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Electric Vehicle On-Road Dynamic Charging

System with Wireless Power Transfer


Technology
In-Soo Suh, Jedok Kim, Member, IEEE

While the rapid progress is currently being made in the global


AbstractThe recent development in simulation speed and electric vehicle market, substantial barriers to massive EV
capacity of magnetic field, and the power electronics, the field of adoption still exist. Those can be summarized as batteries,
wireless power transfer has been developed significantly. In the charging infrastructure, electric power interface and customer
future transport area, electric vehicles are considered as
acceptance [2]. With the widespread lithium-ion battery
replacement of oil-powered internal combustion engine driven
vehicles, especially for the CO2 reduction and alternative energy technology, the power density and specific power capacity
perspective. However, electric vehicle requires several key issues have been grown significantly, yet batteries have not been able
resolved in view of the heavy weight, bulky volume, and limited to compete with the tremendous energy density of petroleum
driving distance. fuels [3].
In this paper, the innovative on-road dynamic wireless Carrying the energy storage system (ESS) within an electric
charging technology for electric vehicle, called OLEV, is
vehicle during the entire operation distance has been a
introduced. The electric vehicle charging technology can be
classified as conductive or wireless, stationary or dynamic, and significant roadblock to EVs, mainly because of the heavy and
slow or fast. The fast charging in the range of 100 kW of power bulky battery system with the current technology. The
capacity and wireless dynamic charging concept are described. overhead wire system for the traditional public tram can be a
Also the design concept, system architecture and development remedy, but it also provided limited operations within urban
process of optimizing the magnetic flux field for the higher power application of public transportation, with the sacrifice of the
transfer efficiency are described in this paper. The dynamic
city landscape.
charging technology is also compared with the stationary
conductive charging for electric vehicles, in view of its Rather than carrying the power source like battery for the
development concept and status, and practical feasibility of the EVs during entire travel distance, delivering the power
innovative technology. wirelessly to operating vehicles can be a competitive design
solution for future electrified road and vehicle, which can be
. considered as a design solution to EV introduction [4]. Thus,
wireless charging of EVs, either stationary or dynamic on-road
Index Terms charging, dynamic charging, fast charging, charging can be a technology innovation to achieve the
wireless power transfer
massive EV introduction. However, this technology should
meet the following requirements; transfer power capacity and
I. INTRODUCTION
efficiency, appropriate level of convenience, safety, and

E lectrification in transportation technology has been


emphasized strongly for the last several decades and will
be growing as the factors are driving the change in power
business competitiveness.
In earlier 1890s, N. Tesla boldly proposed his idea to
transmit the electrical power wirelessly through air medium, as
sources, such as tougher regulation triggered by the tried in Wardenclyffe tower experiment [5], [6]. With the
environmental concerns and urge to reduce the crude oil increased power and energy efficient consumer electronics and
dependence affected by the energy security concerns. In small-capacity mobile equipment use, the Wireless Power
automotive applications, the internal combustion engine Transfer technology (WPT) has drawn significant attraction in
(ICE), hybrids, CNG and fuel cell powered vehicles will yet be technology group and related industries, and the market
core power sources in current and future ground vehicle forecast predicts about $2 billion in wireless-power related
technology which requires further rapid steps of efficiency revenues by 2020 in the area of consumer electronics,
enhancement for fuel efficiency until 2020 [1]. Despite the automotive/transportation, industrial automation and heavy
current slow pace of market penetration, electric vehicle (EV) equipment, energy, sensors and transducers, medical and
is one of strong candidates in the industry and research sectors. healthcare, and other applications [7].
In WPT field, three main types of WPT have been
In-Soo Suh is a professor at Graduate School for Green Transportation,
KAIST, Korea (phone: 10-9125-5964; e-mail: insoo.suh@kaist.ac.kr). commercially viable at this time: 1) electromagnetic inductive
Jedok Kim is a researcher at Graduate School for Green Transportation, coupling, 2) resonant magnetic coupling, and 3) microwave
KAIST, Korea (e-mail: nara911@kaist.ac.kr) based wireless power transfer. Power beaming by laser
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concept by NASA or space-based solar power is noticeable in and the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology.
WPT field, but both are either at the conceptual level or little The system will provide a good example to integrate those
early for commercial application yet [7-9]. complex areas into a transportation system. In this chapter, the
In the inductive coupling area, besides many application unique approach of enhancing the transmission efficiency of
technologies developed in consumer electronics area, the wireless power in the system will be discussed, in addition to
California PATH Program and a group of researchers in the systematic architecture of the power supply infrastructure,
Oakland University, New Zealand, are worthwhile to be noted the vehicle and related electromagnetic field (EMF)
in their contribution related with the surface transportation or investigation.
electric vehicle charging. The wireless power transfer A. Resonant Coupled WPT and Efficiency
performance from the PATH program can be summarized with As reviewed in the introduction, the currently available
the transferred power capacity of 60 kW, the operating wireless power technologies become more and more efficient
frequencies of inductive power transfer of 400 Hz and 8500 and practical recently with the emphasis on EV and consumer
Hz, and the maximum measured power transfer efficiency electronics applications [17-20]. Followed by Bolgar [21],
from commercial electricity source to the output of paired numerous inventors have come up with the new ideas of
receiver system of 60 % at 2-3 inches of air gap [10-12]. electric vehicle application; some have proposed to use the
However, the program had not been fully commercially road as a power supplying system [11, 22-24].
successful due to limited level of efficiency and lesser Typical conductive power transfer happens on a closed
competitive in business calculation, as described in [13] with circuit with the direct power flow across the conductor. The
various parametric simulation studies on the efficiency, wireless power transfer can be regarded as a contactless power
economic analysis and electromagnetic field exposure issue to transfer, which includes the inductive or capacitive power
human. transfer, like traditional transformers and capacitors. It is noted
Boys and Covic introduced a contact-less energy transfer that the power transfer from the primary and secondary coil of
system as a static battery charging system, called as a transformer can be achieved through a narrow air gap at low
inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT) [14-15]. Soljacic frequencies of 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This phenomenon has been
et. al. [16] successfully formulated mathematically on the called as strongly coupled near-field inductive power transfer,
resonant coupled power transfer between two resonant coils, or closely coupled contactless power transfer for the
demonstrating transferring 60 W powers at a distance of 1.8 m transformer above. If the operating frequency is high enough
applying 10 MHz AC electricity. that the inductive coupling between two circuits can be
In 2009, KAIST On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) project stronger due to the rapid changing rate of the magnetic field,
group demonstrated a series of buses and a tram demonstrating then the power transfer across the air gap can be happened.
the dynamic wireless charging of EVs as a commercially However, for the applications with higher power requirement
applicable approach. The dynamic wireless charging of OLEV and longer distance between both coils, improving the transfer
system was possible by introducing the resonant based power efficiency (by maximizing the power factor) is required,
transfer between primary and secondary coils. With the especially for the dynamic wireless charging applications like
relatively larger distance between two coils, the resonant OLEV. A resonator capacitor can be used in the secondary coil
coupling made possible the dynamic charging in view of the circuit and the resonance frequency can be tuned to the
power transmission efficiency, transferred power capacity and operating frequency of the primary circuit, then the power
economic consideration, which will be the main focus of this factor of the secondary coil is 1 and the transfer efficiency can
paper. be maximized, which can be called as a resonant based power
In this paper, the innovative technology in wireless power transfer.
transfer field and experimental verification for practical In order to explain this phenomenon, we can consider the
applicability in commercial point of view of the OLEV system following equivalent primary and secondary circuits of closely
will be discussed. The suggested innovative concept of coupled inductive power transfer model as shown in Fig. 1 (a),
wireless power transfer technology, called as Shaped and its equivalent circuits in (b), which is the same as the
Magnetic Field In Resonance (SMFIR) will also be described, transformer model.
in addition to the actually demonstrated power supply
infrastructure and vehicle system in the perspective of their
power transfer performance and design robustness for
feasibility and applicability to future green mobility.

II. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF OLEV SYSTEM


The OLEV is an integrated system of invention and
innovation combining automotive, power electronics, power
grid, road infrastructure, and Information Technology (IT),
applying WPT. The road electrification will be a key R&D
area for the next decades linking together with the smart grid

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From (5), we can define the transfer function between the
circuits in view of the power supply voltage of the primary
circuit and the output induced current of the secondary circuit.
At the perfect resonant conditions of two circuits, the tuning
of the capacitances in primary and secondary circuits should
meet the following (6) and (7), as shown in Fig. 1 (b), at the
resonance frequency of 0 .
(a) Actual equivalent circuit
1 (6)
+ j 0 L1 = 0
j 0 C 1
1 (7)
+ j 0 L 2 = 0
j 0 C 2

Per two equations, we can properly tune the circuits for the
(b) Equivalent circuit at a perfect resonance stronger magnetic coupling between two circuits. From Fig. 1
Fig. 1. The equivalent circuit of a loosely coupled wireless power transfer
(b), we can write the following relationship at the resonant
system operating frequency 0 .

Here the subscripts 1 and 2 refer to the primary and V1 = R1 I1 j 0 MI 2 (8)


secondary coil values of inductor, L , resistance, R , and
capacitance, C . VS is the source voltage of the primary V2 = j 0 MI1 RT I 2 (9)

circuit, equal to , while Rl means the load resistance of the


By defining the complex impedances of each circuit as Z1
secondary circuit. The winding ratio of the primary and
secondary is referred to n . When the operating angular and Z 2 , these can be written as follows.
frequency of the power source is , the mutual inductance
M can be determined with the following formula. 1 (10)
Z 1 = R1 + + j 0 L1
j 0 C 1
VS (1) 1 (11)
M = Z 2 = RT + + j 0 L 2
I1 j 0 C 2

With introducing the degree of the coupling between two The delivered power to the secondary circuit, P2 , and,
coils with the coupling coefficient, k , the mutual inductance, hence, the transfer efficiency, , at the resonance frequency,
M , can be expressed as follows.
0 , can be obtained as follows in (13).
M = k L1 L2 (2)
02 M 2 RT I 2
P2 = Re {V 2 I 2* } = (12)
Z 2 Z 2*
Thus, the circuits in Fig. 1 (a) can be redrawn as in (b)
P2 Re {V2 I 2 }
*
utilizing the mutual inductance, M . 02 M 2 RT (13)
= = =
P1 Re {V1 I1* } Re {Z 1 Z 2 Z 2* + 02 M 2 Z 2* }
1 (3)
V1 = + j L1 + R1 I1 j MI 2
j C1 Here * means the complex conjugate. By simplifying the
1 Eq. (13), the transfer efficiency can be written as following
V2 = j MI1 j L2 + + RT I 2 (4)
(14).
j C 2
02 M 2 1 (14)
Here, RT ( = R2 + Rl ) is the total resistance of the secondary = =
R1 RT + 02 M 2 1 + R1 RT
circuit. From (3) and (4), we can rearrange for the current in 02 M 2
the second circuit.
In terms of Q-factors of primary and secondary circuits, the
efficiency can be derived as follows:
j M (5)
I2 = V1
1 1 k 2 iQ1 iQ 2
R1 +
j C1
+ j L1 RT +
j C 2
+ j L 2 + 2 M 2 = (15)
1 + k 2 iQ1 iQ 2
Here, and are defined as follows:

