Comparison of Circular and Rectangular Coil Transformer Parameters for Wireless Power Transfer Based on Finite Element Analysis

Moin Hanif

University of Cape Town

Moin Hanif (M’11) with his High Achievers Award scholarship, graduated from University of Nottingham with a 1st class BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree in 2007. He completed his PhD in Nov. 2011 from Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. He worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at Masdar Institute of Science & Technology, UAE from October 2011 to 2012. From Nov. 2012 he has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He serves as a member on the editorial board of IJACEEE (International Journal of Applied Control, Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and also serves on a few Technical Program Committees for local and international conferences. His research interest is in the area of Power electronics converters and their control, MPPT of photovoltaic power, Islanding detection, Grid integration of renewables, Micro/smart grid operation and Wireless Power Transfer.

Abstract

The major parameters of transformers used in wireless Power Transfer (WPT) are self inductance, mutual inductance and coefficient of coupling. Due to unique and complex nature of these transformers, determining these... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Daniel Ongayo (University of Cape Town)
  2. Moin Hanif (University of Cape Town)

Topic Area

Wireless Power Transfer

Session

PS-3 » Poster Session III (11:10 - Tuesday, 1st December, Foyer)