Wireless charging technology and the future of electric transportation / lead author, In-Soo Suh (Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ; co-authors, In-Soo Suh (Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), John M. Miller (Retired, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jorg Franke (Professor, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg), Florian Risch (Research Assistant, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg), Naoki Shinohara (Professor, Kyoto University), Faical Turki (Dipl.-Ing., Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG), Dong Ho Cho (Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Soon Man Hong (President, Korea Railroad Research Institute), Sung -Kwan Jung (Research Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).

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"Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower experiment in Long Island in the early 1900s, the transmittance of electricity from a source to an electric device without a wire or cord has been pursued for more than a century. While current automotive industry is focused on developing static wireless charging of electric vehicles for plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles with the delivering capacity below 7 kW ranges, a few prototype technologies are demonstrated with dynamic wireless charging capabilities with more than several 10 kW ranges. One example described in this book is the historic public launch of a people mover vehicle in Seoul Grand Park, Korea, with dynamic wireless charging capability, which was led by Dr. In-Soo Suh, the principal editor of this book. Around the world, the major automakers are developing their strategies for conductive and wireless charging technologies, with concerted efforts to establish technical standards on wireless electric vehicle charging, mainly focused on the safety considerations and inter-operability"-- Provided by publisher.

Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. Introduction to wireless power transfer technology; 1.2. Wireless power transfer in transportation; 1.3. Micro mobility and wireless power transfer; 1.4. Structure of the book; References -- Chapter 2. Green transportation and electric vehicles. 2.1. Future automotive power drive trend; 2.2. Intelligent transportation system; 2.3. Electric vehicle charging systems; 2.4. WPT application to EV; 2.5. Implications of wireless charging in future transportation; References -- Chapter 3. EV charging technology: conductive and wireless. 3.1. Conductive charging; 3.2. Wireless charging; 3.3. Commercial WPT technologies; 3.4. Rollout of wireless charging; References -- Chapter 4. An overview of OLEV technology. 4.1.Background; 4.2. SMFIR technology; 4.3. Overall system; 4.4. Design of power supply infrastructure; 4.5. Design of power collection systems; 4.6. Application of SMFIR technology to bus; 4.7. Application of SMFIR technology to train; References -- Chapter 5. Wireless power transfer technical issues and challenges. 5.1. Vehicle to infrastructure communications; 5.2. Alignment to primary charging pad; 5.3. Challenge of gap variations; 5.4. Control of charging process; 5.5. Obstacle detection; 5.6. Emergency shut-down; 5.7. Normal shut-down; 5.8. Electrical safety: high-frequency isolation transformer; 5.9. Emission; 5.10. Grid connection power quality; 5.11. Installation and commissioning; 5.12. Summary; References -- Chatper 6. Markets, strategies, and standards in EVS with WPT. 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Optimization problem for WPT in electrified vehicles; 6.3. Simulation approach to determine an optimized WPT infrastructure design; 6.4. Fields of application for fleet-operated vehicles using WPT systems; 6.5. Conclusions; References -- Chapter 7. Wireless charging of consumer electronics in the automotive industry. 7.1. Wireless charging of consumer electronics; 7.2. Design considerations; 7.3. Wireless charging in automotive applications; References -- Chapter 8. Railway application of WPT. 8.1. System overview of railway application of WPT; 8.2. Track segment switching; 8.3. Metro and light rail applications; 8.4.TRANSRAPID Maglev train; 8.5. Light rail application; 8.6. Wireless low-floor tram; References.

Chapter 9. Long-distance power transfer. 9.1 Introduction; 9.2. History of long-distance power transfer; 9.3. Theory of long-distance power transfer; 9.4. Recent applications of long-distance power transfer; 9.5. Conclusions; References -- Chapter 10. Industrial applications of WPT. 10.1. System overview; 10.2. Crane applications; 10.3. Automated guided vehicles; 10.4. Skillet conveyor; 10.5. Transfer car; 10.6. Electric monorail system; 10.7. Sorter technology; 10.8. Clean-room technology; 10.9. Elevator systems; References -- Concluding remarks -- Index -- About the authors.

This book brings an in-depth analysis of the most important areas of interest in this new area, such as: Working principles of wireless power transfer technology; Current technology and its projected future impact on electric vehicles; Comparison between conductive and wireless charging of electric vehicles; Introduction to dynamic wireless charging systems; Technological challenges and international technical standards activities; Applications in consumer electronics, rail, aviation, marine, and off-road transportation; Long-distance electrical energy transfer .

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