Wireless battery charging: E-bike application

Author

Pellitteri, F. ; Boscaino, V. ; Di Tommaso, A.O. ; Miceli, Rosario ; Capponi, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energy, Inf. Eng. & Math. Models, Univ. of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

251

Abstract

Nowadays, Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) represents a widely investigated issue with respect to modern battery charging methods, by providing a wireless solution. IPT is applied across a large variety of applications, from Watt to kWatt power levels. Although IPT features great benefits in terms of safety and comfort, the most significant drawback consists of a relatively poor power conversion efficiency. In this paper, a 100W wireless charging equipment for E-bikes which improves efficiency is proposed. Complete magnetic structure design, as well as transmitter and receiver efficient architectures, are deeply exposed. The efficiency of the designed solution is shown by simulation results.

Keywords

battery storage plants; bicycles; electric vehicles; inductive power transmission; E-bikes; IPT; inductive power transfer; kWatt power levels; magnetic structure design; modern battery charging methods; power 100 W; power conversion efficiency; receiver efficient architectures; transmitter efficient architectures; wireless charging equipment; Batteries; Coils; Couplings; Power conversion; Receivers; Transmitters; Wireless communication; battery charging; contactless battery charging; inductive power transfer; wireless charging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRERA.2013.6749760

Filename

6749760