A high efficiency 5 kW inductive charger for EVs using dual side control

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-595

  Wu, Hunter H ^a   Gilchrist, Aaron ^b   Sealy, Kylee D ^b   Bronson, Daniel ^b  

^a University Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Utah State University Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive charging; inductive power transfer; resonant power conversion

Indexed keywords

CHARGING SYSTEMS; CONTROL SCHEMES; COUPLING CONDITION; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FULL-LOAD; HUMAN SAFETY; INDUCTIVE CHARGING; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION; LEVEL 2; LIGHT LOADS; LOSS REDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; PLUG-INS; RESONANT POWER CONVERSION; SYSTEM LEVELS;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84864573451     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2192283     Document Type: Article

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