Underwater charging stations allow Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs)to recharge batteries,extending missions and reducing surface support.However,efficient wireless power transfer requires overcoming alignment chal...Underwater charging stations allow Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs)to recharge batteries,extending missions and reducing surface support.However,efficient wireless power transfer requires overcoming alignment challenges and environmental variations in conductive seawater.This paper employs Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO)to design coupling coils specifically applied for underwater wireless charging station systems.The establishment of underwater charging stations enables Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs)to recharge batteries underwater,extending mission duration and reducing reliance on surface-based resupply operations.The proposed charging system is designed to address the unique challenges of the underwater environment,such as alignment disruptions and performance degradation caused by seawater conductivity and environmental fluctuations.Given these distinctive underwater conditions,this study explores coupling coil design comprehensively.COMSOL Multiphysics and MATLAB software were integrated to develop an automated coil evaluation platform,effectively assessing coil coupling under varying misalignment conditions.PSO was employed to optimize coil inner diameters,simulating coupling performance across different misalignment scenarios to achieve high misalignment tolerance.The optimized coils were subsequently implemented in a full-bridge series-series resonant converter and compared with control group coils.Results confirmed the PSO-optimized coils enhanced misalignment resistance,exhibiting a variation of coupling coefficient as low as 4.26%,while the control group coils have a variation of 10.34%.In addition,compared to control group coils,PSO-optimized coils achieved an average efficiency of 71%in air and 67%in seawater,outperforming the control group coils at 66%and 60%,respectively.These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed PSO-based coil design in improving underwater wireless power transfer reliability and efficiency.展开更多
In a fusion reactor, the edge localized mode（ELM） coil has a mitigating effect on the ELMs of the plasma. The coil is placed close to the plasma between the vacuum vessel and the blanket to reduce its design power a...In a fusion reactor, the edge localized mode（ELM） coil has a mitigating effect on the ELMs of the plasma. The coil is placed close to the plasma between the vacuum vessel and the blanket to reduce its design power and improve its mitigating ability. The coil works in a high-temperature,high-nuclear-heat and high-magnetic-field environment. Due to the existence of outer superconducting coils, the coil is subjected to an alternating electromagnetic force induced by its own alternating current and the outer magnetic field. The design goal for the ELM coil is to maintain its structural integrity in the multi-physical field. Taking as an example the middle ELM coil（with flexible supports） of ITER（the International Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor）, an electromagnetic–thermal–structural coupling analysis is carried out using ANSYS. The results show that the flexible supports help the three-layer casing meet the static and fatigue design requirements. The structural design of the middle ELM coil is reasonable and feasible. The work described in this paper provides the theoretical basis and method for ELM coil design.展开更多
This study investigated the inductively coupled plasma etching reactor and RF coils developed by North Microelectronic Corporation. Full three dimensional simulations were made at different discharge conditions. The s...This study investigated the inductively coupled plasma etching reactor and RF coils developed by North Microelectronic Corporation. Full three dimensional simulations were made at different discharge conditions. The simulations examined and compared the distribution and non-uniformity of several plasma parameters at a fixed position upon the wafer at different pressures and coil currents. These parameters included electron density, electron temperature and power deposition. The results demonstrate that the electron density, power deposition and uniformity increase with either higher pressure or stronger coil currents, while the electron temperature decreases at this condition. Coil number increase can reduce the non-uniformity of parameters in the spatial distribution. The linear relationship between power deposition and electron density does not always exist. The comparison between simulation results and experiment results is also presented in the paper.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Council(NSTC),Taiwan[Project code MOST 110-2222-E-019-005-MY3].
文摘Underwater charging stations allow Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs)to recharge batteries,extending missions and reducing surface support.However,efficient wireless power transfer requires overcoming alignment challenges and environmental variations in conductive seawater.This paper employs Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO)to design coupling coils specifically applied for underwater wireless charging station systems.The establishment of underwater charging stations enables Autonomous Underwater Vehicles(AUVs)to recharge batteries underwater,extending mission duration and reducing reliance on surface-based resupply operations.The proposed charging system is designed to address the unique challenges of the underwater environment,such as alignment disruptions and performance degradation caused by seawater conductivity and environmental fluctuations.Given these distinctive underwater conditions,this study explores coupling coil design comprehensively.COMSOL Multiphysics and MATLAB software were integrated to develop an automated coil evaluation platform,effectively assessing coil coupling under varying misalignment conditions.PSO was employed to optimize coil inner diameters,simulating coupling performance across different misalignment scenarios to achieve high misalignment tolerance.The optimized coils were subsequently implemented in a full-bridge series-series resonant converter and compared with control group coils.Results confirmed the PSO-optimized coils enhanced misalignment resistance,exhibiting a variation of coupling coefficient as low as 4.26%,while the control group coils have a variation of 10.34%.In addition,compared to control group coils,PSO-optimized coils achieved an average efficiency of 71%in air and 67%in seawater,outperforming the control group coils at 66%and 60%,respectively.These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed PSO-based coil design in improving underwater wireless power transfer reliability and efficiency.
基金the Province Postdoctoral Foundation of Jiangsu(1501164B)the Technical Innovation Nurturing Foundation of Yangzhou University(2015CXJ016)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M600447)
文摘In a fusion reactor, the edge localized mode（ELM） coil has a mitigating effect on the ELMs of the plasma. The coil is placed close to the plasma between the vacuum vessel and the blanket to reduce its design power and improve its mitigating ability. The coil works in a high-temperature,high-nuclear-heat and high-magnetic-field environment. Due to the existence of outer superconducting coils, the coil is subjected to an alternating electromagnetic force induced by its own alternating current and the outer magnetic field. The design goal for the ELM coil is to maintain its structural integrity in the multi-physical field. Taking as an example the middle ELM coil（with flexible supports） of ITER（the International Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor）, an electromagnetic–thermal–structural coupling analysis is carried out using ANSYS. The results show that the flexible supports help the three-layer casing meet the static and fatigue design requirements. The structural design of the middle ELM coil is reasonable and feasible. The work described in this paper provides the theoretical basis and method for ELM coil design.
基金supported by North Microelectronic Corporation (NMC).
文摘This study investigated the inductively coupled plasma etching reactor and RF coils developed by North Microelectronic Corporation. Full three dimensional simulations were made at different discharge conditions. The simulations examined and compared the distribution and non-uniformity of several plasma parameters at a fixed position upon the wafer at different pressures and coil currents. These parameters included electron density, electron temperature and power deposition. The results demonstrate that the electron density, power deposition and uniformity increase with either higher pressure or stronger coil currents, while the electron temperature decreases at this condition. Coil number increase can reduce the non-uniformity of parameters in the spatial distribution. The linear relationship between power deposition and electron density does not always exist. The comparison between simulation results and experiment results is also presented in the paper.
