A 1MHz Oak Ridge AC / DC Converter for UAV Contactless Charger Implementation

In this paper, a 1 MHz single-phase Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) AC/DC wireless power transfer (WPT) system is introduced for unmanned air vehicle (UAV) charging applications. The proposed advanced solution eliminates the design, weight, volume, and the cost of the power factor correcting (PFC) front-e...

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Main Authors: Asa, Erdem, Xue, Lincoln, Mohammad, Mostak, Galigekere, Veda P., Onar, Omer C., Ozpineci, Burak
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
1MHz
ac-to-dc
Coils
contactless
converter
energy
Oak Ridge
Reactive power
Rectifiers
resonant
Resonant frequency
RLC circuits
Total harmonic distortion
transfer
Transmitters
UAV
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Summary:In this paper, a 1 MHz single-phase Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) AC/DC wireless power transfer (WPT) system is introduced for unmanned air vehicle (UAV) charging applications. The proposed advanced solution eliminates the design, weight, volume, and the cost of the power factor correcting (PFC) front-end rectifier compared to the conventional practices. Additionally, grid power quality requirements can be achieved with the presented innovative idea. With this method, single stage WPT primary side uses the hybrid grid frequency and high frequency (60 Hz and 1 MHZ) from ac source through the coupler coils and to UAV battery with GaN FETs. Experimental results of the single-phase system is presented to confirm the mathematical analyses with the source voltage of 110 VAC, RMS and output voltage of 40 VDC at 1 kW power with 6 inches air gap between couplers. The primary coupler consists of a ferrite-backed single-turn coil with a radius of 1.5 ft, and the secondary coupler is made with an air-core single-turn coil with radius of 1.2 ft. The system overall ac to dc efficiency is measured 77 % acquiring 0.99 power factor (PF) and 3.3 % current total harmonic distortion (THD) at 1 kW power.
ISSN:2470-6647
DOI:10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773397