Effects of additional permanent magnet on the levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor

By measuring the levitation forces between a single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor and assembled bar magnets(ABM) in different configurations at liquid nitrogen temperature, the effects of ABM configurations on the levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor are investigated. The maximum levitation force is obtained at the same vertical gap distance Z=5 mm between the superconductor and the ABM for configurations with different lateral gap distance(D)between the magnets of the ABM. It is found that 1) for the ABM consisting of 3 bar magnet, the levitation force of the GdBCO bulk decreases from 22.8N to 9.7N with the D value increasing from 0 to 30 mm, when the magnetic pole N of the middle magnet is pointed upwards and the directions of magnetic pole N of two side magnets are pointed to the middle magnet in horizontal direction; the levitation force of the GdBCO bulk increases first from 9.2N to 13.9N and then decreases to10.4 N with D value increasing from 0 to 30mm, if the magnetic pole N of the middle magnet is pointed upwards and the directions of magnetic pole N of two side magnets are pointed downwards;2)for the ABM consisting of 2 bar magnets, the levitation force of the GdBCO bulk decreases from 11.2N to 1.2N with D value increasing from 0 to 30mm, when the directions of magnetic pole N of two side magnets are pointed upwards; the levitation force of the GdBCO bulk increases first from 6.0N to 6.8N and then decreases to 2.9N with D value increasing from 0 to 30mm, if the directions of magnetic pole N of two magnets are anti-parallel in horizontal direction; 3)for the ABM consisting of only 1 bar magnets, D≡0, and the levitation force of the GdBCO bulk is about 9.5N. The results indicate that the magnet configuration and its detailed parameters of ABM are very important for improving the levitation force of a superconductor and helpful for designing and application based on the superconducting magnetic levitation system.

Effect of assembled bar magnet configuration on levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor

Ma¹,

Yang²

2011

The effects of magnetization methods with additional permanent magnet on the magnetic field distribution and levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor

Ma¹,

Yang²,

Li³

et al. 2012

The effects of magnetization methods with additional permanent magnet on the magnetic field distribution and the levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor are investigated with a cubic permanent magnet in their coaxial configuration in zero field cooled state at liquid nitrogen temperature in three different ways. It is found that when the N pole of the cubic permanent magnet, for the levitation force measurement, is placed above the GdBCO bulk superconductor and in the downward direction, the maximal levitation force can be improved to 31.8 N, and that when the N pole of the additional cubic permanent magnet points to upward and sticks to the bottom of the GdBCO bulk, the maximal levitation force is increased up to about 222% of the levitation force of 14.3 N for the system without additional permanent magnet. The maximal levitation force can be improved to 21.6 N (or reduced to 8.6 N), when the GdBCO bulk superconductor is closely placed below and magnetized by the additional cubic permanent magnet with N pole in the upward (or downward) direction, and the additional permanent magnet is removed away after the magnetization, the maximal levitation force is about 151% (or 60%) of 14.3 N for the system without the additional permanent magnet. The results indicate that the levitation force of high temperature bulk superconductors can be effectively improved by introducing additional permanent magnet based on the scientific and reasonable designing of the system configurations, which is very important for the practical design and application of superconducting magnetic levitation system.

The effect of additional permanent magnet magnetizing methods on magnetic field distribution and the levitation force of single domain GdBCO bulk superconductor

Ma¹,

Yang²,

Wang³

et al. 2013

It has been investigated that the interaction force between a cubic permanent magnet PM1 and a GdBCO bulk (HTSC) superconducting permanent magnet (SCPM) magnetized by a cubic permanent magnet PM2 under different configurations at 77 K. Two configurations were used for the magnetization of the GdBCO bulk, one is that the North pole of the PM2 is in upward direction, the other is in downward direction, so that the North pole of the SCPM is in two states SCPM↑ and SCPM↓; the vertical distance between the bottom surface of PM1 and the top surface of SCPM is kept as a constant value, but the PM2 can be fixed at any positions (x) along a diameter of the GdBCO bulk during the magnetization process. It is found that: for the PM1↓-SCPM↑ configuration, the maximum levitation force is increasing from 16.7 N to 23.1 N when x increases from –15 mm to 0, and then decreases to 16.6 N when x further increases to 15 mm; but for the PM1↓-SCPM↓ configuration, the maximum levitation force is decreasing from 17.7 N to 7 N when x increases from –15 mm to 0, and then increases to 17.6 N when x further increases to 15 mm. These results are not only much different in the two configurations, but also much different from the maximum levitation force 17.1 N of the sample under zero field cooled condition, which is closely related with the trapped field distribution of the SCPM at different x values. These results indicate that the levitation force of high temperature bulk superconductors can be effectively improved by introducing additional permanent magnet based on scientific and reasonable designing of the system configurations, which is very important during the practical design and applications of superconducting magnetic levitation systems.