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Modeling, simulation and experimental validation of solid media in capacitive wireless power transfer
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Capacitive wireless power transfer (CPT) employs an electric field to transmit energy through a medium. Air is the most often used and a well-understood medium. However, CPT can also bridge other solid media and even benefit from them as the dielectric properties of the medium govern the strength of the capacitive coupling. The parasitic elements of the coupling are influenced by the medium, in particular the leakage resistance. In this work, an analytical model is proposed that quantifies the leakage resistance losses in CPT systems for media. The model is validated by both finite element simulations and experiments on three different media: air, plexiglass and polytetrafluorideethylene (PTFE). As a result, at 1 MHz, the leakage resistance of plexiglass is 6 times higher than that of air while that of PTFE is 1.7 times smaller. This proves that a material with a large dipole moment generates larger losses in the medium which negatively affect system efficiency.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Sensors and actuators : A : physical. - Lausanne, 1990, currens
Publication
Lausanne : 2024
ISSN
0924-4247
DOI
10.1016/J.SNA.2024.115061
Volume/pages
367 (2024) , p. 1-13
Article Reference
115061
ISI
001176820100001
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Creation 14.02.2024
Last edited 26.07.2024
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