Title :
A superconducting levitated small scale vehicle with linear synchronous motor
Author :
Stephan, Richard ; Ferreira, A.C. ; De Andrade, R., Jr. ; Neves, M.A. ; Moreira, M. A Cruz ; Rosario, M.A.P. ; Machado, O.J. ; Nicolsky, R.
Author_Institution :
Cidade Univ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents a small scale MAGLEV vehicle prototype that is under development at UFRJ. The levitation is done by Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting blocks refrigerated by liquid nitrogen in the presence of Nd-Fe-B magnets. A long primary linear synchronous motor gives the traction. Design considerations and experimental results show the characteristics and performance of this system.
Keywords :
barium compounds; boron alloys; iron alloys; linear synchronous motors; magnetic levitation; neodymium alloys; railways; superconducting magnets; vehicles; yttrium compounds; NdFeB; YBaCuO; linear synchronous motor; liquid nitrogen; small scale MAGLEV vehicle; superconducting levitated small scale vehicle; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic levitation; Nitrogen; Power generation; Prototypes; Rails; Superconducting magnets; Synchronous motors; Traction motors; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2003. ISIE '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7912-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2003.1267246
