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Fundamental Research of Power Conversion Circuit Control for Wireless In-Wheel Motor using Magnetic Resonance Coupling Daisuke Gunji The University of Tokyo / NSK Ltd. 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan / 1-5-50, Kugenumashinmei, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 251-8501, Japan Email: gunji@hflab.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp Takehiro Imura and Hiroshi Fujimoto The University of Tokyo 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan Phone: +81-4-7136-3881 Email:[email protected] [email protected] Abstract—The In-Wheel Motor (IWM) is the most preferable driving mechanism of electric vehicles for vehicle motion control, energy efficiency, and vehicle design flexibility. One technical issue of the IWM is the reliability of power and signal wires. Wireless power transfer technology is the best solution. In this paper, a bidirectional wireless power transfer circuit using a primary inverter and a secondary converter is proposed. We propose a control method of both the inverter and the converter to stabilize the secondary DC-link voltage. The proposed method is verified by simulation and experiments using simulated test equipment. I. I NTRODUCTION Electric vehicles (EVs) have advantages of environmental performance and motion control performance over internal combustion engine vehicles due to the outstanding perfor- mance of electric motors [1]. Especially, the in-wheel motor (IWM) is the best solution because the motor is directly connected to a wheel. Many IWM have been developed in previous research such as [2]–[4]. All of them are powered using electrical wires. Reliability and safety issues of these wires are one of the short- comings of IWM. Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is the best solution for the above problem. We call this concept the “Wireless In-Wheel Motor (W-IWM)“. W-IWM is also applicable to wireless power supply from power transmitting equipment which is installed under the road. Due to the motion of suspension links, the relative position will change between W-IWM and the vehicle chassis. Then, WPT using magnetic resonance coupling [5] [6] is suitable for W-IWM. However, it is known that load voltage or current change with mutual inductance variation and load variation [7]. In order to realize W-IWM, stabilization control of the load voltage is necessary. Much research on power conversion circuit control of WPT have been carried out [8]–[11]. However, most focused on efficiency improvement and application for slow load variation such as battery charging of EVs. In the case of a W-IWM, the load is an electric motor and the load variation is very fast. As far as we know, there has been little research about a power conversion circuit control method of WPT. On-board command (wireless) electric motor Secondary coil Primary coil Inverter Battery In-wheel Converter PWM inverter Power wheel Transmitting coil Ground (Road) Power source Fig. 1. Concept of W-IWM. In this paper, we present a control method of the power conversion circuit for W-IWM. Motor drive experiments have been carried out to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control method, where the motor has been subjected to mutual inductance variation and rotation speed variation. II. CONCEPT OF W-IWM A. Structure The concept of the W-IWM is shown in Fig. 1. The W-IWM consists of a power source (battery), primary DC-AC inverter, primary coil, secondary coil, secondary AC-DC converter, inverter for driving the electric motor, and, an electric motor. Here, primary means on-board side, and secondary means in- wheel side. The primary DC-AC inverter converts the DC supply voltage to a high frequency AC voltage. The primary coil is mounted on a vehicle chassis and the secondary coil is mounted on an IWM. Each coils are oppositely positioned and electrical power is transmitted via these coils. Received power is converted to DC by the secondary AC-DC converter. Then the electric motor is driven by the inverter. When the electric motor acts regeneratively, electric power flow is inverted, meaning the secondary converter acts as a DC-AC inverter and the primary inverter acts as an AC-DC converter. Signal communication between the on-board side and the in-wheel side is also wireless. B. Experimental vehicle and 1st prototype of W-IWM Fig. 2(a) shows the experimental EV FPEV4-Sawyer which was developed by our research group. The drive unit of that

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Fundamental Research of Power Conversion CircuitControl for Wireless In-Wheel Motor using

Magnetic Resonance CouplingDaisuke Gunji

The University of Tokyo / NSK Ltd.5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan

/ 1-5-50, Kugenumashinmei, Fujisawa,Kanagawa, 251-8501, Japan

Email: [email protected]

Takehiro Imura and Hiroshi FujimotoThe University of Tokyo

5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, JapanPhone: +81-4-7136-3881

Email:[email protected]@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Abstract—The In-Wheel Motor (IWM) is the most preferabledriving mechanism of electric vehicles for vehicle motion control,energy efficiency, and vehicle design flexibility. One technicalissue of the IWM is the reliability of power and signal wires.Wireless power transfer technology is the best solution. In thispaper, a bidirectional wireless power transfer circuit using aprimary inverter and a secondary converter is proposed. Wepropose a control method of both the inverter and the converterto stabilize the secondary DC-link voltage. The proposed methodis verified by simulation and experiments using simulated testequipment.

