Figures (17)  Tables (3)
    • Figure 1. 

      Intelligent pallet placement schematic.

    • Figure 2. 

      Proposed multi-stage WPT system.

    • Figure 3. 

      Cross-coupling relationships of neighboring stages.

    • Figure 4. 

      Structure of the proposed decoupling model. (a) Coupling mechanism model. (b) Magnetic flux density distribution.

    • Figure 5. 

      Double loads equivalent system circuit.

    • Figure 6. 

      Output voltage of inverter under different coupling coefficients.

    • Figure 7. 

      Analysis of high harmonics of the output voltage of inverter.

    • Figure 8. 

      Effect of parameter A on the system. (a) Output voltage of inverter under different A. (b) THD and η of the system under different A.

    • Figure 9. 

      Effect of coil parameters on system efficiency.

    • Figure 10. 

      Flowchart of efficiency optimization.

    • Figure 11. 

      Experimental platform and coil correspondence of the multi-stage WPT system. (a) Experimental platform. (b) Correspondence of coils in coupling mechanisms.

    • Figure 12. 

      Effect of A and Q on the output voltage of the inverter.

    • Figure 13. 

      Input waveform of experimental equipment.

    • Figure 14. 

      Output voltage of each load.

    • Figure 15. 

      The rectifier input voltage waveforms.

    • Figure 16. 

      The influence of load changes on the output voltage of the existing load.

    • Figure 17. 

      Calculation efficiency and experimental efficiency under different A.

    • Parameter Value Parameter Value
      ki1_(i+1)1 0.0022 ki2_si 0.1012
      ksi_(i+1)1 0.0014 ki2_(i+1)1 0.2167
      ki1_si 0.0141 ki2_s(i+1) 0.0037
      ki1_(i+1)2 0.0012 ki2_(i+1)2 0.014

      Table 1. 

      Coupling coefficients.

    • ParameterValueParameterValue
      f100 kHzRcom0.1 Ω
      Udc100 VRLp0.07 Ω
      Lp46 μHRL000.5 Ω
      L00100 μHReq5 Ω

      Table 2. 

      System parameters.

    • Parameters Values Parameters Values
      Udc 50 V Ci1 41.2 nF
      Lp 29.68 μH Ci2 31.83 nF
      L00 93.18 μH Ci3 99.7 nF
      Li1 105 μH Csi1 76.77 nF
      Li2 87 μH k00_11 0.27
      Lsi 33 μH ki2_(i+1)1 0.21
      Cp 85.3 nF ki2_si 0.15
      C0 40.2 nF Ri 10 Ω

      Table 3. 

      System parameters.