Influence of movement direction on levitation performance and energy dissipation in a superconducting maglev system

During the regular operation of a maglev system, the superconducting levitation body may move away from the working position due to the external disturbance and the curved part of the guideway. Based on the A − V formulation of magnetoquasistatic Maxwell’s equations, in this paper, a two-dimensional...

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Published in:AIP advances 2017-11, Vol.7 (11), p.115305-115305-11
Main Authors: Huang, Chen-Guang, Yong, Hua-Dong, Zhou, You-He
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Current voltage characteristics
Energy dissipation
High temperature superconductors
Levitation
Magnetic levitation systems
Mathematical models
Permanent magnets
Power loss
Superconductivity
Two dimensional models
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Summary:During the regular operation of a maglev system, the superconducting levitation body may move away from the working position due to the external disturbance and the curved part of the guideway. Based on the A − V formulation of magnetoquasistatic Maxwell’s equations, in this paper, a two-dimensional numerical model is applied to study the influence of movement direction on a typical maglev system consisting of an infinitely long high-temperature superconductor and a guideway of two infinitely long parallel permanent magnets with opposite horizontal magnetization. After the highly nonlinear current-voltage characteristic of the superconductor is taken into account, the levitation performance change and the energy dissipation induced by the relative movement of the superconductor and the guideway are discussed. The results show that the levitation force, guidance force and power loss are strongly dependent on the movement direction and speed of the superconductor when it moves away from the working position. If the superconductor moves periodically through the working position, these three physical quantities will change periodically with time. Interestingly, the power loss drastically increases during the first cycle, and after the first cycle it starts to decrease and finally tends to a dynamic steady state. Moreover, an increase in the tilt angle of movement direction will improve the maximum levitation force and, simultaneously, enhance the energy dissipation of the maglev system.
ISSN:2158-3226
2158-3226
DOI:10.1063/1.5002768