I. INTRODUCTION

Electric vehicles (EVs) have advantages of environmentalperformance and motion control performance over internalcombustion engine vehicles due to the outstanding perfor-mance of electric motors [1]. Especially, the in-wheel motor(IWM) is the best solution because the motor is directlyconnected to a wheel.

Many IWM have been developed in previous research suchas [2]–[4]. All of them are powered using electrical wires.Reliability and safety issues of these wires are one of the short-comings of IWM. Wireless power transfer (WPT) technologyis the best solution for the above problem. We call this conceptthe “Wireless In-Wheel Motor (W-IWM)“. W-IWM is alsoapplicable to wireless power supply from power transmittingequipment which is installed under the road. Due to the motionof suspension links, the relative position will change betweenW-IWM and the vehicle chassis. Then, WPT using magneticresonance coupling [5] [6] is suitable for W-IWM. However,it is known that load voltage or current change with mutualinductance variation and load variation [7]. In order to realizeW-IWM, stabilization control of the load voltage is necessary.

Much research on power conversion circuit control of WPThave been carried out [8]–[11]. However, most focused onefficiency improvement and application for slow load variationsuch as battery charging of EVs. In the case of a W-IWM, theload is an electric motor and the load variation is very fast. Asfar as we know, there has been little research about a powerconversion circuit control method of WPT.

On-boardcommand

(wireless)

electricmotorSecondary coilPrimary coil

Inverter

Battery

In-wheel

Converter PWMinverter

Power

wheel

Transmitting coilGround (Road)

Power source

Fig. 1. Concept of W-IWM.

In this paper, we present a control method of the powerconversion circuit for W-IWM. Motor drive experiments havebeen carried out to validate the effectiveness of the proposedcontrol method, where the motor has been subjected to mutualinductance variation and rotation speed variation.

II. CONCEPT OF W-IWMA. Structure

The concept of the W-IWM is shown in Fig. 1. The W-IWMconsists of a power source (battery), primary DC-AC inverter,primary coil, secondary coil, secondary AC-DC converter,inverter for driving the electric motor, and, an electric motor.Here, primary means on-board side, and secondary means in-wheel side. The primary DC-AC inverter converts the DCsupply voltage to a high frequency AC voltage. The primarycoil is mounted on a vehicle chassis and the secondary coil ismounted on an IWM. Each coils are oppositely positioned andelectrical power is transmitted via these coils. Received poweris converted to DC by the secondary AC-DC converter. Thenthe electric motor is driven by the inverter. When the electricmotor acts regeneratively, electric power flow is inverted,meaning the secondary converter acts as a DC-AC inverterand the primary inverter acts as an AC-DC converter. Signalcommunication between the on-board side and the in-wheelside is also wireless.

B. Experimental vehicle and 1st prototype of W-IWMFig. 2(a) shows the experimental EV FPEV4-Sawyer which

was developed by our research group. The drive unit of that

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(a) Experimental vehicle.

Primary

inverter

Secondary converter & electric motor

Primary coil

Secondary coil

(b) 1st prototype W-IWM unit.

Fig. 2. Experimental vehicle and 1st prototype unit.

vehicle can be easily exchanged. We are now developing the1st prototype of a W-IWM unit shown in Fig. 2(b).

C. Simulated test equipment

In this research, simulated test equipment, which is shownin Fig. 3, is used instead of the prototype unit. The structureof the equipment is same as the above W-IWM concept.

The primary coil and the secondary coil are the same shape:flat rectangular spiral coils. The primary coil is fixed, andthe secondary coil is mounted on the linear actuator. Thenposition misalignment of the two coils is controlled by thelinear actuator. This mechanism simulates the suspension linkmotion on a vehicle. Specifications of the two coils are shownin TABLE I. The resonance frequency is diffenrent forminternational standard (85 kHz) for production reasons.

A three phase geared brushless motor is used on the equip-ment. Maximum power of the motor is 50 W. The motor isconnected to a powder brake. The motor speed is controlled bythe motor driver, and the powder brake provides load torque.

III. CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND MODELING

A. Circuit structure

The whole circuit structure of the W-IWM is shown in Fig.4. The primary coil and the secondary coil are indicated bya T-type equivalent circuit [12]. Both the primary inverterand the secondary converter are H-bridge circuits. Both theprimary resonance capacitor C1 and the secondary resonancecapacitor C2 are connectied in series to each coil. Then thecircuit structure is symmetrical and suitable for bidirectionalpower transfer.

The electric motor is driven by the voltage type three phasePWM inverter. Then the secondary DC-link voltage Vdc hasbeen controlled to fixed value. In order to realize this, someprevious studies have proposed a secondary circuit structurewhich consists of a full-wave rectifying circuit and a DC-DC converter [11]. However, in the case of the W-IWM, theavailable space of the in-wheel side is limited and downsizingof the in-wheel side equipment is required. Then the proposedcircuit structure also has an advantage of downsizing.

B. Equivalent load resistance model

We consider the condition when electrical power is trans-mitted from the primary side to the secondary side. A previousstudy [11] has suggested that if fundamental harmonics powerfactor of the secondary converter equals to 1 and electricalloss of the secondary converter can be ignored, the whole

Power conversion

circuits

Primary

coil

Secondary

coil

Linear actuatorMotor driver

Brushlessgearedmotor

Powderbrake

Fig. 3. Simulated test equipment.

TABLE ISPECIFICATIONS OF COILS.

primary coil secondary coilresistance R 0.297 Ω 0.305 Ωinductance L 71.85 µH 71.31 µHcapacitance C 35911 pF 35879 pFresonance frequency f 99.08 kHz 99.50 kHzMutual inductance Lm 12.43 µH (gap: 80 mm)

secondary converter and load are equated to an equivalent pureelectrical resistance RL.

If the load is an electrical motor which is driven by aninverter, the relation between mechanical output Pm andelectrical power is expressed as

Pm = ηmηinvVdcIdc (1)

where ηm is the motor efficiency, ηinv is the inverter efficiency,and Idc is the DC-link current. Then RL is calculated as

RL = ηmηinvVdc

2

Pm. (2)

If Vdc is controlled to a fixed value, RL depends on Pm.Therefore, the electric motor is treated as pure electricalresistance.

C. Dynamics of the power transfer circuit

The transfer function from the primary voltage to thesecondary current is expressed as

Pio(s) =b3s

3

s4 + a3s3 + a2s2 + a1s+ a0(3)

where each coefficient are defined as

a3 =L1(R2 +RL) +R1L2

L1L2 − Lm2 , (4)

a2 =R1C1C2(R2 +RL) + C1L1 + C2L2

C1C2(L1L2 − Lm2)

, (5)

a1 =R1C1 + C2(R2 +RL)

C1C2(L1L2 − Lm2)

, (6)

a0 =1

C1C2(L1L2 − Lm2), (7)

b3 =Lm

L1L2 − Lm2 . (8)

Every parameter corresponds to parameters shown in Fig. 4.The bode diagram of the transfer function is shown in Fig. 5while specifications are shown in TABLE I. At the resonance

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M

S11

S12

S13

S14

S21 S23

S24S22

R1 R2C1 C2L1-Lm L2-Lm

Lm

E

Cs

Vdc

iCin

iconviinv

vinv vconv

load

PMSM

secondary converterprimary inverter

T-type equivalent circuit of coils

and resonant capacitors

RL

equivalent load resistance

Fig. 4. Circuit structure of W-IWM.

104

105

106

−80

−60

−40

−20

0

frequency [Hz]

gain

[dB

]

R

L=25 Ω

RL=50 Ω

104

105

106

−90

0

90

180

270

frequency [Hz]

phase [deg]

R

L=25 Ω

RL=50 Ω

Fig. 5. Bode diagram of T-type equivalent circuit.

frequency, the secondary current phase advances 90 deg fromthe primary voltage.

D. Dynamics of the smoothing capacitorThe transfer function from the secondary smoothing capac-

itor input current iCin to the DC-link voltage Vdc is expressedas the following equation.

PCs(s) =RL

RLCss+ 1(9)

E. Duty ratio versus DC link voltageFig. 6(a) and (b) show switching state of the primary inverter

and the secondary converter, respectively. The duty ratio of theprimary inverter dinv and the secondary converter dconv aredefined as Tp/0.5T where T is periodic time, and Tp is timeof the pulse width. Therefore, dinv=1 means a square wavewhich has ±E voltage amplitude.

