Intelligent Optimization of an HTS Maglev System With Translational Symmetry

Autor: Jiasu Wang, Chang-Qing Ye, Kun Liu, Guangtong Ma
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 26:1-5
ISSN: 2378-7074
1051-8223
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2016.2519280
Popis: Optimization is essential to reduce the cost of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev systems composed of a permanent magnetic guideway (PMG) and an HTS unit and thus promote their application. In this paper, the geometrical shape of a Halbach-derived PMG is optimized via an intelligent genetic algorithm to devise a more cost-effective system. We compute the levitation force of the HTS unit above the PMG with self-made finite-element codes, using the Kim-Bean current-voltage relationship in the governing equation of the 2-D model of HTS maglev system. Then, we introduce how the genetic algorithm is coupled with this 2-D model. Taking the levitation force of the HTS unit at a vertical distance above the PMG as the objective function, considering some practical geometry and cost constraints, we optimized a kind of Halbach-derived PMG. This optimization approach can provide a more general rule for the future design of the HTS Maglev system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE