Investigation and Design of Wireless Power Transfer System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Dou, Yi; Zhao, Dehua; Ouyang, Ziwei; Andersen, Michael A. E.

doi:10.1109/apec.2019.8721879

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“…Here, a solenoid transmitter was tested with a dual planar receiver, achieving an efficiency of 85% for a 401 W power transfer without misalignment. Furthermore, many other planar and coaxial systems that achieved power transfer values below 100 W or did not provide enough information to analyze their parameters can also be found in the literature [159,[200][201][202][203][204][205][206]. Additionally, some other works present comparisons between planar topologies [207] and planar and coaxial topologies [208].…”

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Wireless Power Transfer for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: Technologies, Challenges and Applications

Martínez de Alegría,

Rozas Holgado,

Ibarra

et al. 2024

Energies

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Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) are key technologies to conduct preventive inspection and maintenance tasks in offshore renewable energy plants. Making such vehicles autonomous would lead to benefits such as improved availability, cost reduction and carbon emission minimization. However, some technological aspects, including the powering of these devices, remain with a long way to go. In this context, underwater wireless power transfer (UWPT) solutions have potential to overcome UUV powering drawbacks. Considering the relevance of this topic for offshore renewable plants, this work aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the state of the art regarding UPWT technologies. A technology intelligence study is conducted by means of a bibliographical survey. Regarding underwater wireless power transfer, the main methods are reviewed, and it is concluded that inductive wireless power transfer (IWPT) technologies have the most potential. These inductive systems are described, and their challenges in underwater environments are presented. A review of the underwater IWPT experiments and applications is conducted, and innovative solutions are listed. Achieving efficient and reliable UWPT technologies is not trivial, but significant progress is identified. Generally, the latest solutions exhibit efficiencies between 88% and 93% in laboratory settings, with power ratings reaching up to 1–3 kW. Based on the assessment, a power transfer within the range of 1 kW appears to be feasible and may be sufficient to operate small UUVs. However, work-class UUVs require at least a tenfold power increase. Thus, although UPWT has advanced significantly, further research is required to industrially establish these technologies.

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Wireless Power Transfer for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: Technologies, Challenges and Applications

Martínez de Alegría,

Rozas Holgado,

Ibarra

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…However, for the magnetic resonance-based IPT system, the power level and efficiency are sensitive to the coupling coefficient [66]. With the frequency-splitting, the two peaks in the transferred power will be achieved for a given resonant frequency [67][68][69][70].…”

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A review of underwater inductive wireless power transfer system

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2023

IET Power Electronics

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The IPT system has been studied for underwater applications such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and subsea sensors. However, it rarely comparatively shows the performance of the IPT system in air, freshwater, and seawater. Based on the fore‐mentioned research background, this paper presents a survey of the properties of the IPT system in different mediums. Here, a 100 W power‐level experimental IPT prototype is built and tested. The resonant frequency is set at 300 kHz with a gap range from 10 to 190 mm. The comparison is focused on the efficiency, mutual inductance, coupling coefficient, coil resistance, and quality factor of the IPT system. The IPT system is placed in air, freshwater, and seawater with the same settings. What's more, the magnetic fields of coupling coils in air, freshwater, and seawater are presented in this paper. This paper could be acted as a reference to optimize the IPT system and facilitate future IPT research for underwater applications by analysing the performance of the IPT system in different mediums. The 3D Ansys Maxwell simulation of the IPT system is also given here to study the magnetic fields.

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The Impact of Metal Hull of AUVs for Underwater Wireless Power Transfer System

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

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Investigation and Design of Wireless Power Transfer System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

Wireless Power Transfer for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: Technologies, Challenges and Applications

Wireless Power Transfer for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: Technologies, Challenges and Applications

A review of underwater inductive wireless power transfer system

The Impact of Metal Hull of AUVs for Underwater Wireless Power Transfer System

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