High-temperature superconducting (hts) magnetic levitation (maglev) dewar capable of increasing damping and levitation force and width calculating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023221103-A1
Application number	US-202318179022-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 6, 2023
Priority date	Jun 23, 2022
Publication date	Jul 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnetic levitation (maglev) Dewar capable of increasing damping and levitation force and a width calculation method thereof. The HTS maglev Dewar includes an outer container and an inner container. The outer container is fixedly connected to the inner container through a connecting column. The inner container has a cavity configured to accommodate liquid nitrogen. A bottom of the inner container is provided with a bulk superconductor. The inner container is communicated with outside through a liquid nitrogen feeding pipe. The outer container is made of an electrically conductive material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for calculating a width of a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnetic levitation (maglev) Dewar capable of increasing damping and levitation force, comprising:
(a) acquiring parameter information of a permanent magnet rail; (b) performing static magnetic field distribution calculation according to the parameter information by using a finite element analysis software to obtain a simulation result; (c) acquiring, according to the simulation result, a magnetic field distribution state of the permanent magnet rail on a cross section of the permanent magnet rail; and (d) calculating a width of an outer container of the HTS maglev Dewar according to the magnetic field distribution state and a preset magnetic field gradient range; wherein the HTS maglev Dewar comprises the outer container and an inner container; the inner container is provided inside the outer container, and is fixedly connected to the outer container through a connecting column; the inner container has a cavity configured to accommodate liquid nitrogen; a bottom of the inner container is provided with a bulk superconductor; the inner container is communicated with outside through a liquid nitrogen feeding pipe; and the outer container is made of an electrically conductive material.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the outer container comprises a damper; the damper has a cavity structure; the damper is provided with a first opening; a cover fitting the first opening is arranged at the first opening; the inner container is arranged in a cavity enclosed by the damper and the cover; and a gap is provided between the inner container and an inner wall of the outer container.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the damper is made of an aluminum alloy; and the cover is made of stainless steel.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a top of the inner container is fixedly connected to the cover through the connecting column.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the width of the outer container is greater than a width of the permanent magnet rail.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid nitrogen feeding pipe comprises a first pipe portion and a second pipe portion; a first end of the first pipe portion is connected to the cavity of the inner container; a second end of the first pipe portion is connected to a first end of the second pipe portion; a second end of the second pipe portion is communicated with outside; and a joint between the second pipe portion and the first pipe portion is curved.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a baffle is arranged inside the inner container.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the HTS maglev Dewar further comprises an enclosed frame with an inverted “7”-shaped cross section; a top of the enclosed frame is welded to the bottom of the inner container; the enclosed frame and the bottom of the inner container together form a fixing groove; the fixing groove is configured to accommodate the bulk superconductor; an opening of the fixing groove faces towards the permanent magnet rail; and a horizontal portion of the enclosed frame within a region of the fixing groove is configured as a load-bearing platform.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein step (d) comprises:
extracting a magnetic flux density distribution on a horizontal plane; wherein the horizontal plane is a top surface of the permanent magnet rail; taking an intersection between a centerline of the cross section of the permanent magnet rail and the top surface of the permanent magnet rail as a zero point; and extracting two first positions with a magnetic flux density equal to a first preset threshold under the magnetic flux density distribution; and extracting two second positions under the magnetic field distribution state with the two first positions as a boundary, wherein a magnetic flux density gradient at the two second positions is larger than a second preset threshold; and a distance between the two second positions is taken as the width of the outer container.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Jiaotong

Inventors

• Deng Zigang
• Zhou Xucheng
• Li Xueli

Classifications

• H01F7/0236

  Magnetic suspension or levitation (for vehicles B60L13/04; magnetic bearings F16C39/063) · CPC title

• H01F6/00

  Superconducting magnets; Superconducting coils {(magnetic resonance assemblies using superconducting coil systems G01R33/3815)} · CPC title

• B60L13/04

  Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles · CPC title

• H01F6/04 Primary

  Cooling · CPC title

• G01B7/02 Primary

  for measuring length, width or thickness (G01B7/004, G01B7/12 take precedence) · CPC title