ENERGY TRANSMISSION

SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL

HEART
 Contents
 Introduction
 Artificial Heart
 Energy Transference Scheme
 Determination of Control Region
 System Design
 Input Voltage and Converter Type
 Control of the System
 Conclusion
 Reference
 Introduction
 Electrical circulatory assist devices use brushless dc motor as
its pump
 Electrical energy is transferred to these devices
transcutaneously using a transcutaneous transformer
 Transcutaneous transformer has large leakage inductance
which reduce its efficiency
 Dc-dc converter employing secondary side resonance can be
employed to alleviate this problem but the transfer gain of
voltage varies widely with coupling coefficient
 Converter employing compensation of leakage inductance on
both sides of the transformer offers stable gain and high
efficiency
 Artificial Heart

 Mechanical heart which completely substitutes the natural heart

anatomically and physiologically
 Extra pumping chamber that can pump blood throughout the
body
 Can be used either temporarily or permanently
 Made up of metal and plastic
 Has 5 major parts
Energy Source
Control and driving system
Energy conversion system
Pump actuator
Blood handling parts
Energy Transference Scheme
 Use method of compensation of leakage inductance
on both sides of the transcutaneous transformer
 In this scheme capacitors are added in series to
compensate the leakage inductance
 Voltage gain of the converter is:
Determination of Control region

 Gv curve is divided into 3 regions: low

frequency, middle frequency and high
frequency regions
 Region II provides maximum transfer gain but
is very sensitive to changes in load and
coupling coefficient, hence not used
 Region I and III can control output voltage
 Region III is desirable because the unity gain
frequencies is much less sensitive than for
region I
System Design

 Output requirements:
V0 = 24V
Iomax =2.0A
I0min =0.5A
 Size, geometry and core material of the
transformer and range of air gap and
misalignment between them are already
defined
 For transformer windings the same cores used
in series converter are used
System Design
 Transformer Core: Ferroxcube Pot Core 6656
3C8 Ferrite
OD=2.6in
Thickness=1.1in
Air gap=10-20mm
Misalignment=0-10mm
 Region III of gain characteristics is selected for control
 Low value of Q is selected to reduce sensitivity if
variation
 Compensating resonant frequency is chosen at 120kHz
Input Voltage and Converter Type
Control of the System
Conclusion
 Converter employing leakage inductance
compensation of transcutaneous transformer
provides high voltage gain and reduced
circulating current
 A control region of operating frequency is
determined
 The converter offers high efficiency
 Minimized configuration of the devices in the
thorax is experimented
Reference

 www.ieee.org
 www.wikipedia.org
 www.medscimonit.com
 www.ferroxcube.com
 www.sciencedaily.com
 www.synchardia.com
 www.essortment.com