Conceptual Design of Superconducting Linear Synchronous Motor for 600-km/h Wheel-Type Railway

Author

Chang Young Lee ; Jin Ho Lee ; Jung Min Jo ; Chan Bae Park ; Won Hee Rye ; Yoon Do Chung ; Young Jin Hwang ; Tae Kuk Ko ; Se-Young Oh ; Ju Lee

Author_Institution

Korea Railroad Res. Inst., Uiwang, South Korea

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This study introduces 600-km/h wheel-type railway concept propelled by linear synchronous motor (LSM) and deals with the conceptual design for LSM system. The LSM is designed to be of a coreless type, which uses high- T_c superconducting electromagnet (SC-EM) as on-board field magnet. From tentative train parameters, we suggest a conceptual LSM model and its design parameters to achieve the train performances. As high- T_c SC material, we use currently available YBCO tape in designing the SC coil. We produce three SC coil models and estimate tentative design values of each model. The feasibility study described herein provides informative design ranges of LSM for 600-km wheel-type railway.

Keywords

barium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; linear synchronous motors; magnetic levitation; railways; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; superconducting tapes; yttrium compounds; 600-km/h wheel-type railway; YBCO; YBCO tape; coreless type LSM; design parameters; high-T_c superconducting electromagnet; linear synchronous motor; on-board field magnet; superconducting coil models; superconducting linear synchronous motor; velocity 600 km/h; Coils; Force; Propulsion; Rail transportation; Superconducting magnets; Vehicles; High speed railway; linear synchronous motor; propulsion system; superconducting electromagnet;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2013.2284662

Filename

6620976