According to Fig. 5, the transfer function Pio(s) has band-pass characteristic. Then, we only focus on the fundamentalharmonics of the primary inverter output voltage. The ampli-tude of the fundamental harmonics voltage Vinv1 is calculatedas

Vinv1 =4E

πsin

πdinv2

. (10)

Gate states of the secondary converter are shown in TABLEII and Fig. 7. There are three switching modes. In the caseof modes 1 and 2, the secondary current iconv passes thesecondary converter. By contrast, in the case of mode 3, thesecondary coil is shorted and the secondary current iconv doesnot flow into the load. This means load resistance is equatedto zero. Then we define the pseudo load resistance as

RLp = RL sinπdconv

2. (11)

Tp

T0.5T0.25T

0.75T

-E

+E

(a) PWM inverter.

T

0.25T

0.75T

0.5T

input current

mode 1

mode 3mode 2

(b) PWM converter.

Fig. 6. Definition of duty ratio.

TABLE IISWITCHING MODE OF THE SECONDARY CONVERTER.

mode Gate state circuit behavior1 S21, S24 = ON operate as rectifier2 S22, S23 = ON operate as rectifier3 S22, S24 = ON shorted

From eq.(3), the amplitude of iconv is

Iconv = |Piop(jωin)|Vinv1 (12)

where ωin is the driving frequency of the primary inverter, andPiop(s) is the transfer function Pio(s) with RL replaced byRLp . Assuming that the time constant of PCs(s) is sufficientlyslower than the driving frequency of the primary inverter, inputvalue of PCs(s) can be treated as an average passing currentthrough the secondary converter. The average passing currentICave is calculated as

ICave =1

π

∫ π2 +π

2 dconv

π2 −π

2 dconv

Iconv sin θdθ

=2

πIconv sin

πdconv2

. (13)

Substituting eq.(10) and (12) in (13), ICave is expressed as

ICave =8E

π2|Piop(jωin)| sin

πdinv2

sinπdconv

2. (14)

Therefore, the steady-state value of Vdc is

Vdc|t=∞ =8E

π2RL|Piop(jωin)| sin

πdinv2

sinπdconv

2. (15)

The switching timing of the secondary converter has tosynchronize with iconv in order to make the fundamentalharmonics power factor to 1. Then, we generate the PWMcarrier of the secondary converter from zero-cross timing oficonv as shown in Fig. 7.

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G21 G23

G24G22

Cs

Vdc

iCinsecondary converter

iconv

zero cross saw

PWM carrier

0.25T 0.5T

iconv

vconv

Fig. 7. Voltage and current of secondary converter.

IV. DC LINK STABILIZATION CONTROL

A. Control strategy

In this section, we propose a DC-link voltage stabilizationcontrol method.

The circuit of the W-IWM has two control degrees-of-freedom: the duty ratios of the primary inverter and the sec-ondary converter. Signal communication between the primaryside and the secondary side is wireless communication. Then,there are delay and speed limitations. In order to avoid theseeffects, the primary inverter is controlled by a feedforwardcontroller and the secondary converter is controlled by a DC-link voltage feedback controller.

B. Primary inverter controller

Assuming that the torque response of the electric motor isfast enough, the equivalent load resistance R∗

L is determinedby the DC-link voltage reference value V ∗

dc, the angular speedof the electric motor, and the torque command of the electricmotor. In fact, it is useful to refer to the prepared R∗

L mapwhich describes the relation of the angular speed and thetorque of the electric motor to R∗

L. We use the nominalvalue of the mutual inductance Lm. Also, we introduce thenominal duty ratio of the secondary converter dconv in orderto determine the control margin of the secondary converter.That means, if there are no model errors or disturbance, dconvbecomes dconv by the secondary feedback controller. Then,the duty ratio command of the primary inverter d∗inv is derivedfrom eq.(15) as

d∗inv =2

πsin−1

(π2V ∗

dc

8ER∗L|Piop(jωin)| sin πdconv

2

). (16)

C. Secondary converter controller

The secondary converter controller is a two-degree-of-freedom controller, the control target plant of which is PCs(s).We use a PI controller which is designed by the pole placementmethod.

