LPMSM topologies using a dedicated MEC. Then, an investigation of the influent sizing parameters on the force production capability of the initial concept is carried out. The MEC-based prediction of the force requires the incorporation of the mover displacement, yielding the so-called “position varying MEC” on one hand and the armature magnetic reaction on the other hand. The finite-element analysis of the armature phase flux linkages and the developed force enable the validation of the results yielded by the established MECs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces the development of an analytical mathematical model to describe the fast dynamic response ofthe opening and closing mechanism of a power line recloser switch. The model is then used to simulate and evaluate thetransient mechanical and electromagnetic performance during the opening and closing movements of the recloser. Thesimulated results are validated by measurements on an actual recloser while it operates. This model can be used tooptimize the recloser design and reduce the manufacturing cost, instead of using the time-consuming finite-elementanalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Future applications of wireless power transfer will include powering various devices in a room, charging electric vehicles in a parking area, charging moving robots, and so on. Therefore, practical wireless power transfer must be able to support complicated configurations, for example, combination of multireceiver and repeaters. Many past works have discussed methods for improving efficiency and, more recently, extended the methods to multireceiver systems. However, controllable power division among receivers is also an important feature as receivers nearer to the transmitter tend to absorb more power compared to further ones. In this paper, a new impedance matching and power division method utilizing impedance inverters only at the receiver sides is proposed. The mathematical equations in the proposed method are then generalized for arbitrary number of receivers and arbitrary number of repeaters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper, a new technique for estimation of airgap length in magnetically levitated systems (MagLev) is introduced. The proposed method makes use of the embedded airgap information in the inductance of an active phase in a hybrid MagLev system. Terminal measurements are used along with the phase voltage equation to estimate airgap length by the virtue of an existing one-to-one correspondence between inductance and airgap length. Sensitivity analysis will be carried out to illustrate the impact of changes in MagLev's geometry and current sensor resolution on the accuracy of the proposed method. Based on experimental results, it will be shown that the proposed sensorless method performs well both at standstill and moving conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need for testing magnetic materials used in electric machine laminations and measurements under a rotating field is of importance in machine design. In order to obtain satisfactory experimental data, the design of the measurement apparatus deserves particular attention. The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel design of a magnetic circuit based on the Halbach array, which generates a uniform flux density inside the test specimen for the measurement of rotational core loss. The proposed design is simulated and prototyped, and experimental tests are performed on two different samples of M19 gauge-24 and M36 gauge-29 silicon steel at three different frequencies (60 Hz, 400 Hz, and 1 kHz). The field-metric method is used in this work to evaluate the rotational core losses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]