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Researchers at Uppsala University are developing a flywheel energy storage device intended to be used in electrical vehicles. Kinetic energy storage technology has potential to make purely electric powertrain both more effective and efficient. While deployment of the third prototype is approaching there has been a request for a more precise and noise-immune circuitry to power active magnetic bearings that hold and stabilise the rotor. A similar circuit designed for powering electromagnets was recently developed at the Uppsala University’s Electricity department and is used as a template in development of the new active magnetic bearing driver circuit. Current measurement integration technique is tested and implemented as a way to increase circuit’s control feedback loop performance. To further boost precision and noise-immunity 0-20 mA current loop signals are adapted as the standard for output signals. Results of this project include a thorough analysis of the electromagnet driver circuit development, implementation of a new current sensing technique including an experimental self-inductance measurement, printed circuit board layout design and a full list of components necessary to power and control two sets of active magnetic bearings consisting of 8 individual electromagnets.

The thesis deals with the design of a hybrid magnetic bearing. This is an extension of the issue of common bearings in high-speed motors. The work is divided into three parts. A general theory of magnetic bearings is described in the first part. The second part deals with the mathematical description of the bearing. A proposal of specific hybrid magnetic bearing is described in the third part. The bearing for the motor was already designed. It is a 45000rpm motor with a power output of 12 kW. This thesis aims to create a design of hybrid magnetic bearing with magnets to create a permanent magnetic field and coils to regulate forces to stabilize the rotor and limit vibrations. The practical design includes mathematical calculation in Matlab and computer simulation based on the finite element method in ANSYS Maxwell.

Orientador: Luiz de Paula do Nascimento / Banca: Vicente Lopes Junior / Banca: Domingos Alves Rade / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta uma análise teórica do desempenho de um sistema de controle ativo de vibração de rotores utilizando mancais magnéticos. O esquema de controle ativo proposto utiliza a estratégia de controle ativo feedforward sobreposta ao sistema de controle feedback dos mancais magnéticos. O desempenho desse sistema de controle foi analisado em função da flexibilidade dos rotores considerando o impacto do número e da localização dos atuadores e dos sensores de erro sobre a redução dos níveis de vibração desses rotores, tanto em termos de vibração global quanto em termos de vibração local. O sistema de controle foi aplicado em um modelo teórico de rotor desenvolvido através do método da matriz de impedância. / Abstract: This work presents a theoretical analysis of the performance of a system of active control of rotor vibrations using magnetic bearings. The proposed scheme of active control uses a feedforward active control strategy superimposed on the feedback control system of the magnetic bearings. The performance of this control system was analyzed as a function of the rotor flexibility considering the impact and optimization of the actuators and error sensors placement on the reduction of vibration levels of these rotors, in terms of global vibration as well as in terms of local vibration of the rotor. The control system was applied to a theoretical rotor model developed by the matrix impedance method. / Mestre

A Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (EPUSP, Brasil) e o Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia (IDPC, Brasil) estão desenvolvendo conjuntamente um Dispositivo de Assistência Ventricular (DAV) baseado numa bomba de vazão mista e utilizando mancais magnéticos que objetivem substituir os mancais convencionais, pois o uso de mancal magnético neste dispositivo minimiza a hemólise e melhora o tempo de vida do DAV, isso em razão da ausência e contato de um mancal com a crase sanguínea o que, por fim, aumenta a vida útil do dispositivo. O mancal magnético utilizado para o DAV será o mancal do tipo híbrido. Este tipo de mancal combina ímãs permanentes com eletroímãs para realizar a levitação do rotor com controle apenas na direção axial do rotor. Na configuração original desse mancal magnético, um sensor indutivo detecta a posição axial do rotor. Esta posição é enviada a um controlador do tipo PID e processada, amplificada e enviada aos atuadores eletromagnéticos. A corrente enviada aos eletroímãs é controlada de maneira a manter o rotor sempre em uma posição axial fixa. No entanto, essa configuração exige o uso de um atuador eletromagnético contendo um furo para a instalação do sensor indutivo, impondo limitações no desempenho do atuador. Além disso, o sensor indutivo limita a miniaturização do mancal. Assim, para minimizar as limitações impostas pelo uso do sensor indutivo, este trabalho faz, primeiramente, um levantamento das diversas técnicas conhecidas para a medição da posição do rotor em mancais magnéticos. Como resultado, este trabalho identifica o uso do sensor Hall como a alternativa mais promissora. Este sensor responde à magnitude de um campo magnético que nele é aplicado. Fixando-se um ímã permanente ao rotor, obtém-se uma saída no sensor Hall proporcional ao deslocamento do rotor. Contudo, a leitura do sensor Hall é afetada ainda pelo campo magnético gerado pelos atuadores eletromagnéticos, o que é indesejável. Buscando minimizar essa influência, este trabalho apresenta algumas estratégias para eliminar, da saída do sensor Hall, a influência do campo gerado pelo atuador eletromagnético. Os métodos são testados através de experimentos de levitação em mancal magnético e a eficácia dos mesmos comprovada. / The Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (EPUSP, Brazil) and the Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology (IDPC, Brazil) are jointly developing a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) based on a mixed flow pump with magnetic bearings. The VAD rotor has a conical shape with spiral impellers that impels and pressurizes the blood. The magnetic bearing eliminates mechanical contact between the pump rotor and the VAD body, minimizing hemolysis and improving the lifetime of the VAD. The magnetic bearing studied is the hybrid type that combines permanent magnets with electromagnets to execute active control in the axial direction of the rotor. In the original configuration, the bearing uses inductive sensor to detect the axial position of the rotor. The sensor readings are sent to a PID type controller, processed, amplified and sent to the electromagnets. The current supplied to the electromagnets are controlled in a manner to keep the rotor in a fixed axial position. However, this configuration requires the use of a hollowed core in the electromagnetic actuator, imposing limitations in its efficiency. Moreover, the use of an inductive sensor imposes limitations to pump downsizing. In order to minimize the limitations, this work conducts firstly a study about alternative techniques for measuring the rotor position in a magnetic bearing. As result, the Hall sensor is identified as the most promising alternative. The Hall sensor is a small semiconductor element available in the market that gives an electric signal with amplitude corresponding to the magnet field intensity applied to it. By fixing a permanent magnet to the rotor, the Hall sensor gives a signal according to the rotor displacement. However, the Hall sensor output is also affected by the magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic actuator of the bearing. This is not desirable for controlling the bearing. In order to minimize the mentioned influence, this work presents some methods to eliminate the influence of the actuator from the Hall sensor readings. The methods are tests in a magnetic bearing and the efficiency of these methods is demonstrated.

