Development of a 60 kHz, 180 kW, Over 85% Efficiency Inductive Power Transfer System for a Tram

Conventional contact-based train power transfer systems have high maintenance costs and safety issues and cause noise and additional aerodynamic drag. Instead of the conventional system, a loosely coupled online wireless power transfer (WPT) system for a train is proposed in this paper. The operatin...

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Main Authors: Seung-Hwan Lee, Jae-Hee Kim, Jun-Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/12/1075