Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: The Era of Wireless Power Transfer1.1 The father of wireless power transfer - Nikola Tesla1.2 Wireless power Transfer1.3 About this bookChapter 2: Inductive Power Transfer2.1 Inductive power transfer2.2 1-to-1 transmission2.3 1-to-N transmission2.4 What are differences between 1-to-1 and 1-to-N transmissionPart II: DesignChapter 3: Design and Optimization for Coupled Coils3.1 Introduction3.2 Design considerations3.3 Optimal design3.4 DiscussionChapter 4: Design and Optimization for Power Circuits4.1 Impedance matching4.2 DC/AC invertersPart III: ControlChapter 5: Control for Single Pickup5.1 Review of control schemes5.2 Maximizing efficiency controlChapter 6: Control for Multiple Pickups6.1 Introduction6.2 Transmission strategy for transmitting side6.3 Impedance matching strategy for multi-frequency transmission6.4 OthersChapter 7: Energy Security of Wireless Power Transfer7.1 Introduction7.2 Characteristic of frequency7.3 Energy encryption7.4 Verifications7.5 OpportunitiesChapter 8: Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer8.1 Introduction8.2 Mathematic analysis8.3 Design of transmitting coils for synthetic magnetic field8.4 Design and control considerations for pickup coils8.5 Load detection8.6 DiscussionPart IV: ApplicationChapter 9: WPT for High-Power Application - Electric Vehicles9.1 Introduction9.2 EV wireless charging9.3 Electromagnetic field reduction9.4 Key technologies9.5 SummaryChapter 10: WPT for Low-Power Applications10.1 Portable consumer electronics10.2 Implantable medical devices10.3 Drones10.4 Underwater wireless charging
Zhen Zhang, Ph.D., is a full professor with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at Tianjin University. He has authored and co-authored numerous internationally referred papers as well as two books published by Wiley-IEEE Press and Cambridge University Press. Prof. Zhang is currently the Chair of IEEE Beijing Section IES Chapter (Tianjin) and an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. He is the recipient of the Humboldt Research Fellowship, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Fellowship, 2020 Outstanding Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE J. David Irwin Early Career Award.Hongliang Pang received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from Tianjin University, China in 2017 and 2020, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He has published several technical papers and industrial reports in these areas. His current research interests include electric vehicle technologies, wireless power transfer and Power-electronic-based impedance matching.