Electromagnetic analysis for multiple hybrid HTS electromagnets interfaced with LSM propulsion system in EMS maglev model

Abstract

This study introduces over 400 km/h maglev vehicle system based on electromagnetic suspension (EMS) model. Such a maglev system is composed of high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet, normal conducting magnet and propulsion system. The hybrid electromagnet (EM) consumes little power to keep large suspension gap. The propulsion system realizes to propel the vehicle along the guide-way and assist in braking action. Especially, as the essential point of EMS-based maglev model is to keep the stable suspension force in the high speed operation, the levitation and propulsion forces should be analyzed in order to equilibrate the suspension gap. In this paper, theoretical properties of the levitation force based on electromagnetic analysis are described, as we have been constructed a proto-type electromagnetic suspension (EMS) based maglev vehicle system. Based on the simulation results, we obtained the design parameters for variation suspension gap under high speed propulsion condition.