Numerical analysis of rotation loss of superconducting magnetic bearing

Author

Demachi, Kazuyuki ; Miura, Akira ; Uchimoto, Tetsuya ; Miya, Kenzo

Author_Institution

Nucl. Eng. Res. Lab., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1653

Lastpage

1656

Abstract

The degradation of levitation force and rotation speed is one of the most significant problems for the practical use of superconducting magnetic bearings (SMB) for flywheel energy storage systems. The rotation loss is caused by the AC magnetic field due to the inhomogeneous distribution of magnetic flux density of the permanent magnet (PM) rotor. A simulation method has been developed by the authors´ group to simulate the rotation losses. In this research, this method was improved so that the eddy current flowing in the cryostat around the superconductor was taken into account. The dependency of the rotation losses of radial type SMB with cryostat were evaluated by this new simulation method with respect to the levitating height, the initial rotation speed and the amplitude of inhomogeneous component of PM rotor´s field

Keywords

cryostats; eddy currents; flywheels; losses; machine bearings; machine theory; magnetic bearings; magnetic levitation; permanent magnet generators; permanent magnet motors; rotors; superconducting machines; AC magnetic field; PM motor-generators; eddy current; flywheel energy storage systems; initial rotation speed; levitating height; levitation force; magnetic flux density; numerical analysis; permanent magnet rotor; rotation loss; rotation speed; rotor field amplitude; simulation method; superconducting magnetic bearing; superconductor cryostat; Degradation; Energy storage; Flywheels; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic losses; Numerical analysis; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.920098

Filename

920098