• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.74-76
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 높은 주파수로 동작하는 전기자동차 충전용 자기유도방식 무선전력전송 (inductive power transfer, IPT) 시스템의 2차 측 semi-bridgeless 정류기 (semi-bridgeless rectifier, SBR)의 설계 방법을 제안한다. 높은 주파수 동작 시 SBR에 발생하는 발열 문제와 역회복 현상에 대해 분석하고, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 SBR용 스위치의 설계 요구 사항을 제안한다. 제안하는 요구 사항을 만족하는 SBR 스위치를 최종적으로 설계하고, 3.3kW급 IPT 시스템 prototype을 이용하여 설계 결과를 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1508-1516
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• 2015

A single phase H-bridge inverter is employed in conventional Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems as the primary side power supply. These systems may not be suitable for some high power applications, due to the constraints of the power electronic devices and the cost. A high-frequency cascaded multi-level inverter employed in IPT systems, which is suitable for high power applications, is presented in this paper. The Phase Shift Pulse Width Modulation (PS-PWM) method is proposed to realize power regulation and selective harmonic elimination. Explicit solutions against phase shift angle and pulse width are given according to the constraints of the selective harmonic elimination equation and the required voltage to avoid solving non-linear transcendental equations. The validity of the proposed control approach is verified by the experimental results obtained with a 2kW prototype system. This approach is expected to be useful for high power IPT applications, and the output power of each H-bridge unit is identical by the proposed approach.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2012

Contactless electrical power transfer through an air gap is a revived technology for supplying energy to many movable applications including Maglev. In this paper, magnetic equivalent circuits and analytical models of contactless electrical power transfer systems are developed and evaluated through experiment. Overall coupling coefficient and overall efficiency are introduced as means for evaluating the systems' performance. Compensating capacitors in primary and secondary sides of the systems improve the overall coupling coefficient and overall efficiency. Using the analytical models, the effects of different parameters and variables such as air gap and load current are analyzed to give a high coupling coefficient and an improved efficiency of power transfer for different compensation structures.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.959-965
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 그 동안 서울대학교에서 수행된 무선 전력 전송 관련 몇 가지 기본적인 연구 결과를 요약 정리하였다. 첫 번째 고찰은 무선전력 전송의 물리적인 한계에 대한 것으로, 주어진 안테나(공진기)를 이용하여 주어진 거리에서 얻을 수 있는 전송효율의 한계를 구면파 모드 이론을 이용하여 구하는 것이다. 두 번째로, 무선 전력 전송에서 사용되는 전력원의 종류에 따른 무선 전력 전송 특성 변화를 연구한 것이다. 더불어, 무선 전력 전송 안테나 사이의 거리가 변할 때 효율적인 전력전송이 가능한 방법을 제안하는 것이다. 마지막으로, 그 동안 무선 전력 전송에서 불분명하게 사용된 자기 유도방식과 자기 공명 방식의 차이를 분명히 하고자 하였으며, 결합 모드 이론을 이용하여 정량적인 구별 기준을 제시하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.25-26
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• 2015

Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) method becomes more and more popular for the Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charger due to its convenience and safety in comparison with plugged-in charger. In recent years, Lithium batteries are increasingly used in EVs and Constant Current/Constant Voltage (CC/CV) charge needs to be adopted for the high efficiency charge. However, it is not easy to design the IPT Battery Charger which can charge the battery with CC/CV charge under the wide range of load variation due to the wide range of variation in its operating frequency. This paper propose a new design and control method which makes it possible to implement the CC/CV mode charge with minimum frequency variation (less than 1kHz) during all over the charge process. A 6.6kW prototype charge has been implemented and 96.1% efficiency was achieved with 20cm air gap between the coils.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.846-849
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• 2018

