Homopolar Servomotor with a High Temperature Superconducting Magnetic System

  • Andrey V. NAUMOV
  • Alexey V. POLYAKOV
  • Mikhail I. SURIN
  • Vladimir I. SHCHERBAKOV
Keywords: high temperature superconductors, homopolar motor, servomotor, liquid metal sliding, electric contacts

Abstract

In this work the design of a homopolar motor prototype is proposed. The magnetic system consists of a high temperature superconducting (HTS) stator and a disc rotor with liquid metal sliding electric contacts made of gallium indium tin alloy. The estimation of magnetic fields and torques is performed for the device. The possibility of using this motor as a servo actuator is considered. The results of the preliminary experimental attempts to control a singlepole motor based on permanent magnets by means of a proportional–integral–derivative (PID) algorithm are presented.

Author Biographies

Andrey V. NAUMOV

NAUMOV Andrey V. (National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute»,Moscow, Russia) – Leading Engineer

Alexey V. POLYAKOV

POLYAKOV Alexey V. (National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia) – Junior Scientist

Mikhail I. SURIN

SURIN Mikhail I. (National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia) – Deputy Head of Dept. of Superconductivity, Dr. Sci. (Eng.)

Vladimir I. SHCHERBAKOV

SHCHERBAKOV Vladimir I. (National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia) –Senior Specialist

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2020-02-27
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