CPI(s) = Kp +Ki1

s(17)

Kp =2pR∗

LCs − 1

R∗L

(18)

Ki = p2Cs (19)

eq.(2)

or map

Pm*

Vdc*

eq.(16) PWM Piop (s)RL

*dinv

* vinv

eq.(21)CPI (s)

CFF (s)

++ ICave

*

PWMdconv

* ICavePCs (s)

+-

Vdc*

dconv

Vdc

secondary converter

primary inverter primary side (on-board)

secondary side (in-wheel)

iconv

Fig. 8. Block diagram of the proposed control method.

where −p [rad/s] is a closed loop pole (multiple root). Also,the feedforward controller is expressed as

CFF (s) =ωc

s+ ωcPCs

−1(s) (20)

where ωc [rad/s] is the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter.The manipulated variable of the controller is the average inputcurrent to the smoothing capacitor I∗Cave. Then, the duty ratiocommand of the secondary converter d∗conv is calculated as

d∗conv =2

πsin−1

(π2I∗Cave

8E|Piop(jωin)| sinπd∗

inv

2

). (21)

The block diagram of the proposed DC-link stablization con-trollers are shown in Fig. 8.

V. SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENT

A. Duty ratio versus DC-link voltage

Experiments have been carried out to verify eq.(15). Wemeasured Vdc under the following two conditions.

• Condition 1: dinv is variable, dconv is fixed to 1.0.• Condition 2: dinv is fixed to 1.0, dconv is variable.

The DC source voltage E was set to 5.0 V, the loads were 25Ω and 50 Ω non-inductive electrical resistance, and Cs was1000 µF. Both switching signals of the primary inverter and thesecondary converter were generated from the same triangularcarrier signal. The carrier frequency was set to 100 kHz. Thephase of the primary inverter gate signal was delayed by 90deg by a delay circuit in order to synchronize the secondaryvoltage and current.

Experimental results are shown in Fig. 9(a) to (c). Themarkers on the figure are measured values, and lines arecalculated values of Vdc by eq.(15). Experimental results are inagreement with theoretical values. Fig. 9(c) shows the voltageand current waveforms of the primary inverter output and thesecondary converter input where RL = 25Ω, dinv = 0.7, anddconv = 0.5. The measured waveforms are also in agreementwith circuit simulation results.

B. Acquisition of the equivalent load resistance map

An electrical motor drive experiment was conducted in orderto verify the effectiveness of the proposed DC-link voltagestabilization control. First, the equivalent load resistance mapwas obtained by experiment where dconv = 0.5, E = 12 V,and V ∗

dc = 24 V. The experimental process is as follows:

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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 10

5

10

15

20

primary invertr duty ratio [−]

DC

−lin

k v

oltage [V

]

25Ω, calc.

25Ω, exp.

50Ω, calc.

50Ω, exp.

(a) dinv vs. Vdc ( dconv = 1.0 ).

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 10

5

10

15

20

secondary converter duty ratio [−]

DC

−lin

k v

oltage [V

]

25Ω, calc.

25Ω, exp.

50Ω, calc.

50Ω, exp.

(b) dconv vs. Vdc ( dinv = 1.0 ).

−10

0

10

vin

v [V

]

−1

0

1

i inv [A

]

−10

0

10

vco

nv [V

]

0 5 10 15 20 25 30−1

0

1

time [us]

i co

nv [A

]

(c) Voltage and current waveforms.(solid: measured, dotted: simulation)

Fig. 9. Duty ratio versus DC link voltage.

motor rotation speed [rpm]

load torq

ue [N

m]

0 20 40 600

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

equiv

ale

nt lo

ad r

esis

tance [

Ω]

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Fig. 10. Equivalent load resistance map.

• Perform the proposed control.• Change the motor speed every 10 rpm, and the motor

torque every 0.1 Nm.• Adjust R∗

L so that dconv equals to dconv on every drivingcondition.

• Values between measured points are calculated by linearinterpolation.

The obtained RL map is shown in Fig. 10.

C. Mutual inductance variation while motor drive

The effectiveness of the proposed control method to mu-tual inductance variation is verified by experiment. Positionmisalignment was applied to the secondary coil by the linearactuator as shown in Fig. 11(a). Then, mutual inductancevariation occurred as shown in Fig. 11(b). The rotation speedof the motor was 50 rpm, and the load torque was 1.5 Nm.In this condition, R∗

L was 40.1 Ω from the equivalent roadresistance map. Cs was assumed to be 2000 µF (it is insidethe brushless motor driver and the correct capacitance valueis unknown). Closed loop poles of the secondary convertercontroller was set to -50 rad/s. A low-pass filter with the cutofffrequency of 200 rad/s was applied to the measured Vdc valuein order to suppress measurement noise.

