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Optimizing Levitation Devices for Wireless Power Transfer: An Fe-NCS Grid Structure Approach

  • Fengxian Wang
  • , Qingxin Yang
  • , Xian Zhang*
  • , Zhaoyang Yuan
  • , Xuejing Ni
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Hebei University of Technology
  • Tianjin University of Technology
  • Ltd

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Abstract

This article proposes a solution for driving a microdisplacement device in the coupling space of a wireless power transfer system. The solution involves using a levitation device made of a combination of Fe-based nanocrystalline alloys (Fe-NCS) and aluminium. The dynamic model of the levitation device is analyzed to understand the electromagnetic force involved, and an optimized grid-type Fe-NCS structure is proposed to reduce the weight of the device and achieve stable levitation. The optimization uses a variable acceleration particle swarm optimization algorithm. A 3.7-kW prototype with 100-A input current is built to validate the proposed structure, and the results show that the optimized grid-type structure effectively enhances the average horizontal velocity of the levitation drive to 9.3 cm/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11859-11869
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume38
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electromagnetic force (EMF)
  • grid-type structure
  • levitation device
  • particle swarm optimization (PSO)
  • wireless power transfer (WPT)

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