Comparison Survey of Effects of Hull on AUVs for Underwater Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System and Underwater Inductive Wireless Power Transfer System

Lei Yang; Yuanqi Zhang; Xaojie Li; Baoxiang Feng; Xinze Chen; Jingjing Huang; Ting Yang; Darui Zhu; Aimin Zhang; Xiangqian Tong

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3225541

IEEE Access (Jan 2022)

Comparison Survey of Effects of Hull on AUVs for Underwater Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System and Underwater Inductive Wireless Power Transfer System

Lei Yang,
Yuanqi Zhang,
Xaojie Li,
Baoxiang Feng,
Xinze Chen,
Jingjing Huang,
Ting Yang,
Darui Zhu,
Aimin Zhang,
Xiangqian Tong

Affiliations

Lei Yang: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Yuanqi Zhang: School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Xaojie Li: School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Baoxiang Feng: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Xinze Chen: School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Jingjing Huang: ORCiD; School of Automation Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Ting Yang: School of Energy Engineering, Yulin University, Yulin, China
Darui Zhu: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Aimin Zhang: ORCiD; School of Automation Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Xiangqian Tong: ORCiD; School of Electrical and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3225541
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10
pp. 125401 – 125410

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Underwater wireless power transfer (UWPT) system has attracted widespread attention. It has been used for power delivery for underwater equipment in the marine environment with high safety and convenience. However, the material of metal plates and the shape which will affect the high frequency alternating electromagnetic fields and the high frequency alternating electric fields for the inductive wireless power transfer (IPT) system and the capacitive wireless power transfer (CPT) system. This paper presents the effects of the hull of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) on the underwater wireless power transfer system including the underwater capacitive wireless power transfer (UCWPT) system and underwater inductive wireless power transfer (UIWPT) system. The features of underwater wireless power transfer systems have been carefully studied with simulation and experimental work. The experimental water tank has been constructed with the 35‰ salinity water. The hull of AUVs has been respectively simulated and built with rectangle metal plates and curved metal plates. The original experimental data and phenomenon have been presented in this paper. The different performance of the UCWPT system and UIWPT system is provided and discussed in this paper. The comparison work with the related paper has been analyzed. This paper could be acted as the reference for designing the underwater wireless power transfer system for AUVs.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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