A three-phase inductive power transfer system for roadway-powered vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3370-3378

  Covic, Grant A ^a   Boys, John T ^a   Kissin, Michael L G ^a   Lu, Howard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic induction; Energy conversion; Road vehicle electric propulsion

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; GEOMETRICAL POSITIONS; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS; MOVING LOAD; MUTUAL COUPLING EFFECTS; PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEMS; POWER DELIVERY; POWER OUT PUT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; ROAD VEHICLE ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ROADWAY SURFACES; TEST TRACK; THREE-PHASE CURRENTS; TRACK LAYOUT;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PEOPLE MOVERS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 57849100544     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.904025     Document Type: Article

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