Category Archives: Inductive charging

thesis Glenn Sommerfeld, Jan WIllems

Dear readers, I found a very interesting video on TED. Most of the things you will already know if you followed my blog. But i think that the part of batteries is very interesting. And for this applications wireless energy … Continue reading

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The first wireless transformator

Dear reader, Everybody knows Nicolas Tesla. He was de scientist who invented the alternating current. But that was not without any annotation. the big competitor of Tesla was Thomas Edison. They fought the “war of currents”. On the one side … Continue reading

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wireless charging, solution to many problems

Dear readers To come back to the fact that the efficiency of wireless charging is less than the classic way of charging your devices. Wireless charging makes it possible to transfer energy without wires between the device and the charging … Continue reading

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Storing the energy

The type of battery used in the scooter is a lead battery. We have chosen this type of battery for the best ratio of quality and price. Also an advantage is that the battery must be free off maintenance. The … Continue reading

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wireless charging system for electric scooters

Dear reader The true purpose of our thesis is to implement a wireless charging system in an electric scooter. But like some guys commented on my previous post, why use wireless charging when the efficiency is on 75 – 85%? This … Continue reading

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Resonance always desirable?

Dear readers Last week we went to a lab of the Kul in Arenberg. It was a part of our course “Dynamic aspect of machine construction”. I hear you think what has this to do with wireless energy? Well it … Continue reading

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First results!

Dear reader It’s been a while since my last post. This because we went to Berlin with our EM – Group. Beside the very interesting trip it was very nice to leave the thesis aside for a short moment. But … Continue reading

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wireless charging, bigger than you think?

I think that everybody would like the idea that everything would be truly wireless. The big problem nowadays is that nothing is completely wireless. Everybody has WIFI but there comes a time that you need to recharge you laptop (even … Continue reading

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The advantage of resonance

Dear readers, A few post ago someone asked me the gain of efficiency you have with the resonance frequency. I couldn’t give an exact answer at that time but now i’m ready for it. To keep the post also readable … Continue reading

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The standard for wireless charging

  The Qi-standard (pronunciation as ‘chee’) is a standard figure for determine the possibility for charging wireless and inductively. This standard is developed by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). This organisation is founded in 2008  and is open to all … Continue reading

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