Wireless Charging System with Three Arc-Transmitting Coils for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

To enhance the misalignment tolerance of the coupling device of the autonomous underwater vehicle wireless charging system, this paper proposes a magnetic coupling device with strong misalignment tolerance. Through the Ansys Maxwell finite element analysis software, it is concluded that, under the dislocation state of the proposed magnetic coupling device, the magnetic field is mainly distributed near the shell wall of the autonomous underwater vehicle. The coupling coefficient change range under the rolling dislocation state is 0.35~0.83, the axial dislocation coupling coefficient fluctuation range is 0.79~0.83, and the radial dislocation coupling coefficient variation range is 0.48~0.83. We design and calculate the compensation network in a wireless charging system and obtain the calculation method of the compensation network. A prototype of that wireless charging system containing arc-emitting coils applied to the AUV has been made, which transfers 48 W power with an efficiency of 87.3%.