SEMINAR

ON
WITRICITY(WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION)

PRESENTATION BY:
2012UE
MNIT JAIPUR

Supervised by:

WIRELESS POWER
TRANSMISSION

Wireless power transmission dates back to the

19th century when Nikola Tesla used conduction
based systems based on his research of Tesla
coil to transfer wireless power.

A couple of techniques of wireless power

transmission are known now:

1)
2)
3)

Direct induction
Resonant magnetic induction
Electromagnetic radiation

DIRECT INDUCTION

Similar to transformer, having

primary and secondary coils.

E.g. An electric Toothbrush, uses

traditional magnetic induction to
recharge its batteries.

Tooth brush needs to be placed in its

cradle in order to be recharged
because coils must be within
millimeters of each other to couple
and transfer power

RADIATIVE POWER TRANSFER

E.g. Microwave radiations , LASER , solar

radiations

Basically radiative form of power transfer

like in microwave oven and most of the
power gets wasted during transfer

Less efficient and may interact with

biological organism

Require line of sight between power source

and capture device.

Can be employed for far distances

WITRICITY

Basically refers to Resonant induction coupling

method i.e. employed basic induction principle of
transformer as well as RESONANCE

Different from Teslas technology of wireless power

transmission

Different from traditional magnetic induction

Different from traditional radiative power transfer

Useful for near field transmission purposes that is

up to few meters

FIRST EXPERIMENT WITRICITY

The first experiment of witricity was conducted

in the year 2006 by a five member team of
researches from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology

It was led by Assistant Professor Marin.

It was funded by Army Research Office,

National Science Foundation and Department of
Atomic Energy.

BASIC PRINCIPLES:

Resonance as well as induction coupling

Resonance is a tendency of system to oscillate

with larger magnitude at some frequencies
than at others.

At resonant frequencies, even small periodic

deriving forces can produce large amplitude
oscillation

Two objects having similar resonance tends to

exchange energy without causing any effects
on the surrounding objects

Just like in acoustic resonance, where

there is chance of glass breaking if you
strike a right tone.

A glass captures sound energy that

oscillates at its natural resonant
frequency, convert it to mechanical
energy that causes glass to deform at
that same frequency and eventually
causing it to shatter

FIRST EXPERIMENTS- WIRELESS LIGHT

Two

copper coils of diameter two feet.

The

transmitter coils was attached to a

power sources.

The

receiver coil was placed about

seven feet away from transmitter.

The

receiver was attached to light bulb.

Two

coils was tuned to same frequency.

Power

was switched on at the

transmitter.

The

coils magnetically coupled and

resonated at 10 MHz

Electric

energy was transmitted

over a distance of two meters
through the air and around an
obstacle

With

each cycles more voltage built

up in the coil till the accumulation of
voltages provided enough pressure
and energy to flow to the light bulb.

Data

collected through
measurement showed
that there was
transference of 40%
electricity through
wiTricity.
The

bulb glowed
despite the fact that
wood, metal and other
device were placed in
between the two coils

The

blue lines shows

magnetic near field induced
by power source.

The

yellow lines shows the

flow of energy from the
source to the WiTricity
capture coil.

The

magnetic field lines

can wrap around a obstacles
between the power source
and capture devices.

BENEFITS OF WITRICITY

WiTricity mode of wireless power transfer is

highly efficient over distances ranging from
centimeters to several meters. In many
applications, efficiency can exceed 90%

WiTricity sources only transfer energy when it is

needed

When a WiTricity powered device no longer needs

to capture additional energy, the WiTricity power
source will automatically reduce its power
consumption to a power saving idle state

BENEFITS OF WITRICITY

Energy transfer via magnetic near field can

penetrate or wrap around obstacles

WiTricitys technology is non-radiated mode of

energy transfer, relying instead on magnetic field.

Magnetic field interact very weakly with biological

organism- people and animal- are scientifically
regarded to be safe.

Wirelessly powering up an appliance will not add

up appreciably to the cost i.e. cost efficient

APPLICATION

WiTricitys wireless power transfer technology can be

applied in wide variety of applications and environment
It can be used to provide:
Direct Wireless Power : When all
power required by device is wirelessly provided, and no
batteries are required. This mode is for device which are
always used within range of its WiTricity power source.
Automatic Wireless Charging :
when a device with rechargeable batteries charge itself
while still in use or at rest, without requirement power
cord or battery replacement. This mode is for mobile
device which can be used both in and out of range of its
witricity power source.

VARIOUS USAGE AREAS CAN BE

Mobile phones
Electric cars
Medicals
Computers

THANK YOU