Publisher's Synopsis
Since the origin of the human kind, man has been using nature's energy in his benefit. When the fire was discovered by man, the first thing he tried was to transfer it where found to his shelter. Later on, man learned to gather and transport fuels like mineral charcoal, vegetable charcoal, among others, which then would be transformed into heat or light. In fact, energy transportation became so important for developing communities that when the electrical energy was invented, the biggest and sophisticated energy network ever known by the human kind was quickly built, that is, the electrical grid. Such distribution grid pushed great advances in science oriented to optimize the efficiency on driving such energy. Nevertheless, is common to lose around 30% of energy due to several reasons. Nowadays, there are some daily life applications that could use an energy transport form without cables, such potential applications promote the interest to use a wireless energy transfer. Nevertheless, nature has always been a step beyond us, doing energy distribution and transformation since a long while without the need of copper cables. The biggest wireless transfer source known is solar energy; nature uses sunlight to drive the photosynthesis process, generating this way nutrients that later on will become the motor for the food chain and life. At present, several ways to turn sunlight into electrical power have been invented. Wireless Power Transfer: Principles and Engineering Explorations covers theory and engineering expertise. This book is an assortment of contemporary research and developments in the area of wireless power transfer technology. It emphases on remarkable topics of wireless power links, and several system concerns in which analytical methodologies, numerical simulation techniques, measurement techniques and methods, and applicable cases are investigated. A contactless power transfer system has many advantages over conventional power transmission due to the elimination of direct electrical contacts. With the development of modern technologies, IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) has become a very attractive technology for achieving wireless/contactless power transfer over the past decade and has been successfully employed in many applications, such as materials handling, lighting, transportation, bio-medical implants, etc. Such technology is used to transmit electric power from one place to other replacing the old interconnecting mediums called wires. The technology could be more developed by the use electronics that would be described in the book. The low power could be transmitted using the special microwave or laser devices later on received by distant receivers containing rectenna providing an efficiency of more than 80% and convert back all microwave into electric power. The electronic devices and transducers could be useful in amplifying the power received and later on providing the correct frequency of transmission of 50 Hz and sent for domestic purposes. This system takes us to an era of low losses of the electric power by heat or by turbulence and donates an amount of good efficiency. We see the significant improvement in the efficiency and reliability of wireless transmission network. Since the origin of the human kind, man has been using nature's energy in his benefit. When the fire was discovered by man, the first thing he tried was to transfer it where found to his shelter. Later on, man learned to gather and transport fuels like mineral charcoal, vegetable charcoal, among others, which then would be transformed into heat or light. In fact, energy transportation became so important for developing communities that when the electrical energy was invented, the biggest and sophisticated energy network ever known by the human kind was quickly built, that is, the electrical grid. Such distribution grid pushed great advances in science oriented to optimize the efficiency on driving such energy. Nevertheless, is common to lose around 30% of energy due to several reasons. Nowadays, there are some daily life applications that could use an energy transport form without cables, such potential applications promote the interest to use a wireless energy transfer. Nevertheless, nature has always been a step beyond us, doing energy distribution and transformation since a long while without the need of copper cables. The biggest wireless transfer source known is solar energy; nature uses sunlight to drive the photosynthesis process, generating this way nutrients that later on will become the motor for the food chain and life. At present, several ways to turn sunlight into electrical power have been invented. Wireless Power Transfer: Principles and Engineering Explorations covers theory and engineering expertise. This book is an assortment of contemporary research and developments in the area of wireless power transfer technology. It emphases on remarkable topics of wireless power links, and several system concerns in which analytical methodologies, numerical simulation techniques, measurement techniques and methods, and applicable cases are investigated. A contactless power transfer system has many advantages over conventional power transmission due to the elimination of direct electrical contacts. With the development of modern technologies, IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) has become a very attractive technology for achieving wireless/contactless power transfer over the past decade and has been successfully employed in many applications, such as materials handling, lighting, transportation, bio-medical implants, etc. Such technology is used to transmit electric power from one place to other replacing the old interconnecting mediums called wires. The technology could be more developed by the use electronics that would be described in the book. The low power could be transmitted using the special microwave or laser devices later on received by distant receivers containing rectenna providing an efficiency of more than 80% and convert back all microwave into electric power. The electronic devices and transducers could be useful in amplifying the power received and later on providing the correct frequency of transmission of 50 Hz and sent for domestic purposes. This system takes us to an era of low losses of the electric power by heat or by turbulence and donates an amount of good efficiency. We see the significant improvement in the efficiency and reliability of wireless transmission network. Since the origin of the human kind, man has been using nature's energy in his benefit. When the fire was discovered by man, the first thing he tried was to transfer it where found to his shelter. Later on, man learned to gather and transport fuels like mineral charcoal, vegetable charcoal, among others, which then would be transformed into heat or light. In fact, energy transportation became so important for developing communities that when the electrical energy was invented, the biggest and sophisticated energy network ever known by the human kind was quickly built, that is, the electrical grid. Such distribution grid pushed great advances in science oriented to optimize the efficiency on driving such energy. Nevertheless, is common to lose around 30% of energy due to several reasons. Nowadays, there are some daily life applications that could use an energy transport form without cables, such potential applications promote the interest to use a wireless energy transfer. Nevertheless, nature has always been a step beyond us, doing energy distribution and transformation since a long while without the need of copper cables. The biggest wireless transfer source known is solar energy; nature uses sunlight to drive the photosynthesis process, generating this way nutrients that later on will become the motor for the food chain and life. At present, several ways to turn sunlight into electrical power have been invented. Wireless Power Transfer: Principles and Engineering Explorations covers theory and engineering expertise. This book is an assortment of contemporary research and developments in the area of wireless power transfer technology. It emphases on remarkable topics of wireless power links, and several system concerns in which analytical methodologies, numerical simulation techniques, measurement techniques and methods, and applicable cases are investigated. A contactless power transfer system has many advantages over conventional power transmission due to the elimination of direct electrical contacts. With the development of modern technologies, IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) has become a very attractive technology for achieving wireless/contactless power transfer over the past decade and has been successfully employed in many applications, such as materials handling, lighting, transportation, bio-medical implants, etc. Such technology is used to transmit electric power from one place to other replacing the old interconnecting mediums called wires. The technology could be more developed by the use electronics that would be described in the book. The low power could be transmitted using the special microwave or laser devices later on received by distant receivers containing rectenna providing an efficiency of more than 80% and convert back all microwave into electric power. The electronic devices and transducers could be useful in amplifying the power received and later on providing the correct frequency of transmission of 50 Hz and sent for domestic purposes. This system takes us to an era of low losses of the electric power by heat or by turbulence and donates an amount of good efficiency. We see the significant improvement in the efficiency and reliability of wireless transmission network.
