CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A contactless near field inductively coupled power transfer system including:
- a. one or more power transmitter coils;
b. a plurality of power receiver coils each inductively coupled in use to an associated power transmitter coil;
c. a power transmitter module for driving the power transmitter coils;
d. a power receiver module for supplying power received via the power receiver coils to a load; and
e. a power management module for controlling the supply of power to transmitter coils or the power supplied by the power receiver module to loads,wherein the power management module controls;
the power transmitter module to distribute power to power transmitter coils based on transmitter side fault condition information;
or the power receiver module to distribute power loads based on receiver side fault condition information.
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Abstract
A contactless inductively coupled power transfer system is provided_including multiple pairs of power transmitter and power receiver coils and a power management module for controlling the supply of power to transmitter coils or the power supplied by the power receiver module to loads. The design is particularly suited for use in a wind turbine to supply power to the nacelle. The transmitter coils may be driven in phase at the same frequency or at different frequencies selected to avoid interaction between transmitter coils and the power transmitter module. The transmitter and receiver coils may be arranged in a traditional slip ring type configuration with adjacent coil pairs are physically spaced apart to avoid cross coupling with adjacent transmitter and receiver coil pairs shielded from each other. The power transmitter module may employ Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS).
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27 Claims
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1. A contactless near field inductively coupled power transfer system including:
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a. one or more power transmitter coils; b. a plurality of power receiver coils each inductively coupled in use to an associated power transmitter coil; c. a power transmitter module for driving the power transmitter coils; d. a power receiver module for supplying power received via the power receiver coils to a load; and e. a power management module for controlling the supply of power to transmitter coils or the power supplied by the power receiver module to loads, wherein the power management module controls;
the power transmitter module to distribute power to power transmitter coils based on transmitter side fault condition information;
or the power receiver module to distribute power loads based on receiver side fault condition information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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