Abstract:
Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) has been recorded more than 100 years ago
during Nikola Tesla's era. However, this technology has not been utilized until
recently due to various limitations exist in WPT technology. Hence, the aim of this
paper is to investigate the effect of the parameters of an inductive coupling wireless
power transmission system on its performance. Basic electromagnetic principles
are used to obtain the relationship among different parameters under investigation.
For the hardware experiments, circular copper coils are used as the transmitter and
the receiver. Various tests are conducted to analyse the influence of the parameters
such as diameter, gauge, number of turns of the transmitter and receiver coil and the
transmission distances. The experimental results show that those parameters are
dependant each other and need to be compromised in order to have an optimum
design. Hence, the paper summarized experimental results and provides the
guidelines for optimum design of a wireless power transmission system.