Binh Vu

• Email: v.b.vu2@ncl.ac.uk

Supervisors

• Dr Mohamed Dahidah
• Prof Volker Pickert

Project description

Due to rising greenhouse gases, there is a high demand to roll out EVs (Electric Vehicles). Currently, EVs can only be charged from static charging points.

We are investigating the dynamic road charging concept using wireless power transfer. In dynamic road charging, the car is charged when driving. We have developed a new wireless transfer system. The system is able to keep the power level constant along a primary coil embedded in the road. The charger increases the travel range by 125% compared to conventional single-phase pulsating dynamic wireless chargers. We have achieved this due to a new developed winding arrangement of the primary windings.

Publications

• Vu V-B, Phan V-T, Dahidah MSA, Pickert V. Multiple Output Inductive Charger for Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2018, 34(8), 7350-7368.
• Vu V-B, Dahidah MSA, Pickert V, Phan V-T. A High-Power Multiphase Wireless Dynamic Charging System with low Output Power Pulsation for Electric Vehicles. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 2019, ePub ahead of print.

Interests

Power electronics for electrified vehicles and renewable applications.