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Deputy Head of Research of the Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringThe University of Auckland, New Zealand
Guest professorChongQing University and TaiYuan University of Technology, China |
Dr. Aiguo Patrick HU graduated from Xian JiaoTong University, China, with BE and ME degrees in 1985 and 1988 respectively. He received his Ph.D from the University of Auckland in 2001 before he served as a lecturer, the director of China Italy Cooperative Technical Training Center in Xian, and the general manager of a technical development company. Funded by Asian2000 Foundation he stayed in NUS (National Univ of Singapore) for a semester as an exchange postdoc research fellow. Patrick is a leading researcher in wireless power technologies. He holds about 20 patents in wireless/contactless power transfer and microcomputer control technologies, published more than 200 peer reviewed journal and conference papers with more than 2600 citations, authored the first monograph on wireless inductive power transfer technology, and contributed 4 book chapters on inductive power transfer modeling/control as well as electrical machines.
Patrick is currently the Deputy Head of Research of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is also the Head of Research of PowerbyProxi Ltd, as well as guest professor of ChongQing Univ and TaiYuan Univ of Technology, China. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, the former Chairman of IEEE NZ Power Systems/Power Electronics Chapter and Chairman of NZ North Section. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of NZ Chinese Scientists Association, and now the vice president. His research interests include wireless/contactless power transfer systems, and application of power electronics in renewable energy systems.
The development trends and challenges of wireless power transfer technologies
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) has recently drawn wide attentions of both academic researchers and design engineers, and it has been recognized as one of the technology trends by the World Economic Forum. There is an increasing development need for wireless power transfer to movable devices for increased convenience, reliability and safety, particularly under special operating conditions where direct wire connections are difficult or impossible. However, the current technologies are still far away from being able to achieve useful amount of wireless power over long distances on the earth, nothing comparable to what have been achieved in communication systems for wireless signal transfer. This presentation will review the development of wireless power transfer technologies in IPT (Inductive Power Transfer), CPT (Capacitive Power Transfer), and UPT (Ultrasonic Power Transfer) in the University of Auckland, New Zealand first, and then discuss their fundamental features, challenges, and potential applications in domestic, biomedical, industrial, and transportation systems.