Friday, April 16, 2010

Wireless Electricity















This is based on a project by Marko at 4hv,org. I laidout the PCB in Express PCB.

"The idea behind the project was to create a small tabletop demonstrator of magnetically coupled wireless power transfer, resembling a miniature version of the MIT 'witricity' device. The goal was to keep the circuit simple with easily obtainable parts, and to keep voltage and power levels low so the device is safe for handling and doesn't require special methods of cooling.

The basic idea is to feed a parallel LC tank circuit from an AC voltage source at it's resonant frequency, which allows large reactive current to circulate in the circuit while only real power is being drawn from the source. This sets up a large alternating magnetic field in the inductor, which is designed as a single conductive loop in this case.
Now, another LC tank with load attached is brought in proximity to the excited LC circuit, significant amounts of power can be transferred via weak magnetic coupling between them. This is because AC current itself in the transmitting loop is very large, and inductive reactance of the receiver loop is canceled out by the capacitor.

For a practical device, the AC voltage source had to be substituted with an appropriate oscillator, which would take feedback from the tank circuit itself and hence always drive it at it's resonant frequency.

The circuit of choice was a slightly modified royer oscillator, such as popularly used in CCFL inverters and for flyback drivers.
Input voltage was limited to 15V for safety and because the circuit tends to become unstable at higher voltages."

7 comments:

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  2. Nice Job here. I am also working on a similar project for my final year. What was the maximum distance between the transmitter and receiver coils to keep the bulb reasonably lit?

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  3. I know this is 4 years old, but would you send me schematics and parts list, I need to put something together for my last class and this looks great.

    martgonzo@gmail.com

    Thank you

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  4. Would you also kindly send me schematics and parts list, too? stevek44@aol.com

    Thanks!

    Steve

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  5. send me please the schematics and informations for this circuit ?
    email : bnatshehe86@hotmail.com

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  6. Me too plz, schematics and all
    nic.healey.02@gmail.com
    THx in advance

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  7. hey could you help me out a bit, im doing a final year project on wireless power transfer and i wish to light a 60w bulb but im not getting a way to figure out the size of the coil that i need to do so. could you help me out please. thanks

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