A study on transmission coil parameters of wireless power transfer for electric vehicles

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular as people become more concerned about global issues, such as fossil fuel depletion and global warming, which cause severe climate change. Wired charging infrastructure is inefficient because it requires the construction of one charging station for each electric vehicle. As a result, wireless power transfer via magnetic coupling, which is small, compact, and may be placed underground, is a promising technology for the future of charging electric vehicles. One of the disadvantages of wireless power transfer is that efficiency drops rapidly as air gaps grow larger, and it is particularly sensitive to other electrical characteristics such receiver unit capacitance. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the coil parameter, more specifically the outer diameter of wireless power transfer coil effects on the wireless power transfer efficiency at various air gaps and receiver capacitance values for EV applications. The simulations show that a larger outer diameter coil has a better power transfer efficiency at larger air gaps and a more stable range.