scholarly journals Levitation and Lateral Stabilization Device Based on a Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconductor

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-123
Author(s):  
Yuri F. Antonov

The superconducting levitation device comprises a stationary magnetic rail of permanent magnets and a cryostat on a vehicle with a second-generation high-temperature tape superconductor placed in the cryostat, folded in a stack or wound by a coil on a non-magnetic frame without electrical connection of the ends and the transport current. Cool tape high-temperature superconductor of the second generation, folded in a stack or wound on a non magnetic frame in the form of axisymmetric or track coil, without electric connections of the ends and a transport current, behaves as a massive sample of a superconductor and the Meissner Oxenfeld effect, the magnetic field created by the magnetic rail is displaced from the volume of the superconductor, causing the power of levitation and the vehicle hangs over the track structure. The high critical parameters of the second-generation high-temperature superconductor belt ensure efficient operation of the superconducting levitation device. Aim: To demonstration the technical feasibility and efficiency of creating a levitation unit based on the use of a second-generation high-temperature superconductor and permanent magnets made of rare earth metals. Methods: Calculations of the magnetic field distribution in the combination of a magnetic rail and a massive superconductor, preliminary design of the levitation unit and experimental studies on the model. Results: Experiments on a model of a superconducting levitation device confirmed the efficiency of this technical solution and its effectiveness. Conclusion: an original technical solution is proposed that allows to significantly improve the energy characteristics of the levitation node by using a second-generation high-temperature superconductor operating in a passive mode without a transport current, using the partial Meissner-Oxenfeld effect and the engagement of quantized magnetic flux strands at the pinning centers.

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 20601
Author(s):  
Abdelaziz Labrag ◽  
Mustapha Bghour ◽  
Ahmed Abou El Hassan ◽  
Habiba El Hamidi ◽  
Ahmed Taoufik ◽  
...  

It is reported in this paper on the thermally assisted flux flow in epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ deposited by Laser ablation method on the SrTiO3 substrate. The resistivity measurements ρ (T, B) of the sample under various values of the magnetic field up to 14T in directions B∥ab-plane and B∥c-axis with a dc weak transport current density were investigated in order to determine the activation energy and then understand the vortex dynamic phenomena and therefore deduce the vortex phase diagram of this material. The apparent activation energy U0 (B) calculated using an Arrhenius relation. The measured results of the resistivity were then adjusted to the modified thermally assisted flux flow model in order to account for the temperature-field dependence of the activation energy U (T, B). The obtained values from the thermally assisted activation energy, exhibit a behavior similar to the one showed with the Arrhenius model, albeit larger than the apparent activation energy with ∼1.5 order on magnitude for both cases of the magnetic field directions. The vortex glass model was also used to obtain the vortex-glass transition temperature from the linear fitting of [d ln ρ/dT ] −1 plots. In the course of this work thanks to the resistivity measurements the upper critical magnetic field Hc2 (T), the irreversibility line Hirr (T) and the crossover field HCrossOver (T) were located. These three parameters allowed us to establish a phase diagram of the studied material where limits of each vortex phase are sketched in order to optimize its applicability as a practical high temperature superconductor used for diverse purposes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2741
Author(s):  
Sergey Zanegin ◽  
Nikolay Ivanov ◽  
Vasily Zubko ◽  
Konstantin Kovalev ◽  
Ivan Shishov ◽  
...  

The article is devoted to the study of losses in devices based on high-temperature superconductors of the 2nd generation. The complexity of the devices under study increases from a single rack coil to a winding assembled from several coils, and finally to an electric machine operating in generator mode. This is the way to experimentally study the behavior of 2nd generation high temperature superconductor (2G HTS) carrying a transport current in various conditions: self-field, external DC, and AC magnetic field. Attention is also paid to the losses in the winding during its operation from the inverter, which simulates the operating conditions in the motor mode of a propulsion system.


2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Riggs ◽  
O. Vafek ◽  
J. B. Kemper ◽  
J. B. Betts ◽  
A. Migliori ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
А.Н. Максимова ◽  
В.А. Кашурников ◽  
А.Н. Мороз ◽  
И.А. Руднев

The critical current of a model high-temperature superconductor (HTSC) with defects in the form of through holes (antidots) with a characteristic size greater than or of the order of the penetration depth of the magnetic field is calculated. To do this, the subprocesses equivalent to the trapping of the magnetic flux by the hole and the creation of a vortex at the edge of the hole are introduced into the model of layered HTSC. It is shown that accounting for these subprocesses leads to the appearance of a physical mechanism that allows us to correctly describe the non-monotonic dependence of the critical current on the characteristic size of the antidot, similar to that observed in the experiment. Calculations were performed for a pure superconductor and a superconductor containing nanoscale pinning centers. It is shown that the presence of nanoscale pinning centers along with antipoints does not change the qualitative picture of the influence of the antidot radius on the pinning character of the magnetic flux and the behavior of the critical current in the HTSC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-129
Author(s):  
Yuri F. Antonov

