Single-Wire Electric-Field Coupling Power Transmission Using Nonlinear Parity-Time-Symmetric Model with Coupled-Mode Theory

Shu, Xujian; Zhang, Bo

doi:10.3390/en11030532

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Energies 2018, 11(3), 532; https://doi.org/10.3390/en11030532

Single-Wire Electric-Field Coupling Power Transmission Using Nonlinear Parity-Time-Symmetric Model with Coupled-Mode Theory

Xujian Shu

and Bo Zhang *

School of Electric Power Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

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Received: 20 January 2018 / Revised: 9 February 2018 / Accepted: 26 February 2018 / Published: 1 March 2018

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The output power and transmission efficiency of the traditional single-wire electric-field coupling power transmission (ECPT) system will drop sharply with the increase of the distance between transmitter and receiver, thus, in order to solve the above problem, in this paper, a new nonlinear parity-time (PT)-symmetric model for single-wire ECPT system based on coupled-mode theory (CMT) is proposed. The proposed model for single-wire ECPT system not only achieves constant output power but also obtains a high constant transmission efficiency against variable distance, and the steady-state characteristics of the single-wire ECPT system are analyzed. Based on the theoretical analysis and circuit simulation, it shows that the transmission efficiency with constant output power remains 60% over a transmission distance of approximately 34 m without the need for any tuning. Furthermore, the application of a nonlinear PT-symmetric circuit based on CMT enables robust electric power transfer to moving devices or vehicles. View Full-Text

Keywords: single-wire; electric-field coupling; parity-time-symmetric; coupled-mode theory

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Shu, X.; Zhang, B. Single-Wire Electric-Field Coupling Power Transmission Using Nonlinear Parity-Time-Symmetric Model with Coupled-Mode Theory. Energies 2018, 11, 532.