Development of a 22,000 RPM magnetic bearing system for the SSME HPOTP
- AVCON, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA (United States)
The design, fabrication, and testing of a permanent magnet bias, homopolar radial magnetic bearing is described. The current flight version of the SSME HPOTP (Space Shuttle Main Engine High Pressure Oxygen Turbo Pump) was used as a baseline, to define the magnetic bearing performance requirements. The HPOTP magnetic bearing system is a full five axis levitation support system with two 1,800 pound load capacity radial bearings and one 300 pound thrust bearing. The system is designed to operate at 22,000 rpm, in a cryogenic temperature of {minus}321{degrees}F. A rotordynamic model for a magnetic bearing version of the HPOTP was developed to determine the static and dynamic loads on the bearing. The electromechanical design followed a parametric analysis, performed with AVCON`s magnetic bearing program PERAMCON and magnetic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. The use of three different materials on the rotor (9% nickel, stainless steel, and cobalt steel) required extensive stress and thermal analysis to ensure the interference fits were maintained during operation at 22,000 rpm and {minus}300{degrees}F. The rotordynamic stability analysis of the coupled rotor/housing/bearing system also provided the controller transfer function. An AVCON developed digital controller was utilized to implement the transfer function and control algorithm. AVCON proprietary sensors for position input and pulse-width modulated (PWM) power amplifiers for output were also implemented in the system. A HPOTP simulator test rig was designed and built to perform operational and partial load testing of the bearings at cryogenic temperatures and spin speeds up to 20,000 rpm. Fabrication of the HPOTP simulator with magnetic bearings was completed at the end of 1994. Testing of the HPOTP simulator is ongoing.
- OSTI ID:
- 390749
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950852-; TRN: 96:005769-0007
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. industrial conference and exhibition on applications of magnetic bearings, magnetic drives, and dry gas seals, Alexandria, VA (United States), 10-11 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the MAG `95 magnetic bearings, magnetic drives and dry gas seals conference & exhibition; PB: 384 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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