Finite Element Analysis-Aided Performance Improvement of Circular Coil
Assemblies Applied in Electric Vehicle Inductive Chargers
Abstract
Energy efficiency and leakage magnetic field (LMF) are two important
issues in inductive chargers. In this work, the maximum achievable coil
efficiency and the corresponding LMF strength are formulated as
functions of system parameters, and figure of merits (FOM) are proposed
for assessing the efficiency and LMF performance of the coil assemblies.
The target application is electric vehicle inductive chargers where the
LMF is suppressed via passive shielding. The impact of the coil
assembly’s geometric parameters on both FOMs is examined through a
combination of finite element analysis (FEA) simulation and magnetic
circuit analysis, and measures to improve the FOMs are studied
Optimization of an exemplary coil assembly within given dimensional
limits is conducted and the performance improvement is verified by FEA
simulation results.