A Conformal Anti-Misalignment and Expandable ODO Coupler for Cluster UUV UWPT Systems

De'an Wang; Zhi Bie; Jiantao Zhang; Chunbo Zhu; Zhan Gao; Shumei Cui

doi:10.1109/CIEEC64805.2025.11116726

A Conformal Anti-Misalignment and Expandable ODO Coupler for Cluster UUV UWPT Systems

De'an Wang^*
, Zhi Bie
, Jiantao Zhang
, Chunbo Zhu
, Zhan Gao
, Shumei Cui

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Underwater wireless power transfer (UWPT) technology provides a feasible approach to solve the range bottleneck problem of the underwater unmanned vehicle (UUV), but the continuous disturbance of ocean currents has caused great additional difficulties of power supply. This article proposes a novel ODO type UWPT magnetic coupler that can achieve 360 degree and ±100mm rotational and axial antimisalignment ability of UUVs in the UWPT docking station, respectively. This ODO magnetic structure has strong conformal advantages, sufficiently lightweight, good electromagnetic compatibility, and does not change the hydrodynamics characteristics of the original docking station and UUVs. It is worth mentioning that the ODO type magnetic coupler has good universal design principles. Through the expansion design of the receiver, the system power capacity can be easily increased, and potential for the application of cluster UUV UWPT systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE 8th International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1491-1496
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331542979
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CIEEC64805.2025.11116726
State	Published - 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th IEEE International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025 - Changsha, China Duration: 16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

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Name	2025 IEEE 8th International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025

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Conference	8th IEEE International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025
Country/Territory	China
City	Changsha
Period	16/05/25 → 18/05/25

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

anti-misalignment
expansion and cluster
magnetic coupler
underwater wireless power transfer
unmanned underwater vehicle

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Wang, D., Bie, Z., Zhang, J., Zhu, C., Gao, Z., & Cui, S. (2025). A Conformal Anti-Misalignment and Expandable ODO Coupler for Cluster UUV UWPT Systems. In 2025 IEEE 8th International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025 (pp. 1491-1496). (2025 IEEE 8th International Electrical and Energy Conference, CIEEC 2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIEEC64805.2025.11116726

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