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Compatibility and Performance Improvement of the WPT Systems Based on Q-Learning Algorithm
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics IEEE Trans. Power Electron. Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 39(8):10582-10593 Aug, 2024
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Nuclear Engineering
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Topology
Transmitters
Resistance
Q-learning
Inductance
Mathematical models
Coils
Closed-loop control
compatibility
performance optimization
Q-learning algorithm
wireless power transfer (WPT)
Language
ISSN
0885-8993
1941-0107
Abstract
Different kinds of compensation topologies are widely used in wireless power transfer (WPT) systems, resulting in loads with different compensation topologies hardly obtaining the same power from the same power transmitter. In addition, the load power and system efficiency are hard to hold constant when the mutual inductance or load resistance varies, and these two variation parameters are both hard to be accurately identified. These severely limit the practical popularization of the WPT technology. Therefore, a new strategy to improve the compatibility and performance of the WPT system based on the Q-learning algorithm and switch-controlled-capacitor (SCC) is proposed in this article. The Q-learning algorithm is used to train an intelligent offline database by monitoring the voltage and current in the primary side of the system to obtain an optimized compensation capacitor on the primary side without knowing the mutual inductance and load resistance. A 1-kW prototype is established and the experimental results demonstrate that the load side can receive desired power when the load changes from one kind of compensation topology to another, or the load resistance and mutual inductance vary together. Meanwhile, the coil-to-coil efficiency can also be effectively maintained.