Wireless Charging Infrastructure for Milton Keynes

“这项可行性研究将探讨使用无线充电技术，以支持在米尔顿凯恩斯引入电动公共服务车辆。”它将研究在公共服务部门运作的组织的文化，以及存在的技术选择。根据调查结果，该研究将开发特定应用的商业案例，以支持在全市范围内推出无线充电基础设施。这些应用程序将特别侧重于出租车/私人租赁和按需巴士服务，尽管轻型货运、杂货配送、医疗保健和废物收集服务等其他应用程序也将被考虑在内。该研究的一个显著特点将是深入的社会技术检查的文化和在选定的应用领域运作的组织的商业实践。这将回应这样一个事实，即到目前为止，目标服务提供商对电动汽车的接受程度一直很低，要改变这种情况，除了了解现有技术外，还需要对文化和商业实践有深刻的了解。该方案将包括技术革新的两个关键领域。首先，将探索采用一种新型无线充电设备。该装置目前正在华威大学开发，使用最新的电力电子技术，提供非常紧凑，高功率的单元，非常适合中小型车辆。第二个创新领域将探索将无线充电器与现有的街道电缆充电器耦合的潜力。如果成功，这种方法将允许在整个城市安装更多的充电器，而不需要当地电网运营商提供相同数量的新连接。”

"This Feasibility Study will explore the use of wireless charging technology to support the introduction of electric public service vehicles in Milton Keynes. It will examine the culture of organisations which operate in the public service sectors, and the technical options which exist. Based on the findings, the study will develop application-specific business cases to support the roll-out of a city-wide wireless charging infrastructure. These applications will focus particularly on taxi/private-hire and on-demand bus services, although other applications such as light freight, grocery deliveries, healthcare, and waste collection services will also be considered.A distinctive feature of the study will be an in-depth socio-technical examination of the cultures and business practices of the organisations which operate in the chosen areas of application. This will respond to the fact that the take-up of electric vehicles by the targetted service providers, to date, has been low and changing this situation will require a deep understanding of culture and business practice in addition to an understanding of the available technology.The programme will embrace two key areas of technical innovation. First, the adoption of a novel wireless charging device will be explored. This device is currently being developed at the University of Warwick using the latest power electronics technologies to deliver very compact, high power, units which are ideal for small and medium-size vehicles. The second area of innovation will explore the potential for coupling wireless chargers to existing on-street cable-chargers. If successful, this approach will allow many more chargers to be installed across the city without requiring an equal number of new connections from the local electricity network operator."