Patents by Inventor Xinkai ZHU

Xinkai ZHU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11965942
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes an Epstein frame, an alternating power supply, a power analyzer, and an oscilloscope. Electromagnetic coupling modeling on an Epstein frame is performed based on a vector model of a magnetic circuit, where an iron core of the Epstein frame is formed by laminating a silicon steel sheet to be measured, and an excitation coil and a detection coil with the same turns number are wound around the iron core. The measurement process is to first obtain a reference B-H curve that only considers a nonlinear reluctance of the iron core, and then to derive a B-H curve considering an eddy current effect in a magnetic field at any frequency from the reference B-H curve. The method, applicable to a measurement for B-H curves at middle and high frequencies, may obtain much higher accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Cheng, Xinkai Zhu, Wei Qin, Zheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240030838
    Abstract: A power generation device and method based on the time-varying magductance principle relate to the field of energy conversion, and in particular relate to an electromagnetic induction power generation device. The power generation device includes an electric energy generation unit, a power conversion unit and an electric energy storage unit. The electric energy generation unit includes a time-varying magductance component configured to form a closed conductor loop in a magnetic circuit with constant magnetic flux. By changing a magductance parameter of the time-varying magductance component, the time-varying magductance component generates induced current. The power conversion unit consists of a switching device and a circuit. The electric energy generated by the time-varying magductance component can be stored into the electric energy storage unit through controlling the switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Wei QIN, Xinkai ZHU, Zheng WANG, Wei HUA
  • Patent number: 11790132
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a calculation method of eddy current loss in magnetic materials based on magnetic-inductance. The present invention proposes a vector model of a magnetic circuit, an eddy current reaction is equivalent to a magnetic-inductance component in the magnetic circuit, and the eddy current loss can be fast calculated by the vector model of the magnetic circuit. When the frequency is high, the eddy current loss dominates an iron loss and can be estimated as an entire iron loss. The present invention proposes the vector model of the magnetic circuit based on which the calculation method of eddy current loss in magnetic materials is proposed as well. Through the proposed method the eddy current loss in magnetic materials can be directly calculated by using the magnetic-inductance and the magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, which can provide guidance for design and performance evaluation of high-frequency electrical equipment from a brand new viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Cheng, Zheng Wang, Wei Qin, Xinkai Zhu
  • Patent number: 11709211
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power calculation method of a magnetic circuit. In view of the power problem of a magnetic circuit and the phase problem of a magnetomotive force (MMF) and a magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, the present disclosure draws a magnetic circuit vector diagram based on an equivalent magnetic circuit vector model, and provides a method for calculating virtual magnetic active power, virtual magnetic reactive power, and virtual magnetic complex power of the magnetic circuit by analyzing the MMF, the magnetic flux, the reluctance, and the magnetic reactance in the magnetic circuit by using the magnetic circuit vector diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Cheng, Zheng Wang, Xinkai Zhu, Wei Qin
  • Publication number: 20220399158
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic-inductance component, and relates to the field of magnetic circuit theory and application, and in particular, to the design of magnetic circuit components. The magnetic-inductance component is a multi-turn short-circuit coil wound around a magnetic circuit. A magnetic-inductance value of the magnetic-inductance component is adjusted by selecting metal conductors with different numbers of turns, materials, cross-sectional areas, and lengths to change an amplitude and a phase of a magnetic flux of the magnetic circuit. The present invention purposely changes the operating state and operating trajectory of a vector in the magnetic circuit by adding the magnetic-inductance component to the magnetic circuit or removing the magnetic-inductance component from the magnetic circuit, to make a state of a magnetic flux vector in the magnetic circuit to be consistent with a target magnetic flux vector state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Wei QIN, Zheng WANG, Xinkai ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220373621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power calculation method of a magnetic circuit. In view of the power problem of a magnetic circuit and the phase problem of a magnetomotive force (MMF) and a magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, the present disclosure draws a magnetic circuit vector diagram based on an equivalent magnetic circuit vector model, and provides a method for calculating virtual magnetic active power, virtual magnetic reactive power, and virtual magnetic complex power of the magnetic circuit by analyzing the MMF, the magnetic flux, the reluctance, and the magnetic reactance in the magnetic circuit by using the magnetic circuit vector diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Zheng WANG, Xinkai ZHU, Wei QIN
  • Publication number: 20220366106
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a calculation method of eddy current loss in magnetic materials based on magnetic-inductance. The present invention proposes a vector model of a magnetic circuit, an eddy current reaction is equivalent to a magnetic-inductance component in the magnetic circuit, and the eddy current loss can be fast calculated by the vector model of the magnetic circuit. When the frequency is high, the eddy current loss dominates an iron loss and can be estimated as an entire iron loss. The present invention proposes the vector model of the magnetic circuit based on which the calculation method of eddy current loss in magnetic materials is proposed as well. Through the proposed method the eddy current loss in magnetic materials can be directly calculated by using the magnetic-inductance and the magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, which can provide guidance for design and performance evaluation of high-frequency electrical equipment from a brand new viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Zheng WANG, Wei QIN, Xinkai ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220342014
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a measurement method for a B-H curve of magnetic material based on a magnetic-inductance principle, and relates to the field of electric engineering. A measurement apparatus includes an Epstein frame, an alternating power supply, a power analyzer, and an oscilloscope. The core content of the present invention is to perform electromagnetic coupling modeling on an Epstein frame based on a vector model of a magnetic circuit, where an iron core of the Epstein frame is formed by laminating a silicon steel sheet to be measured, and an excitation coil and a detection coil with the same turns number are wound around the iron core. The measurement process is to first obtain a reference B-H curve that only considers a nonlinear reluctance of the iron core, and then to derive a B-H curve considering an eddy current effect in a magnetic field at any frequency from the reference B-H curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Xinkai ZHU, Wei QIN, Zheng WANG