INDUCTIVE POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

A contactless inductive power distribution system operating at 10 KHz has a self tuning resonant power supply connected to a resonant primary conductive path (10110, 10111) comprising a pair of parallel litz wire conductors (10110, 10111) each encapsulated within an insulated sheath and supported on a structural monorail beam (10101) on which a plurality of electric vehicles can run. Each vehicle has an electric motor (not shown) capable of deriving power from a resonant pick-up coil (10115) wound on a ferrite core (10102) mounted on the vehicle in close proximity to the primary conductors (10110, 10111). Each vehicle also has switching means (10116) capable of preventing a lightly loaded vehicle from presenting a reduced load to the resonant primary. As shown, this comprises an isolating coil (10116) having a switch (not shown) to switch the coil between an open circuit and a short circuit, so that when the switch is switched from one state to another state the power coupled between the primary conductive path (10110, 10111) and the pick-up coil (10115) is changed.