A bidirectional IPT system for electrical bicycle contactless energy transfer
- Authors: Campagna N.; Castiglia V.; Miceli R.; Pellitteri F.
- Publication year: 2019
- Type: Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume
- Key words: Contactless energy transfer; Electric bicycles; Inductive power transfer; Vehicle-to-grid; Wireless battery charging
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/406050
Abstract
Contactless Energy Transfer characterized by Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) is a viable solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charging, giving advantages in terms of safety, comfort and automatism of the recharging operation. IPT is a smart option for the Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) implementation as well: the EV's battery can provide power to other users, if possible and if required, in order to adequately respond to an active demand scenario. IPT shall therefore allow a Bidirectional power flow, so that it can be properly defined as Bidirectional IPT (BIPT). In this paper, a 300 W BIPT system for E-bikes is proposed and experimental results are shown as well. Considering power level and size of the proposed prototype, this BIPT system can be appropriate in a multi-parking area for E-bikes: bike-to-grid or even bike-to-bike energy transfer are viable in this way.