Simulation results are shown in Fig. 12(a) and (b). The loadresistance value is treated as fixed value in the simulation.Without the proposed control method (both duty ratios arefixed), Vdc varies with the variation of the Lm. By contrast,using the proposed method, the duty ratio of the secondaryconverter is appropriately controlled. Then, variation of theVdc is suppressed and Vdc is almost kept to the reference value.

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.90

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

time [s]

positio

n m

isalig

nm

ent [m

m]

(a) misalignment.

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.98

9

10

11

12

13

14

time [s]

mutu

al in

ducta

nce [uH

]

(b) mutual inductance.

Fig. 11. Misalignment and variation of Lm in experiment.

Experimental results are shown in Fig. 12(c) and (d).Without the proposed control, Vdc varied greatly with thevariation of Lm. In the case of the experiment, the equivalentload resistance also varies with Vdc. Then, the variation ofVdc was bigger than the simulation result. By contrast, theproposed method suppressed variation of Vdc and the motorstably operated.

D. Motor speed variation

The effectiveness of the proposed method on the motorspeed variation is also verified. The load torque was set to1.5 Nm. The speed command of the motor was changed from50 rpm to 20 rpm and then again to 50 rpm as shown in Fig.13(a). In this condition, R∗

L was derived from the map shownin Fig. 13(e). The closed loop poles of the secondary convertercontroller were set to -50 rad/s. The cutoff frequency of thefeedforward controller was set to 100 rad/s.

Simulation results are shown in Fig. 13(b) to (d). Withoutthe proposed control, Vdc varies greatly with variation ofthe motor speed command. By contrast, using the proposedmethod, Vdc is kept almost to the reference value. The dutyratio of the secondary converter is almost unchanged becauseof the effectiveness of the primary feedforward controller.

Experimental results are shown in Fig. 13(f) to (h). Theseresults also fit in well with the simulation results. Withoutthe proposed control, the primary inverter operation stoppeddue to the protective function of the circuit and the motoralso stopped. By contrast, the proposed method suppressedvariation of Vdc and the motor stably operated. Steady-statevalue of the secondary converter duty ratio was about 0.5.It was equal to the dconv, meaning the primary feedforwardcontroller effectively worked.

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0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.920

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

time [s]

DC

−lin

k v

oltage [V

]

w/ control

w/o control

reference

(a) Vdc (simulation).

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.90

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

time [s]

se

co

nd

ary

co

nve

rte

r d

uty

ra

tio

[−

]

w/ control

w/o control

(b) dconv (simulation).

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.920

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

time [s]

DC

−lin

k v

oltage [V

]

w/ control

w/o control

reference

(c) Vdc (experiment).

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.90

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

time [s]

se

co

nd

ary

co

nve

rte

r d

uty

ra

tio

[−

]

w/ control

w/o control

(d) dconv (experiment).

Fig. 12. Simulation and experimental results of variation in mutual inductance.

0 1 2 3 4 50

10

20

30

40

50

60

time [s]

rota

tion s

peed c

om

mand [rp

m]

(a) Rotation speed command.

0 1 2 3 4 520

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

time [s]

DC

−lin

k v

oltage [V

]

w/ control

w/o control

reference

(b) Vdc (simulation).

0 1 2 3 4 50

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

time [s]

prim

ary

in

ve

rte

r d

uty

ra

tio

[−

]

w/ control

w/o control

(c) dinv (simulation).

0 1 2 3 4 50

0.2

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VI. CONCLUSION

In this paper, a control method of a power conversion circuitis proposed as a fundamental study of the W-IWM usingmagnetic resonance coupling. We derive an equation whichexpress the relation between the secondary DC-link voltageand the duty ratio of the primary inverter and the secondaryconverter. A DC-link voltage stabilization control method wasproposed, and the effectiveness of the proposed method isverified by simulation and experimentation.

Further works are as follows:• Establish a regenerative control method for the power

conversion circuit.• Current feedback on the primary side.• Experiments using the prototype unit on the vehicle.

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