Multiobjective design optimization of an excitation arrangement used in superconducting magnetic bearings

Issue title: OIPE 2008

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Di Barba, P.^a | May, H.^b | Mognaschi, M.E.^a | Palka, R.^{c; *} | Savini, A.^a

Affiliations: [a] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy | [b] Institute of Electrical Machines, Traction and Drives, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany | [c] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: R. Palka, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sikorskiego 37, PL 70-313 Szczecin, Poland. Tel.: +48 914494320; Fax: +48 914494859; E-mail: rpalka@zut.edu.pl

Abstract: The paper deals with the design optimization of high temperature superconducting magnetic bearings (SMB). The described algorithm allows a~multiobjective optimal design with respect to the geometries of the gap oriented excitation arrangement as well as the superconducting bulks.

Keywords: Superconducting magnetic bearing, multiobjective optimization, finite element

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2009-1016

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 30, no. 3-4, pp. 127-134, 2009