Wireless power transfer : fueling the dots

Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer (RIC-WPT) has been proven to provide very high power transfer efficiencies (above 80%) for moderate distances, and is hence foreseen as a key technology to enable wireless power transfer to a myriad of different devices and related applications. Du...

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Autor: Bou Balust, Elisenda|||0000-0002-5853-5900
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/111230
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/111230
https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-111230
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wireless power transfer
Resonant inductive coupling
Electromagnetic fields
Camps electromagnètics
Electrònica de potència
Transferència d'energia
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
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Sumario:Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer (RIC-WPT) has been proven to provide very high power transfer efficiencies (above 80%) for moderate distances, and is hence foreseen as a key technology to enable wireless power transfer to a myriad of different devices and related applications. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the WPT underlying principles, several approaches have been provided to analyze RIC-WPT systems from different perspectives (encompassing Electromagnetic fields, Circuit models and Optics), but they have failed to provide a unified model to understand and ultimately to design the behaviour of such systems. This thesis is therefore aimed to, first, provide a multi-modal RIC-WPT complete model oriented to the design and in turn optimisation of RIC-WPT systems and, secondly, to explore and characterize the fundamental challenges precluding the widespread deployment of RIC-WPT and thereby accordingly to yield a set of design guidelines to overcome them. Finally, and due to the fact that multi-node RIC-WPT systems are key to the adoption of this technology, this thesis models, characterizes and analyzes Multiple-Input Multiple-Output RIC WPT Systems, making special emphasis on their scalability.