Improvement of the levitation stability of the HTSC-permanent magnet hybrid bearing by using the new arrangement of the permanent magnet

AbstractThe hybrid magnetic bearing using permanent magnets and the high temperature superconductor (HTSC) has been developed. Repulsive force of the permanent magnet is introduced to increase the load weight of the magnetic bearing. Effect of the hybrid system has been shown. Although the previous configuration improves the load weight of the rotor, levitation and guidance stability has been decreased because of the repulsive force of the permanent magnet. Three-dimensional numerical analysis of the system has been undertaken to reduce lateral force which decreases lateral stability of the rotor. From the results, effective arrangement of the hybrid system is given. Increment of the load weight is confirmed. Influence of the hybrid system on the pinning force between the HTSC and the permanent magnet is shown to be smaller than previous one