PROJECT DESIGN OF A MAGLEV SYSTEM WITH SHORTSTATOR LINEAR MOTOR PROPULSION

This paper presents a shortstator MAGLEV configuration for high speed application (400 km/h) based on an improved suspension technique. The system applies one set of electromagnets for levitation and also for guidance, utilizing the self-centering effect of laterally displaced magnets, and thus providing for strictly passive vehicle guidance. This use of a combined system helps to minimize vehicle weight and thus to reduce cost-effective track loading. Propulsion consists of liquid-cooled double-sided linear induction motors, which are supplied by static inverters with a boiling cooling technique, in order to achieve low volume for vehicle installations. The simple and passive track equipment can reduce capital investment significantly. Cooling the static inverter with a heat exchange medium which boils provides higher heat transfer rates per unit area and limits temperature rise more effectively than the more commonly used liquid coolants.

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    Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

    1410 Duke University Road
    Durham, NC  United States  27705
  • Authors:
    • Gaede, P-J
  • Publication Date: 1983

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  • Accession Number: 00390098
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM