Performance Advances of HTS Maglev Vehicle System in Three Essential Aspects

Author

Deng, Zigang ; Wang, Jiasu ; Zheng, Jun ; Jing, Hua ; Li, Jing ; Liu, Wei ; Zhang, Ya ; Wang, Suyu

Author_Institution

Appl. Supercond. Lab. (ASCLab), Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu, China

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2137

Lastpage

2141

Abstract

In order to put the practice of high temperature superconducting (HTS) Maglev vehicle technology into people´s life, the interaction between high temperature superconductor (HTSC) and permanent magnet guideway (PMG) as the basic model of HTS Maglev vehicle was carefully investigated and enhanced from three essential aspects, i.e., bulk HTSC material, PMG field and bulk HTSC magnetization. The maglev experiments were performed with three kinds of bulk HTSC materials, two kinds of PMGs and two kinds of magnetization methods. It is found that three aspects are all very effective to improve the levitation capability and lateral stability. With better bulk material, more reasonable PMG configuration and magnetization method, the performance of HTS Maglev vehicle system will be greatly advanced and closer to an economical and practical level.

Keywords

high-temperature superconductors; magnetic levitation; permanent magnets; Maglev vehicle technology; high temperature superconducting; high temperature superconductor; permanent magnet guideway; High temperature superconductors; Maglev vehicle; magnetization; permanent magnet guideway;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2009.2018108

Filename

5067061