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Project Area<\/strong>: Sustainable and Renewable Energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Title<\/strong>: Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging with Alignment Optimization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Description<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Overview: The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has increased the demand for efficient and user-friendly charging solutions. Conventional plug-in charging systems require manual operation and are not compatible with fully autonomous systems. Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) offers a promising alternative by enabling contactless charging. However, its efficiency is highly sensitive to coil misalignment, which poses a major challenge in real-world applications. This project aims to integrate autonomous alignment technology with wireless charging, enabling a vehicle to automatically position itself for optimal charging without human intervention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Project Objectives

    –Design a wireless charging system for electric vehicle (electrical scooter)

    –Develop an autonomous alignment system

    –Integrate sensing, control, and power systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. System Overview

    The system includes:

    -Solar power generation and energy storage system

    – Wireless Power Transfer System

    – Alignment Monitoring and Autonomous Motion Control System<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Subtasks

    Subtask 1 (2-3 students): Solar power generation and energy storage system: solar panel, dc-dc converter, MPPT control, energy storage integration.

    Subtask 2 (2-3 students): Wireless Power Transfer System: Coil design, inverter, rectifier, efficiency analysis.

    Subtask 3(3-4 students): Alignment detection, sensors (camera\/ultrasonic), position estimation, and motion control<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Methodology

    Literature review, simulation, hardware development, algorithm design, integration, testing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Tentative Sub-titles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Solar Power Generation and Energy Storage System<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Wireless Power Transfer System<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Alignment Monitoring and Autonomous Motion Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Desired Technical Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Circuit design<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Control system design<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Microcontroller hardware implements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Suitable for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • ELEC 4907 – Electrical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • SREE 4907 – Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1363,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Shichao ","cu_people_last_name":"Liu","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[34],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1362","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-capstone206"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"ShichaoLiu@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe\/people\/shichao-liu\/","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1362\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe-4th-projects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}