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Title: Vibration Suppression of High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev System via Electromagnetic Shunt Damper

Abstract

The high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev system is characterized with self-stable levitation, low energy consumption, and pollution-free operation, and it has been considered as a promising technology for implementing high-speed transport systems. But the previous studies have shown that the damping of such system is relatively low, which indicates the large-amplitude nonlinear vibration may occur easily under external disturbances and affect the long-term motion stability, operation safety, and comfort of HTS maglev in rail transit application. In order to suppress the harmful vibration, an electromagnetic shunt damper (EMSD) was designed and incorporated into the HTS maglev system. Compared with other systems which employ the EMSD to diminish the vibration, the HTS maglev system does not need to set up external devices to supply magnetic field for the damper, because the permanent magnet guideway (PMG) in this system is directly taken advantages of. The natural frequency of the damper is adjusted to a value close to that of the maglev system. In this way, the damper becomes most effective because the moving vehicle body and the circuit resonate simultaneously. The feasibility of the damper was demonstrated through systematic experiments, and the effects of different field cooling heights (FCHs) of the HTS maglevmore » system on EMSD’s performance were experimentally studied as well. Also, how the change of resistors in the EMSD circuit affects its working efficiency was preliminarily explored in this work. The results show that under the definite external disturbance, the damper can effectively attenuate the acceleration of vibration, furthermore, and it is found that the damper works better in condition of lower FCH. Within the scope of our experiments, the EMSD with a resistor in lower resistance performs better as results have shown. This investigation indicates that the vehicle will run in a more smooth and comfortable way along the track with this damper. The work is important for the further practical application of the technology.« less

Authors:
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  1. Southwest Jiaotong University, Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power (China)
  2. Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Mechanics and Engineering (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22922886
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 9; Conference: ICSM2018: 6. International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism, Antalya (Turkey), 29 Apr - 4 May 2018; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DISTURBANCES; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PERMANENT MAGNETS

Citation Formats

Yu, Jinbo, Deng, Zigang, Li, Haitao, Ma, Shunshun, Zhao, Jingzhong, and Wang, Li. Vibration Suppression of High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev System via Electromagnetic Shunt Damper. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1007/S10948-019-5050-3.
Yu, Jinbo, Deng, Zigang, Li, Haitao, Ma, Shunshun, Zhao, Jingzhong, & Wang, Li. Vibration Suppression of High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev System via Electromagnetic Shunt Damper. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10948-019-5050-3
Yu, Jinbo, Deng, Zigang, Li, Haitao, Ma, Shunshun, Zhao, Jingzhong, and Wang, Li. 2019. "Vibration Suppression of High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev System via Electromagnetic Shunt Damper". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10948-019-5050-3.
@article{osti_22922886,
title = {Vibration Suppression of High-Temperature Superconducting Maglev System via Electromagnetic Shunt Damper},
author = {Yu, Jinbo and Deng, Zigang and Li, Haitao and Ma, Shunshun and Zhao, Jingzhong and Wang, Li},
abstractNote = {The high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev system is characterized with self-stable levitation, low energy consumption, and pollution-free operation, and it has been considered as a promising technology for implementing high-speed transport systems. But the previous studies have shown that the damping of such system is relatively low, which indicates the large-amplitude nonlinear vibration may occur easily under external disturbances and affect the long-term motion stability, operation safety, and comfort of HTS maglev in rail transit application. In order to suppress the harmful vibration, an electromagnetic shunt damper (EMSD) was designed and incorporated into the HTS maglev system. Compared with other systems which employ the EMSD to diminish the vibration, the HTS maglev system does not need to set up external devices to supply magnetic field for the damper, because the permanent magnet guideway (PMG) in this system is directly taken advantages of. The natural frequency of the damper is adjusted to a value close to that of the maglev system. In this way, the damper becomes most effective because the moving vehicle body and the circuit resonate simultaneously. The feasibility of the damper was demonstrated through systematic experiments, and the effects of different field cooling heights (FCHs) of the HTS maglev system on EMSD’s performance were experimentally studied as well. Also, how the change of resistors in the EMSD circuit affects its working efficiency was preliminarily explored in this work. The results show that under the definite external disturbance, the damper can effectively attenuate the acceleration of vibration, furthermore, and it is found that the damper works better in condition of lower FCH. Within the scope of our experiments, the EMSD with a resistor in lower resistance performs better as results have shown. This investigation indicates that the vehicle will run in a more smooth and comfortable way along the track with this damper. The work is important for the further practical application of the technology.},
doi = {10.1007/S10948-019-5050-3},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22922886}, journal = {Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism},
issn = {1557-1939},
number = 9,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}