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0 L1 field in the vicinity area of power trransfer.
Q1 =
R1 A schematic circuit diagram forr the OLEV system, which
L includes the power supply infraastructure and the power
Q2 = 0 2 . receiver sub-system in a vehicle are shown in Fig. 3. Starting
RT
from the main power source, regiional standard industrial 3
phase AC electricity with either 440 0V or 380V, the high power
Thus, in order to maximize the transmissionn efficiency from will go through the power inverteer, of which functions are
(14), both circuits at resonance frequency shhould follow this AC-DC Converter, PWM (Pulse Width W Modulation), primary
basic principle [25]. circuit tuning module for the operatting frequency, and a finite
number of segment installed under the t road surface. The PWM
R1 RT switching module will convert thee DC electricity to 20 kHz
<< 1 (15)
AC, where the actual test bed is usiing 20 kHz as an operating
02 M 2
frequency of the primary circuiit and the receiver coils
k 2 i Q1 i Q 2 >> 1 (16) inductances and capacitancess, as denoted with
, , , , , , , can be useed as a resonant frequency
From (15), it should be noted that the hhigher operating tuning purpose. The received magn netic field will be converted
frequency and the stronger magnetic couplingg in two resonant to DC electricity going through the rectifier and regulator to
circuits will bring higher power transfer efficciency. From the feed into directly to the drive moto or or energy storage device
(2), for the higher value of the mutual inducctance, M , it is on-board. The power inverter would d also include the switching
required to have higher coupling coefficient k , where one of management of each segment, wh hile maintaining the output
the significant factor would be the magnetic field interaction current at constant 200A upon the load requirement of those
between two resonant coils. In other wordss, from (16), the segments, which can be extended to o six, as demonstrated in the
efficiency will be greater for the higher Q Q-factors of both test bed.
circuits and with higher coupling factor. In this experimental test bed, thee vehicle can have 100 kW
of power receiving capacity with fiive of each pick up module
of 20 kW each, as demonstrated in n the private campus road.
B. OLEV System Architecture The mutual inductance can hardly be b defined explicitly due to
KAISTs OLEV system, a trademark registered, is a the complicate nature of 3-dim mensional magnetic field,
dynamic wireless charging system, of which m main sub-systems enclosing geometry and 20 kHz material properties of the
are comprised of the power supply system as a part of road and boundary including the leakage mag gnetic field, which can be a
the electric vehicle which has equipped with thhe power pick-up further study. However, the dem monstrated OLEV system
modules. The power supply track embedded inn the road can be achieved more than 80% of transffer efficiency with 20 kHz
considered as the primary circuit of the ressonant magnetic operating and resonant frequency by b optimizing the magnetic
coupling, and the power pick-up device can bbe considered as field and resonant tuning process, which is described in the
the secondary resonant circuit. The schematic architecture of following section.
an OLEV system is shown in Fig. 2.The pow wer line segment
Optimizing Magnetic Flux Field
can be considered as the main inductance off the track of the
primary circuit. The design variables can include geometric layout of coils
and ferrite shapes in transverse and longitudinal direction of
vehicle-based coordinate and th he tuning parameters of
inductance, capacitance of both cirrcuits including the air-gap
(or ground height of a vehicle betweeen the road surface and the
bottom of pick-up modules) distan nce. The tuning parameters
can roughly be explained with a set of equivalent circuit
concepts [14, 25-27], Eq. (6), (7) can
c be the basic framework
of the tuning process of two resonant
r circuits. For the
maximized power transfer efficiency and minimized the
leakage field flux of the magneticc field, the magnetic field
shapes should be optimized in three dimensional spatial
coordinates. The schematized magnetic field shapes with the
fundamental concept of the shaped magnetic
m field in resonance
Fig. 2. Overall OLEV system architecture: vehiccle and power supply (SMFIR) is shown in Fig. 4.
t The 2-D simulation model used includes the power supply
In the OLEV system, the fundamental objeective is to form system with power cables in longiitudinal direction of a bus,
an optimized and efficient AC magnetic fieldd shape between the pick-up module attached to the under-body, and the
the supply and receiver electric circuits, with applying metallic body with specific arrangemments of ferrite cores under
resonant electricity, and to minimize the leeakage magnetic the power cable and within the pow wer pick-up module. As one

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power cable goes in the vehicle forward moviing direction and mode of wireless power transfer meechanism.
the other cable is in reverse direction, thee magnetic field
generated shows a duel elliptic shape, whichh we call a dual

Fig. 3. A schematic circuit diagram of the on-road dynam


mic charging system

nal power source from the


electric bus, but there is an addition
ground, while the vehicle is in motion, of which major
components are the power picck-up modules installed
underneath the vehicle body, a sett of capacitor bank and a
regulator. The drive motor, either DC
D or AC induction type, is
driven either by the battery power or direct power from the
power collection system. The pick--up power capacity can be
augmented by adding more numbeers of pick-up modules, of
which each capacity has been deveeloped up to 20 kW. Five
pick-up modules can collect the po ower up to 100 kW, which
means a fast charging system wireleessly through AC magnetic
field.

Fig. 4. A schematic diagram of cross-sectional view of magnetic flux field


with SMFIR B. OLEV Power Supply Infrastructture
OLEV power supply system or po owered road is composed of
III. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF OL
LEV SYSTEM a set of power tracks throughout the
t vehicle travel road. A
powered track is composed of a sett of 6 segments, which can
A. OLEV Vehicle Architecture have different lengths with each other, controlled by a set of
As shown in Fig. 2, the bus architecturee is similar to an power inverter through a switch boxx. As shown in Fig. 2, one

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example of a powered track layout is shown, which consist of takes only 17 % of one round trip. This system has three
six segments. Between each segment, there can be enough powered tracks and two separate stationary charging stations on
distances between the segments depending on the application the road. Three power inverters are installed at each powered
conditions, such as bridges or pedestrian crossing etc. track, with an additional power inverter for two stationary
charging stations. The electricity collected during the vehicle
operation on 170 m powered track has been enough to
C. Implementation Results Summary
compensate the battery state of charge (SOC) level which has
In Seoul Grand Park, the first prototype of dynamic wireless been consumed during one round trip due to the drive motor
charging system in public demonstration purpose has been and auxiliary power requirement [3]. In other words, it is
installed. Here the first segment has 2.5 m and the other five necessary to determine the total powered road length
segments have 25 m each, while the distance between the considering the energy consumption of the vehicle on the
segments has been varied from 3 m to 100 m range. [3] In the application field while minimizing the installation cost.
park, one round trip in a closed circuit of a people mover tram is
2.2 km, and the installed powered track is about 170 m, which

Fig. 5. A schematic diagram of cross-sectional view of magnetic flux field with SMFIR
In the Fig. 5, a set of experimental test data for battery state occupational and general public to time varying electric and
of charge level SOC, instantaneous battery magnetic fields in unperturbed values are defined, as shown in
charging/discharging power, vehicle speed and the regulators Fig. 6. The suggested reference value at 20 kHz for the general
instantaneous output of wirelessly transferred power are shown public from is 27.0 T, e.g. 270 mG in the frequency region of
during one round trip of the closed route in the park. From the 3 kHz to 10 MHz, while the reference value for the
measured vehicle operational speed profile, it is possible to see occupational exposure is 100 T, which is 1000 mG in the same
the stationary charging when the vehicle speed is zero, and the frequency range. Though the method on the spatial averaging
dynamic charging while the vehicle speed is above zero, when of external electric and magnetic fields and on the
the vehicle is in starting range with lower speed. During one non-sinusoidal exposure are defined in [28], it still requires an
round of trip, it is observed that the battery SOC has been additional technical standards to apply this general guideline on
recovered to the level before the trip due to the wireless the measurement location and procedures on specific radiation
delivered energy have the same amount of the consumed characteristics of certain object, especially for the new
energy. technology such as OLEV or magnetic levitation vehicle etc.
For the OLEV application, weve suggested to measure 30
cm away from the vehicle outer body line, and take the average
D. EMF Shielding
of three measured points 0.5 m, 1.0 m, and 1.5 m in height off
According to the International Commission for the ground surface at 20 kHz, while the wireless power transfer
Non-Ionization Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) [28], the is in action on the stationary vehicle. The measured value met
reference values of EMF level on human exposure for the reference values suggested by ICNIRP in any operation

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