Development of Intelligent Drone Battery Charging System Based on Wireless Power Transmission Using Hill Climbing Algorithm

Rohan, Ali; Rabah, Mohammed; Talha, Muhammad; Kim, Sung Hoon

doi:10.3390/asi1040044

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“…Another critical aspect is the misalignment of the WPT coils due to an imprecise landing of the drone that can lead to a reduction of the coupling factor between coils, and therefore of the electrical performance. These two aspects have been investigated in the recent past, and several solutions have been presented [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. All the proposed solutions were mainly derived by previous WPT applications in other fields such as automotive or consumer electronics, and the main focus was on adapting these techniques to drones.…”

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confidence: 99%

Innovative Design of Drone Landing Gear Used as a Receiving Coil in Wireless Charging Application

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A near-field wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is applied to recharge the battery of a small size drone. The WPT technology is an extremely attractive solution to build an autonomous base station where the drone can land to wirelessly charge the battery without any human intervention. The innovative WPT design is based on the use of a mechanical part of the drone, i.e., landing gear, as a portion of the electrical circuit, i.e., onboard secondary coil. To this aim, the landing gear is made with an adequately shaped aluminum pipe that, after suitable modifications, performs both structural and electrical functions. The proposed innovative solution has a very small impact on the drone aerodynamics and the additional weight onboard the drone is very limited. Once the design of the secondary coil has been defined, the configuration of the WPT primary coil mounted in a ground base station is optimized to get a good electrical performance, i.e., high values of transferred power and efficiency. The WPT design guidelines of primary and secondary coils are given. Finally, a demonstrator of the WPT system for a lightweight drone is designed, built, and tested.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Innovative Design of Drone Landing Gear Used as a Receiving Coil in Wireless Charging Application

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“…If the Q increases, the current gain also increases. On the other hand, the Q decreases, the current gain also decreases [9,10]. =…”

Section: Structure Of Series-series Wireless Power Transfer (Ss-wpt) System and Analysismentioning

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“…If the Q increases, the current gain also increases. On the other hand, the Q decreases, the current gain also decreases [9,10]. From the voltage gain and the current gain, the power gain can be obtained by Equation (13).…”

Section: Structure Of Series-series Wireless Power Transfer (Ss-wpt) System and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Frequency-Tracking Algorithm Based on SOGI-FLL for Wireless Power Transfer System to Operate ZPA Region

Kim

2020

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The wireless power transfer (WPT) system has attracted attention for energy transmission without physical contact. However, a WPT system has low coupling condition because of a big air gap between transmitter and receiver coils. The low coupling condition has a high leakage inductance. To overcome this problem, we design a proposed system for WPT using series-series (S-S) topology of one resonant circuit. To obtain the higher efficiency power conversion of the WPT system, it has to operate the resonant frequency in the zero phase angle (ZPA) point even under mutual coefficient and load variation. Therefore, we propose the resonant frequency tracking algorithm to operate ZPA point based on the second order generalized integrator-frequency locked loop (SOGI-FLL) method. This proposed frequency-tracking algorithm can estimate ZPA point by changing switching frequency. We can reduce the switching loss with this proposed algorithm and improve the low conversion efficiency of the WPT system. The performance of the proposed frequency-tracking algorithm is automatically verified through various coupling coefficients and the load variation.

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“…The use of a conventional SP compensation network is proved to be efficient than SS in terms of the reduced number of coils turns, with the output being unchanged. A much sophisticated and robust power transfer approach proposed by Wei Han et al [42] demonstrated 3D transmitting coils [43] Output = 36 W V = 12 V, I = 3 A, Range = 0 -10 cm η = 28 -63%, f = 130 kHz TX RX [15] Output = 24 W V = 24 V, I = 1 A, Range = 0 -10 cm η = at 0 cm 85.25%, at 1 cm 64.16% f = 12 kHz This article has been accepted for publication in a future issue of this journal, but has not been fully edited. Content may change prior to final publication.…”

Section: Research On Wpt For Dronesmentioning

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“…The intricate 3D design ensures maximum coupling with the receiver coil and covers a much larger part of the receiving area. Ali Rohan et al [43] proposed a multi-transmitter coil with a single receiver unit approach. This ensures that the misalignment of the receiver system would still have functional mutual coupling, thus achieving 85% transmission efficiency for 50 W of power transfer.…”

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A Review on UAV Wireless Charging: Fundamentals, Applications, Charging Techniques and Standards

2021

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly popular for applications such as inspections, delivery, agriculture, surveillance, and many more. It is estimated that, by 2040, UAVs/drones will become a mainstream delivery channel to satisfy the growing demand for parcel delivery. Though the UAVs are gaining interest in civil applications, the future of UAV charging is facing a set of vital concerns and open research challenges. Considering the case of parcel delivery, handling countless drones and their charging will become complex and laborious. The need for non-contact based multi-device charging techniques will be crucial in saving time and human resources. To efficiently address this issue, Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) for UAVs is a promising technology for multi-drone charging and autonomous handling of multiple devices. In the literature of the past five years, limited surveys were conducted for wireless UAV charging. Moreover, vital problems such as coil weight constraints, comparison between existing charging techniques, shielding methods and many other key issues are not addressed. This motivates the author in conducting this review for addressing the crucial aspects of wireless UAV charging. Furthermore, this review provides a comprehensive comparative study on wireless charging's technical aspects conducted by prominent research laboratories, universities, and industries. The paper also discusses UAVs' history, UAVs structure, categories of UAVs, mathematical formulation of coil and WPT standards for safer operation.

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Development of Intelligent Drone Battery Charging System Based on Wireless Power Transmission Using Hill Climbing Algorithm

Cited by 35 publications

References 30 publications

Innovative Design of Drone Landing Gear Used as a Receiving Coil in Wireless Charging Application

Innovative Design of Drone Landing Gear Used as a Receiving Coil in Wireless Charging Application

Frequency-Tracking Algorithm Based on SOGI-FLL for Wireless Power Transfer System to Operate ZPA Region

A Review on UAV Wireless Charging: Fundamentals, Applications, Charging Techniques and Standards

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