ADVANCED HIGH POWER WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM WITH ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMER FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
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Wireless power transfer, Wireless charging system for electric vehicles, Electronic transformerAbstract
The rapid transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is accompanied by many technical and economic challenges. One is related to the improvements the power distribution grid requires due to the increasing number of charging power stations, which will require important investments and improvements.
A promising technology that may contribute to these improvements is the solid-state transformer (SST), which could be used to replace the classical distribution transformers. Such an SST is made of complex power electronics components and is more flexible than the classical transformers, being able to regulate easily the voltage and frequency in the secondary circuit.
This paper is focused on the numerical simulation of a flexible high-power wireless charging system that may be used for heavy-duty and commercial electric vehicles. The numerical computations are carried out using Matlab/Simulink environment and allow us to estimate the performance of such complex systems.
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