1. Compact and Free-Positioning Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Charging Applications.
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Wu, Shuai, Cai, Chunwei, Liu, Xichen, Chai, Wenping, and Yang, Shiyan
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WIRELESS power transmission , *DRONE aircraft , *MAGNETIC structure , *OMNIRANGE system , *MAGNETIC fields , *ELECTRIC power - Abstract
Compact design in receiver and misalignment tolerance are two basic considerations for practical applications of wireless power transfer (WPT) in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). To balance these two requirements, a novel magnetic design with the composite interval-acted parallel- & vertical-flux throw, orthogonal two-dimensional flux pick-up, and power-flow summed output is proposed in this letter. The resulting magnetic structure includes a target-shaped transmitter and two quadrature receivers, and the transmitter consists of four annular-type coils which are magnetized in a bipolar mode, making it possible to form a magnetic field with a parallel- and vertical-flux complementary distribution. Moreover, by integrating two orthogonal receiving coils into one receiver, a stable summed output current can supply the UAV onboard load with only a small size receiver. A UAV WPT prototype is established based on the proposal. The results show that the prototype can deliver 325 W with a system efficiency of 86%, and especially the variation of the output current is within ±0.76 A for different landing positions and directions. The overall system efficiency is from 87.3% down to 83.1%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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