Investigation in Wireless Power Transmission for UAV Charging

Simić, Milan; Bil, Cees; Vojisavljevic, Vuk

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.295

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“…UAV batteries can be charged based on inductive coupling WPT to increase flight time or extend the UAV range that is used, for example, in surveillance or inspection. The energy of the UAV that inspects the high-voltage transmission line can be obtained from the electromagnetic field that is generated from the transmission line, in which the transmission lines operate as a long transmitting antenna [10]. Thus, the limitation of the UAV can be overcome based on the presented method.…”

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“…The oscillator circuit of the transmitter converts the input power to the electromagnetic field that can be transmitted via the transmitter antenna or coupling systems. At the receiver side, similar coupling systems or antennas are used to alter the received electromagnetic field into electrical current that can be harvested to run the receiver devices [10].…”

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Opportunities and Challenges for Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer: A Review

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Abstract:Traditional power supply cords have become less important because they prevent large-scale utilization and mobility. In addition, the use of batteries as a substitute for power cords is not an optimal solution because batteries have a short lifetime, thereby increasing the cost, weight, and ecological footprint of the hardware implementation. Their recharging or replacement is impractical and incurs operational costs. Recent progress has allowed electromagnetic wave energy to be transferred from power sources (i.e., transmitters) to destinations (i.e., receivers) wirelessly, the so-called wireless power transfer (WPT) technique. New developments in WPT technique motivate new avenues of research in different applications. Recently, WPT has been used in mobile phones, electric vehicles, medical implants, wireless sensor network, unmanned aerial vehicles, and so on. This review highlights up-to-date studies that are specific to near-field WPT, which include the classification, comparison, and potential applications of these techniques in the real world. In addition, limitations and challenges of these techniques are highlighted at the end of the article.

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Opportunities and Challenges for Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer: A Review

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“…The major issues to recharge drone batteries by WPT systems are described in several past works [14][15][16][17][18][19]. In [14], two circular planar spiral coils have been used for both primary and secondary circuits of a WPT system, the main disadvantages of this configuration are the significant weight and dimension of the on-board components that reduce the payload of the drone.…”

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Wireless Power Transfer Technology Applied to an Autonomous Electric UAV with a Small Secondary Coil

2018

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This study deals with the design and the optimization of a wireless power transfer (WPT) charging system based on magnetic resonant coupling applied to an electric vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In this study, a procedure for primary and secondary coil design is proposed. The primary circuit in the ground station consists of an array of coils in order to mitigate the negative effects on the coupling factor produced by the possible misalignment between the coils due to an imperfect landing. Key aspects for the design of the secondary coil onboard the UAV are the lightness and compactness of the WPT system components. A demonstrative prototype of the WPT system is applied to a commercial drone. The WPT electrical performances are calculated and measured. Finally, an automatic battery recharge station is built where the drone can autonomously land, recharge the battery and take off to continue its flight mission.

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“…The disadvantages of this solution are that the distance between the UAV and the energy source must be very small, in the order of centimeters, and the received energy is not enough to compensate the energy consumption of the UAV. In the case of the Non-EMF the photo-voltaic (PV) cells are used to charge the UAVs [4,5].…”

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Cooperation scenarios in multi-agent water monitoring platform

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Drăgulinescu

Voicu

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Monitoring as well as achieving related water quality goals for rivers is a challenge on several scales of both space and time. There are several factors influencing the most effective actions to implement, when it comes to water quality. Collecting water quality data can be challenging and expensive as maintaining specialized equipment can raise costs over time. Within the MultiMonD2 project, a multi-agent platform of micro-laboratories specialized in the water quality monitoring of the Danube river and Delta is being developed. Aerial and surface water vectors are used as carrier systems for sensor-based detection equipment along with a technical solution that allows the cooperation between the robotic vectors. To this end the paper presents architectural solutions for realizing the multi-agent monitoring platform as well as analyzes different possible scenarios for cooperation between aerial and surface water vectors.

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Investigation in Wireless Power Transmission for UAV Charging

Cited by 112 publications

References 4 publications

Opportunities and Challenges for Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer: A Review

Opportunities and Challenges for Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer: A Review

Wireless Power Transfer Technology Applied to an Autonomous Electric UAV with a Small Secondary Coil

Cooperation scenarios in multi-agent water monitoring platform

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