Model Order Reduction for Thermal Analysis of Wireless Power Transfer Systems Considering Radiation

Abstract

This work provides a comprehensive analysis of the thermal behavior of wireless power transfer systems for electric vehicles. This is achieved by employing the reduced-order modeling approach considering radiation heat transfer. The analyses are performed using finite element analysis modeling software ANSYS workbench. We show that the accuracy of the system-level simulations utilizing the reduced-order model is sufficient compared to the results obtained from the corresponding magnetic-thermal coupled-field simulations. Moreover, experimental validations are carried out to determine the agreement of the reduced-order model with the test platform.