Dual receiver series topology for bipolar segmented DWPT system

Abstract

For a segmented dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) system, when electric vehicles (EVs) move over two adjacent transmitting coils, the received power fluctuates greatly and has some loss. Arming at this problem, this paper proposes a dual receiver segmented DWPT topology to reduce the received power fluctuation of the receiving coil passing through the rail junction during the moving process of the EV. Through magnetic field analysis in this paper, tuning the current phase difference between two adjacent transmitting coils to 180° can enhance the magnetic field. In this paper, a dual receiver series topology (DRST) is designed to pick up power, which consists of four fully controlled components and four diodes. According to EVs’ real-time position, the segment DWPT system has three working modes and six working states under the control of DRST. Finally, experiments are carried out. Compared to the single-receiving-coil system, DRST is effective in improving the average output power from 2.007 to 5.657 W and significantly reducing the power fluctuation.