THE LEVITATION OF THE SIXEP PUMP SHAFT USING ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARINGS

Authors
ZHOU FB GERBER R WHITLEY S TWARDOWSKI T WITTS DJ
Citation
Fb. Zhou et al., THE LEVITATION OF THE SIXEP PUMP SHAFT USING ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARINGS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 31(6), 1995, pp. 4196-4198
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on magnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
4196 - 4198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1995)31:6<4196:TLOTSP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The design of electromagnetic bearings for use in a radioactive enviro nment is presented specifically from a control point of view and suppo rted by experimental results. A pump shaft 2 meters long, weighing 110 kg, is levitated by such bearings and driven by an induction motor ca pable of spinning at variable speeds of up to 3000 rpm. The experiment al results demonstrate that this bearing system is stable and robust w hen the shaft is run through its two critical speeds.