Inductive charging comfortable and nonvisible charging stations for urbanised areas

  • For a wide acceptance of E-Mobility, a well-developed charging infrastructure is needed. Conductive charging stations, which are today’s state of the art, are of limited suitability for urbanised areas, since they cause a significant diversification in townscape. Furthermore, they might be destroyed by vandalism. Besides for those urbanistic reasons, inductive charging stations are a much more comfortable alternative, especially in urbanised areas. The usage of conductive charging stations requires more or less bulky charging cables. The handling of those standardised charging cables, especially during poor weather conditions, might cause inconvenience, such as dirty clothing etc. Wireless charging does not require visible and vandalism vulnerable charge sticks. No wired connection between charging station and vehicle is needed, which enable the placement below the surface of parking spaces or other points of interest. Inductive charging seems to be the optimal alternative for E-Mobility, as a high power transfer can be realised with a manageable technical and financial effort. For a well-accepted and working public charging infrastructure in urbanised areas it is essential that the infrastructure fits the vehicles’ needs. Hence, a well-adjusted standardisation of the charging infrastructure is essential. This is carried out by several IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and national standardisation committees. To ensure an optimised technical solution for future’s inductive charging infrastructures, several field tests had been carried out and are planned in near future.

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Author:Steffen Kümmell, Michael Hillgärtner
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13194-8_16
ISBN:978-3-319-13193-1
Parent Title (English):E-Mobility in Europe : trends and good practice
Publisher:Springer
Place of publication:Cham [u.a.]
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Year of Completion:2015
Date of the Publication (Server):2015/07/17
Tag:Charging stations; E-mobility; Inductive charging; Urban areas
First Page:297
Last Page:309
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
collections:Verlag / Springer