Wireless Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Power Transmission using SPMC

This paper presents a theoretical study on the application of Single-phase Matrix Converter (SPMC) for wireless Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) power transmission. The SPMC performs DC to AC and AC to DC converter operations for V2V wireless power transfer. Apart from the AC to DC conversion, the SPMC is capable of working as an Active Power Filter (APF) to improve the non-sinusoidal supply current waveform. As a result, it can improve power factor and increase power quality of the energy conversion system. By using the system, the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) level of supply current waveform decreased to the acceptable limit specified in the IEEE-519 standard. A computer simulation model had been developed using MATLAB/Simulink, and selected results are presented to investigate and demonstrate the proposed technique.