Figures (10)  Tables (2)
    • Figure 1. 

      A typical S-S type WPT system circuit topology diagram used for analysis in this paper.

    • Figure 2. 

      Main current paths in the inverter circuit. (a) Inverter steady-state output waveform diagram. (b) Current paths in different operating modes within half a cycle. (b1) Mode 1, corresponding to t0t1. (b2) Mode 2, corresponding to t1t2. (b3) Mode 3, corresponding to t2t3. (b4) Mode 4, corresponding to t3t4. (b5) Mode 5, corresponding to t4t5.

    • Figure 3. 

      PWM waveforms of switching devices under different operating conditions. (a) Normal working conditions. (b) S2 OC fault condition.

    • Figure 4. 

      Equivalent circuit topology of the WPT system used to establish the diagnostic model.

    • Figure 5. 

      Main current paths of the WPT system diagnostic model under different operating conditions. ix > 0: (a) Sx = 1; (b) Sx = 1 to 0; (c) Sx = 0; (d) Supper OC. ix < 0: (e) Sx = 0; (f) Sx = 0 to 1; (g) Sx = 1; (h) Slower OC.

    • Figure 6. 

      Flowchart of WPT system fault diagnosis and localization strategy.

    • Figure 7. 

      Experimental platform for method validation.

    • Figure 8. 

      Relevant electrical parameters for power and efficiency calculations. (a)–(c) Normal operating case. (d)–(f) S2 OC case. (a) DC voltage source output voltage Uo and output current Io. (b) Load voltage URL, inverter circuit output voltage uin, and transmitter-side loop current iT. (c) receiver-side loop current iR. (d) DC voltage source output voltage Uo' and output current Io'. (e) Load voltage URL', inverter circuit output voltage uin', and transmitter-side loop current iT'. (f) receiver-side loop current iR'.

    • Figure 9. 

      Experimental results for OC fault in each switching transistor under different coupling coefficients. (a) k = 0.384, S2 OC case. (b) k = 0.235, S1 OC case. (c) k = 0.158, S4 OC case. (d) k = 0.098, S3 OC case.

    • Figure 10. 

      Experimental results for OC fault in each switching transistor under different load resistances. (a) RL = 5.5Ω, S4 OC case. (b) RL = 10.4Ω, S3 OC case. (c) RL = 15.7Ω, S1 OC case. (d) RL = 20.1Ω, S2 OC case.

    • Parameters Value Parameters Value
      Uo (V) 80 f (kHz) 70
      δ (°) 19 td (ns) 551
      L1 (mH) 0.3 rL1 (Ω) 0.002
      C5 (mF) 0.5 rC5 (Ω) 0.013
      LS (nH) 218 rIGBT (Ω) 0.06
      tr (ns) 9 tf (ns) 15
      Cce (pF) 445 M (μH) 4.2~16.5
      RT (Ω) 0.06 RR (Ω) 0.07
      LT (μH) 42.7 LR (μH) 43.2
      CT (nF) 128.8 CR (nF) 120.1
      UD (V) 1.7 rD (Ω) 0.005
      C6 (μF) 50.2 rC6 (Ω) 0.005
      RL (Ω) 5.5~20.1 k 0.098~0.384

      Table 1. 

      Experimental platform parameters.

    • Ref. Feature parameters Diagnosis time Software and hardware costs Logical judgment
      [18] DC bus voltage difference residual Three switching cycles Medium Comlex
      [19] DC capacitor voltage One current cycle Medium Moderate
      [20] DC bus voltage, output current Half to two current cycles Small Moderate
      [21] DC bus voltage, three-phase current One switching cycle Large Moderate
      Proposed DC bus voltage Three switching cycles Small Simple

      Table 2. 

      Performance comparison of similar methods.