Wireless power transfer (WPT) is the technology that enables the power to transmit electromagnetic field to an electrical load without the use of wires. There are two kinds of magnetic resonant coupling and inductive coupling ways transmitting from the source to the output load. Compared with microwave method for energy transfer over a long distance, the magnetic resonance method has the advantages of reducing the barrier of electromagnetic wave and enhancing the efficiency of power transmission. In this paper, the wireless power transfer circuit having a resonant frequency of 13.45 MHz for the low power system is studied, and the hardware implementation is accomplished to measure the power transmission efficiency for the distance between the transmitter and the receiver.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.578-583
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 이중루프 구조를 갖는 다중모드 무선전력전송 시스템을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 다중모드 무선전력전송 시스템은 두 개의 서로 다른 주파수 6.78 MHz 자기공진 무선전력전송 모드와 13.56 MHz NFC 모드로 동작하는 외부 루프 모듈과 두 개의 서로 다른 주파수에서 동작하는 자기유도 표준인 WPC 모드와 PMA 모드로 동작하는 외부 루프와 연결된 내부 루프 모듈로 구성된다. 실제 상용 스마트폰 배터리 커버에 장착하기 위해 페라이트 시트를 포함한 $45{\times}90{\times}0.35mm3$ 크기에 맞춰 설계 및 최적화 되었다. 제안된 다중모드 무선전력전송 시스템은 기존의 자기유도방식 표준에 해당하는 WPC와 PMA를 지원할 뿐만 아니라 6.78 MHz 및 13.56 MHz에서 20 dB 이상의 반사손실 특성을 나타내었고 6.78 MHz 자기공진 무선충전 환경에서는 공진코일 간 70% 이상의 효율 특성을 갖는다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.245-249
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• 2014

Wireless power transfer (WPT) system is very attractive because it removes power cables from home appliances, office equipments and battery chargers for electric vehicles. In this paper, non-radiative WPT systems studied recently are claimed to be technologically or theoretically identical in operation irrespective of the number of coils. Especially, 2-coil and 3-coil systems are compared in detail. It is also shown that multiplicity of coils does not increase power transfer capability.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.1206-1218
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• 2016

This article proposes a highly reliable power and communication system that guarantees the protection of essential instruments in a nuclear power plant under a severe accident. Both power and communication lines are established with not only conventional wired channels, but also the proposed wireless channels for emergency reserve. An inductive power transfer system is selected due to its robust power transfer characteristics under high temperature, high pressure, and highly humid environments with a large amount of scattered debris after a severe accident. A thermal insulation box and a glass-fiber reinforced plastic box are proposed to protect the essential instruments, including vulnerable electronic circuits, from extremely high temperatures of up to $627^{\circ}C$ and pressure of up to 5 bar. The proposed wireless power and communication system is experimentally verified by an inductive power transfer system prototype having a dipole coil structure and prototype Zigbee modules over a 7-m distance, where both the thermal insulation box and the glass-fiber reinforced plastic box are fabricated and tested using a high-temperature chamber. Moreover, an experiment on the effects of a high radiation environment on various electronic devices is conducted based on the radiation test having a maximum accumulated dose of 27 Mrad.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2018

Wireless inductive power transfer (IPT) technology is used in many applications today. A compact and high-frequency primary side inverter is one of the most important parts of a WPT system. In this study, a modified class EF-type voltage-fed multi-resonant inverter has been proposed for WPT application at a frequency range of 85-100 kHz. Instead of an infinite input choke inductor, a resonant inductor is used to reduce loss and power density. The peak voltage stress across the MOSFET has been reduced to almost 60% from a class-E inverter using a passive clamping circuit. A simple yet effective design procedure has been presented to calculate the various component values of the proposed inverter. The overall system is simulated using MATLAB/SimPowerSystem to verify the theoretical concepts. A 500-W prototype was built and tested to validate the simulated results. The inverter exhibited 90% efficiency at nearly perfect alignment condition, and efficiency reduced gradually with the misalignment of WPT coils. The proposed inverter maintains zero-voltage switching (ZVS) during considerable load changes and possesses all the inherent advantages of class E-type inverters.