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A free-rotating ball-shaped transmitting coil with wireless power transfer system for robot joints

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

Yang Yang*
Affiliation:
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710048, China. Phone: +86 15991799193
Wenjie Chen
Affiliation:
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710048, China. Phone: +86 15991799193
Liyu Dai
Affiliation:
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710048, China. Phone: +86 15991799193
Rui Wang
Affiliation:
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710048, China. Phone: +86 15991799193
*
Corresponding author: Y. Yang, Email: yangyang7047@stu.xjtu.edu.cn

Abstract

Wireless power transmission (WPT) systems with moveable mechanical parts have been acquired more and more attention during the past decade. However, due to the moveable feature of transmitting coil and receiving coil, misalignment issue lead to extra power loss, decrease in efficiency, increase in control complexity, and unwanted performance degradation of the whole system. Moreover, it happened frequently than those traditional planar coils systems. The motivation for this paper is trying to have a deep understanding of quantitative relationship between ball-shaped coils mutual inductance and misalignment. Based upon that, engineers would know more detail of the coils position and mutual inductance. So, optimized design might be achieved. On considering that, this paper presents a WPT system with a ball-shaped coil for robot joints. A mutual inductance calculation based on filament method aimed at ball-shaped coil is proposed. Based on these, nine different ball-shaped coil solutions are calculated. Then, model with a minimized change rate of mutual inductance against the angular misalignment is chosen as the optimized design. Circuit analysis of the WPT system with the series–series resonant topology is conducted to choose a proper working frequency and load. Finally, an experimental platform is established. It demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed calculation method and the feasibility of the WPT prototype.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 
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Fig. 1. Actual model of the coil winding.

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Fig. 2. Several kinds of winding method for joints. (a) The combinations with the primary coil winding around lower part of the ball, from left to right are named P1S1, P1S2, P1S3. (b) The combinations with the primary coil winding around upper part of the ball, from left to right are named P2S1, P2S2, P2S3. (c) The combinations with the primary coil winding around the ball averagely, from left to right are named P3S1, P3S2, P3S3.

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Fig. 3. Spatial mutual inductance model of rectangular cross section air-core circular coils. (a) Primary and secondary coil with angular misalignment. (b) Configuration of mesh matrix for rectangular cross section using filamentary methods.

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Fig. 4. The flow diagram of the calculation model based on the filament method.

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Table 1. The calculation parameters of the nine kinds of winding combination; unit: N (turns) r, dc (mm).

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Table 2. Mutual inductance of different models with angle misalignment by calculating.

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Table 3. Mutual inductance of different models with angle misalignment by simulating.

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Fig. 5. Calculated and simulated results of the mutual inductance of different models with angular misalignment.

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Fig. 6. The change rate of different models versus angle misalignment.

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Fig. 7. Comparison among the simulated, calculated, and measured mutual inductance with angular misalignment.

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Fig. 8. The magnetic intensities and flux lines of the model P1S2 at different angle misalignment: (a) 0°; (b) 10°; (c) 20°; (d) 30°; (e) 40°; (f) 50°; (g) 60°; (h) 70°; (i) 80°; (j) 90°.

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Fig. 9. Comparison of the magnetic intensities of the model P1S2 at different angle misalignment.

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Fig. 10. Topology of the circuit for the WPT system: (a) overall system topology and (b) equivalent topology of the overall system.

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Fig. 11. The relationship among the several important quantities. (a) Output power versus resonant frequency and load. (b) Efficiency versus resonant frequency and load.

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Table 4. A set of parameters used for simulation.

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Fig. 12. Experiment platform: (a) resonance network with model P1S2 and (b) resonance network with model P1S1.

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Table 5. Experimental parameters of the model P1S2.

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Table 6. Experimental parameters of the model P1S1.

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Fig. 13. The primary and secondary voltage versus angle misalignment of the model P1S2: (a) θ = 0°; (b) θ = 10°; (c) θ = 20°; (d) θ = 30°; (e) θ = 40°; (f) θ = 50°; (g) θ = 60°; (h) θ = 70°; (i) θ = 80°; (j) θ = 90°.

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Fig. 14. The primary and secondary voltage versus angle misalignment of the model P1S1: (a) θ = 0°; (b) θ = 10°; (c) θ = 20°; (d) θ = 30°; (e) θ = 40°; (f) θ = 50°; (g) θ = 60°; (h) θ = 70°; (i) θ = 80°; (j) θ = 90°.

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Table 7. The specific value of the primary and secondary voltages with different angular misalignment.

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Fig. 15. Experimental voltage of the primary and secondary coils: (a) P1S2 and (b)P1S1.

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Table 8. The specific value of the primary and secondary voltages with different angular misalignment for the model P1S1.