Analysis of an Operating State of the Innovative Capacitive Power Transmission System with Sliding Receiver Supplied by the Class-E Inverter

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in interest in applications of wireless power transmission (WPT). The development of electromobility and consumer electronics creates a need for newer and more effective systems for wireless charging. In spite of the unceasing progress in the research area of wireless energy transmission systems, the significant problem of the motion of the receiver has still not been solved. In this work, an innovative capacitive power transmission (CPT) system with a sliding receiver has been proposed, which enables efficient energy transmission regardless of the location of the receiver system relative to the transmitter system. The analysis of the operating states of the considered system has been conducted with the use of an in-house algorithm, in which the parameters of the equivalent circuit of the CPT system have been implemented. The parameters have been determined by the finite element method (FEM) using the electric scalar potential V. The system of capacitive power transmission was supplied from an E-class inverter. Selected results of calculations of the considered system have been presented and discussed.