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Wireless battery charging for electric bicycles

Rosario MiceliFilippo PellitteriV. Di DioFabio ViolaPatrizia LivreriG. Ricco Galluzzo

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Battery (electricity)IPTEngineeringbusiness.industryRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment020209 energyElectrical engineeringwireless power transferEnergy Engineering and Power Technology02 engineering and technologyContactless battery chargingSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciElectrical gridSettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicaSettore ING-IND/31 - Elettrotecnica0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringWirelessMaximum power transfer theorembusiness

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The contactless solution is increasingly spreading as method of battery charging for Electric Vehicles (EVs). The standard technology of contactless EV battery charging is based on the Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) between two coupled coils, one connected to the electrical grid and the other one connected to the rechargeable battery. The IPT provides benefits in terms of safety and comfort, due to the absence of a plug-in operation. In this paper, an overview on the IPT applied to the battery charging of electric bicycles is provided, with some general considerations on the technical implications. Moreover, a prototype of contactless battery charging for E-bikes is proposed and described.

10.1109/iccep.2017.8004750http://hdl.handle.net/10447/241088