Improving the Quality of the Underwater Robot’s Contactless Battery Charging System
Abstract A special feature of the contactless battery charging system of an autonomous underwater robot is the use of a transformer with separating primary and secondary windings. As a result, a non-magnetic gap arises, which leads to the need to increase the primary current and the output current of the autonomous inverter. One of the ways to improve the quality of the system is the use of a resonant circuit at the inverter output in combination with the "soft switching" mode of its power switches. The use of resonance on the transformer secondary side also allows you to equalize the current loads of the primary and secondary windings. In this way, a minimum of losses in the inverter is achieved and the power transformer of the system is optimized. This allows you to reduce the size of the system while maintaining the transmitted power, or increase the transmitted power while maintaining the dimensions. The problem solved by using mathematical modelling with verification of the solution adequacy in a full-scale experiment.