Use of the high temperature superconductors (HTS) to the magnetic separation

Issue title: Proceedings of the twelfth International Symposium on Interdisciplinary Electromagnetic, Mechanic and Biomedical Problems, ISEM Bad Gastein

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cieśla, Antoni^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Electrical Engineering, AGH – University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL 30-079 Kraków, Poland

Correspondence: [*] Tel.: +48 12 617 39 86; Fax: +48 12 633 59 95; E-mail: aciesla@agh.edu.pl

Abstract: Most likely, magnetic separation will be one of the first industrial areas impacted by high temperature superconductors (HTS) technology and may represent the future migration of magnetic separators to this technology. Design for a more detailed evaluation was chosen based on an iron magnetic circuit in which ampere-turns were supplied by a superconducting BSCC-Ag tape wound coil operating at 77 K. Two configurations for the separator were considered, a ball matrix separator and a wire matrix high-gradient separator. Practical separations will be possible with such system.

Keywords: High temperature superconductors, superconducting magnet, magnetic separation, matrix high gradient separator, magnetic circuit

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2007-838

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 25, no. 1-4, pp. 83-87, 2007