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Wireless transfer of electric power

Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 49). / In this dissertation, I describe the design and construction of a system which can transfer electric power wirelessly. This is accomplished using inductive, near-field, non-radiative coupling between self-resonant copper helices. In our first experiment, we transfered 60W of power over a distance of 2m with 45% efficiency. In our second experiment, we designed a system which can transfer power from a single source to two devices, each 2m away, with 60% total efficiency. We also developed a quantitative model of our helical resonators which predicted the resonant frequency with an accuracy of 5%. / by Robert Alexander Moffatt. / S.B.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/51595
Date January 2009
CreatorsMoffatt, Robert Alexander
ContributorsMarin Soljacic., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
PublisherMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Source SetsM.I.T. Theses and Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format49 leaves, application/pdf
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