Theoretical analysis of the efficiency of a V2G wireless charger for Electric Vehicles

• Main Authors: Alicia Triviño, Jose M. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jose A. Aguado
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EEEIC International Publishing 2018-09-01
• Series: Transactions on Environment and Electrical Engineering
• Subjects: v2g; wireless charge; wireless discharge; losses; efficiency; electric vehicle; inductively-coupled power system; icpt; bidirectional.
• Online Access: https://teee.eu/index.php/TEEE/article/view/118

V2G (Vehicle-to-grid) technology will report important benefits for the operation and safety of the grid. In order to facilitate the expansion of the V2G technology in a future, it is recommended to offer the drivers with easy to use methods to charge and discharge their EV batteries. In this sense, wireless chargers are expected to play a relevant role in the future electrical networks as it reduces the users intervention. The development of this kind of system is still open to improve them in terms of their operation, their compliance and their control. An important issue for the evaluation of these systems is the efficiency, which measures the power losses occurring in the system. This paper addresses a deep study about the losses in a bidirectional wireless charger. Then, it provides with a mathematical model to characterize them. This model is validated by means of experimental results conducted in a 3.7-kW prototype.