Wireless Power Transfer for Unmanned Aircraft

Zhen Zhang is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at Tianjin University and Chair of IEEE Beijing Section IES Chapter (Tianjin). He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. He is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and the IEEE J. David Irwin Early Career Award. Yu Gu received his Ph.D. degree from Tianjin University. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tianjin University with research interests in including wireless power transfer and power electronic control. Qi Li received his M.Sc. from Tianjin University and joined the School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Tianjin University in 2015. He has received the SHENZHIKANG Teaching Award from Tianjin University and his research areas include Embedded Computing and Control, Intelligent Robotic Systems.

• Preface; 1. Fundamentals of wireless power transfer; 2. Hovering wireless charging for UAV; 3. Magnetic coupler design for wireless charging of UAV; 4. Control for wireless charging of UAV; 5. Control scheme based on the PT-symmetric WPT system; 6. Charging range extension for the PT-symmetric WPT system; Index.