Test and Simulation of Superconducting Magnetic Bearings

Author

Sotelo, Guilherme Goncalves ; De Andrade, Rubens, Jr. ; Ferreira, Antonio Carlos

Author_Institution

Fac. Salesiana Maria Auxiliadora, Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2083

Lastpage

2086

Abstract

This work presents the study of superconducting magnetic bearings (SMB). Two SMB prototypes were constructed using Nd-Fe-B magnets rotors (each one having approximately 80 mm of external diameter) and a 75 mm diameter YBCO disc. The magnetic rotors of the SMB prototypes were manufactured in two different topologies: flux shaper and axially magnetized rings. Bean´s critical state model is applied to simulate those SMBs. The model was implemented using magnetostatic solutions calculated by finite element method (to solve the problem in space) and finite difference method (to solve the problem in time). Simulated and measured results were very similar, showing the applied simulation model is efficient for this purpose.

Keywords

finite difference methods; finite element analysis; magnetic bearings; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnets; Bean´s critical state model; axially magnetized ring; finite difference method; finite element method; flux shaper; vsuperconducting magnetic bearing; Critical state model; superconducting magnetic bearing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2009.2019555

Filename

5109609