Abstract: The circuit model in air of the wireless power transfer (WPT) systems is no longer applicable in seawater because of underwater eddy current loss (ECL). By analyzing the influence of seawater, it is considered that seawater mainly affects the self-inductance and mutual inductance of coils. Thus, the equivalent mutual inductance model of underwater WPT is established. It was verified by an experimental WPT system with an outer diameter of 22.5 cm and a resonant frequency of 470 kHz. The experimental results show that the output of the model is consistent with the measured results, and the model can be used to describe the underwater WPT system..
Keywords: underwater WPT system; equivalent mutual inductance; circuit model.
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