A superconducting thrust-bearing system for an energy storage flywheel

Coombs T., Cansiz A., CAMPBELL A.

SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, cilt.15, sa.5, ss.831-835, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0953-2048/15/5/338
  • Dergi Adı: SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.831-835
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We have constructed a bearing system for an energy storage flywheel. This bearing system uses a combination of permanent magnets and superconductors in an arrangement commonly termed as an Evershed bearing. In an Evershed system there are in fact two bearings which act in concert. In our system we have one bearing constructed entirely out of permanent magnets acting in attraction. This system bears the weight of the flywheel (43.6 kg) but would not, on its own, be stable. Stability is provided by a superconducting bearing which is formed by the interaction between the magnetic field of a permanent magnet sited on the rotor and superconductors on the stator.