• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.351-358
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• 2006

In this paper, the electrical characteristics of the contactless transformer is presented using the conventional coupled inductor theory. Compared with the conventional transformer, the contactless transformer has a large airgap, long primary wire and multi-secondary wire. As such, the contactless transformer has a large leakage inductance, small magnetizing inductance and poor coupling coefficient. Therefore, large magnetizing currents flow through the entire primary system due to small magnetizing inductance, resulting in low overall system efficiency. In high power applications, the contactless transformer is so bulky and heavy that it needs to be split by some light and small transformers. So, the contactless transformer needs several small transformer modules that are connected in series or parallel to transfer the primary power to the secondary one. This paper shows the analysis and measurement results of each contactless transformer module and comparison results between the series- and parallel-connection of the contactless transformer. The results are verified on the simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 30kW experimental prototype.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2008

In the transformer that is used for the contactless power transmission system, the primary and secondary sides are separated structurally unlike general transformers. When the contactless transformer is built, it forms relatively bigger air gap than the general transformer. Thus it is difficult to transfer energy from the primary side input to the secondary side output with high power efficiently because of low coupling coefficient. This paper proposes a contactless transformer using the rectangular type core that maintains high coupling coefficient even when it has relatively large air gap. The performance characteristics of the proposed transformer are compared with the transformer using general EE core to the air gap variation. The proposed contactless system using rectangular type core and dc-dc full bridge converter, and the system using EE core type and dc-dc full bridge converter are respectively implemented and their performance characteristics are verified by the simulation and experiment.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.182-188
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• 2006

Contactless power system is base on power transmission by magnetic force. The transformer loss is large because it separated with the gap. Also the system has unstable factor, since the parameters in the secondary can vary with the system movement. This paper proposes light train power transmission system using contactless transformer with multiple primary winding. To increase the system efficiency and to obtain the stable power transmission to the dynamic load, a resonant inverter is adopted. The proposed system was verified by the simulation using Spice and Maxwell. The designed contactless power transmission system is implemented for 5[kW] class and experimental results are discussed.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2000년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.505-508
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• 2000

A coreless printed circuit board(PCB) transformer is employed in a contactless energy transfer circuit that achieves an efficient power conversion at the presence of a considerable airgap between the source and the load side. A half-bridge series resonant converter is selected as the contactless energy transfer circuit in order to minimize the detrimental effects of large leakage inductance small magnetizing inductance and poor coupling coefficient of the coreless PCB transformer. The operation and performance of the proposed contactless power converter are verified on a 7 W experimental circuit that provides an 18V/0.4A output from a 210-370 V input source.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2005

Comparing with the conventional transformer without the air gap, a contactless transformer with the large air gap between the long primary winding and the secondary winding has increased leakage inductance and reduced magnetizing inductance. For transferring the primary power to the secondary one, the high frequency series resonant converter has been widely used for the contactless power supply system with the large air gap and the increased leakage inductance of the contactless transformer However, the high frequency series resonant converter has the disadvantages of the low efficiency and high voltage gain characteristics in the overall load range due to the large air gap and the circulating magnetizing current. In this paper, the characteristics of the high efficiency and unit voltage gain are revealed in the proposed three-level series-parallel resonant converter. The results are verified on the simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 5kW experimental prototype.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.423-426
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• 2011

This paper presents numerical analysis and design of high power contactless transformer with a large air-gap for moving on a guided linear track which is appropriate for high-speed train or MAGLEV. The system has the typical characteristics of large leakage inductance, small magnetizing inductance, and low coupling coefficients giving rise to lower power transfer efficiency, which have been compensated by the purposely-designed contactless transformer coupled with the resonant converter modulating with high switching frequency. In particular, the best model selected from the generated six design candidates has been applied for 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) investigating on iron loss to evaluate the overall system efficiency.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2011

기존의 무접점 전원공급 시스템은 비접촉 변압기의 1, 2차측 간 RFID/ID 통신 방식을 이용하여 무접점으로 전원을 공급하고, 이물질을 감지한다. 이러한 시스템은 ID 신호를 발생시켜주는 회로가 추가 되어야 하고, 2차측에서 발생한 ID 신호의 인식과 제어는 1차측에서 수행하기 때문에 회로의 복잡성이 야기된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 전압위상을 이용한 무접점 전원공급 시스템을 제안하고, 타당성을 증명하기 위하여 3[W]급 무접점 전원공급 장치를 설계하고, 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 수행하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.407-417
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• 2003

비접촉식 충전기에 사용되는 변압기는 비교적 큰 공극으로 인해 낮은 결합계수를 가지므로 전력전달 능력이 떨어진다. ㄷ ㅓ 형 코어로 비접촉식 충전기용 변압기를 만들면 표준형의 EE, EC, UU 코어로 만든 변압기에 비해 높은 결합계수를 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 ㄷ ㅓ 형 코어로 만든 변압기의 특성을 연구하였다. 누설 인덕턴스와 여자 인덕턴스가 미치는 영향을 정현파 구동이나 구형파 구동을 통하여 분석하였고 코어에 따른 전력 전달 특성을 비교하였다. 분석의 타당함을 확인하기 위하여 ZVS 변환기에 삽입하여 그 동작을 확인하였다. 본 논문에 사용된 분석과 비교하는 방법은 공극이 큰 PCB 변압기 등에도 적용할 수 있다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1304-1306
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• 2004

Recently, the study for development of system having affinity for environment is on investigation. This issue is also applicable to transportation system. This paper suggested the inductive power transformer used for the road/railway applied to contactless power transfer system. The two secondary windings, large gaped magnetic structure and horizontal alignment between primary and secondary coil for that transformer approach a process for improvement of contactless power transfer system performance.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2012

The impurity detection method applied to existing discriminated the normality(R, L, C) and impurity(Metal) load using mutual RFID/ID method in the contactless power supply in which the primary side and the secondary side are completely separation by using the contactless transformer. However, this kind of system is caused the high cost of the system and complexity of control. Therefore, in this paper was proposed the contact-less power transfer using the primary current that determine normality or impurity load by compare the primary current Amplitude to reference quantity value and design the 3[W] contact-less power transfer and conduct an experiment for demonstrate the validity.