Background: The methods of calculation and elements of the technology for creating heteropolar magnetic systems of levitation, lateral stabilization and a rotor-runner of a traction linear synchronous motor for the development of the transport technology "Russian Maglev" in order to achieve an increased levitation gap of 0.2 m, reduce the threshold speed of the exit vehicle in levitation mode up to 10 km/h. Aim: to develop methods for calculating and designing heteropolar poles from elementary permanent magnets, coils of the same type based on composite low-temperature superconductors and high-temperature tape superconductors of the second generation and a step-by-step technology for their production. Tasks: Creation of an on-board magnetic system of levitation and lateral stabilization, allowing to provide a levitation gap of 0.2 m, a threshold value of vehicle speed of 10 km/h when transition to levitation mode, to reduce stray magnetic fields to the level of the natural field of terrestrial magnetism of 50 T; Creation of a rotor-runner of a linear synchronous motor with an ironless stator with a power of 10 MW. Methods: outlines the main calculation methodologies: "analysis" and "synthesis". The "analysis" methodology is adopted in solving the "direct" calculation problem, when the configuration of the magnetic system is set and the magnetic field in the working area is calculated, and, if necessary, the stray magnetic fields. This methodology can be effectively applied if there is experience in creating magnetic systems. Otherwise, the "synthesis" methodology is applied, which is used in solving the "inverse" calculation problem, in which the picture of the distribution of the magnetic field in the working zone is set and the configuration of the magnetic system is found (synthesized). Results of the study performed: The parameters and characteristics of high-energy permanent magnets made of rare-earth metals, low-temperature and high-temperature superconducting winding materials have been analyzed, the choice of permanent magnets and superconducting winding material has been made; Calculations of the magnetic system of permanent magnets in the "Halbach assembly" and in the traditional assembly in a toothed ferromagnetic core have been carried out; Calculations of a track coil with a rectangular cross-section of the winding are performed; Methods for calculating and optimizing superconducting magnetic systems from a set of similar track modules have been developed; Conclusions: The results of the performed fundamental research will allow starting the calculation, design and construction of conveyor-main passenger and freight lines of maglev transport, as well as urban public transport.


Author(s):  
Mustapha Bghour ◽  
A. Labrag ◽  
H. El hamidi ◽  
A. Abou El hassan ◽  
A. Taoufik

In this work we analyze the behavior of magnetoresistance R(H,T) of a high temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-delta thin film optimally doped. Measurements of magnetoresistance were carried out in the mixed state for a magnetic field up to 14T applied in the c-axis then parallel to ab-plane with a DC transport current of 100 and 500nA, 0.1 and 0.3mA perpendicular to the magnetic field direction in both cases. The obtained results show that the magnetoresistance is in a good agreement with the thermally assisted flux creep. However, the magnetoresistance in the flux flow regime cannot be described by the Barden-Stephen model which conjecture another origin of these results. In this sense, the quantum fluctuations of the order be parameter is a good alternative to understanding the shape of the magnetoresistance. The comparison of the magnetoresistance of the two directions shows that Rc(H,T) is larger than Rab(H,T) with anisot-ropy factor gamma=Rc/Rab depending on temperature and magnetic field. The irreversibility line Hirr(T) as well as Hc2(T) are determined and the first one is adjusted with the phenomenological model Hirr(T)=Hirr(0)(1-T/T0)^alpha where Hirr(0), T0 and alpha are parameters obtained from the fit. The investigation of the scaling law allows us to prove that a crossover from 3D to 2D behavior is a feature of our sample which justifies the existence of the decoherence effect.


1991 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
Author(s):  
In-Gann Chen ◽  
Jay Liu ◽  
Roy Weinstein

ABSTRACTFor type II superconductors (SC), magnetic field can be trapped, or pinned due to persistent internal current. Upon magnetization, SC samples behave in some ways similar to a metallic permanent magnet. The trapped field is high and quasi-persistent, and we refer to it as a “magnet replica”. So far, nearly 1T @ 65 K, and over 0.4 T @ 77 K have been measured within small (about 1 × 1 × 0.6 cm3) melt-textured Yba2Cu3Ox (MT-Y123) samples. Based on our theoretical studies, extrapolation to larger scale magnets indicates that 2–4 Tesla in liquid Nitrogen (and even larger field at lower temperatures) is achievable with our high temperature superconductor (HTS) material. Using this effect, magnets with dipole, quadrupole, or more complicated configurations can be made of existing MT-Y123 material, thus bypassing the need for HTS wires. Two types of motors have been successfully constructed, using the trapped field in MT-Y123 samples.The spatial distribution of the trapped magnetic field on MT-Y123 materials has been studied. A phenomenological model has been developed to account for the trapped field intensity and profile in HTS samples. General features of magnet replicas by HTS will also be discussed.


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