Shaft power measurement for marine propulsion system based on magnetic resonances

Abstract

Marine shaft power measurement is believed to assess the working condition for marine propulsion system. The traditional equipment uses battery-powered supply but could provide only 2-4 hours continuous monitoring time. To address this issue, a new shaft power measurement technique based on magnetic resonances is proposed in this paper. It was able to transfer 70mA over distances in the range of 5 to 20 millimeters. We experimentally demonstrated efficient power transfer over the self-resonant coils in the transmitter to the receiving end in order to achieve the transfer of energy. It is shown that the strain-type measurement using the magnetic resonances technique produces superior results to those using battery-powered measurements, and thus has application importance.