The EEC (Electron Energy Corporation) in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is researching the magnetic bearings for an alternative to conventional journal or ball bearings. The purpose of this research was to design and develop a high-temperature (1000ºF) hybrid Magnetic Bearing using High Temperature Permanent Magnets (HTPM), developed by the EEC for high performance jet engines at high speeds that supply loads of 500 lbf. Another objective is to design and build a test rig fixture to measure the load capacity of the designed bearing. The permanent magnet bias of the Homopolar radial magnetic bearing reduces the amount of current required for magnetic bearing operation. This reduces the power loss due to the coil current resistance and improves the system efficiency because the magnetic field of the HTPM can suspend the major portion of the static load on bearing. A high temperature radial magnetic bearing was designed via an iterative search employing 3D finite element based electromagnetic field simulations. The bearing was designed to produce 500 lbf of force at 1000ºF and the design weight is 48 lbs. The bias flux of the Homopolar radial bearing is produced by EEC HTPM to reduce the related ohmic losses of an electromagnetic circuit significantly. An experimental procedure was developed to measure actual load capacity of the designed bearing at the test rig. All the results obtained from the experiment were compiled and analyzed to determine the relation between bearing force, applied current and temperature.

In this study, a novel concept for a downhole flywheel energy storage module to be embedded in a bottom-hole-assembly (BHA) is presented and modeled, as an alternative power source to existing lithium-ion battery packs currently deployed in measurement-while-drilling (MWD) or logging-while-drilling (LWD) operations. Lithium-ion batteries disadvantages include deteriorated performance in high temperature, limited lifetime that necessitates frequent replacement which elevates operational costs, and environmental disposal. Extreme and harsh downhole conditions necessitate that the flywheel module withstands temperatures and pressures exceeding 300 ?F and 20 kpsi, respectively, as well as violent vibrations encountered during drilling. Moreover, the flywheel module should adhere to the geometric constraints of the wellbore and its corresponding BHA. Hence, a flywheel sizing procedure was developed that takes into consideration the required energy to be stored, the surrounding environmental conditions, and the geometric constraints. A five-axis magnetic levitation control system was implemented and tuned to maintain continuous suspension of the flywheel under the harsh lateral, axial and torsional drilling vibrations of the BHA. Thus, an integrated finite element model was developed that included the rotordynamic behavior of the flywheel and the BHA, the component dynamics of the magnetic levitation control system, and the cutting dynamics of the drillbit for both PDC and tricone types. The model also included a newly developed coupling between lateral, axial and torsional vibrations. It was demonstrated through simulations conducted by numerical integration that the flywheel maintains levitation due to all different types of external vibration as well as its own lateral vibration due to mass unbalance. Moreover, a passive proof-mass-damper (PPMD) was developed that suppresses axial bit-bounce vibrations as well as torsional vibrations, and was extended to also mitigate lateral vibrations. Optimized values of the mass, stiffness and damping values of the PPMD were obtained by the hybrid analytical-numerical Chebyshev spectral method that was superior in computational efficiency to iterative numerical integration. This also enabled the fine-plotting of an operating stability chart indicating stability regions where bit-bounce and stick-slip are avoided. The proof-mass-damping concept was extended to the flywheel to be an active proof-mass-damper (APMD) where simulations indicated functionality for a light-weight BHA.

This thesis discuss the possibility to position control a rotor levitated with active magnetic bearings. The controller type considered is model predictive control which is an online strategy that solves an optimization problem in every sample, making the model predictive controller computation-intense. Since the sampling time must be short to capture the dynamics of the rotor, very little time is left for the controller to perform the optimization. Different quadratic programming strategies are investigated to see if the problem can be solved in realtime. Additionally, the impact of the choices of prediction horizon, control horizon and terminal cost is discussed. Simulations showing the characteristics of these choises are made and the result is shown. / Det här examensarbetet diskuterar möjligheten att positionsreglera en rotor som leviteras på aktiva magnetlager. Reglerstrategin som används är modellbaserad prediktionsreglering vilket är en online-metod där ett optimeringsproblem löses i varje sampel. Detta gör att regulatorn blir mycket beräkningskrävande. Samplingstiden för systemet är mycket kort för att fånga dynamiken hos rotorn. Det betyder att regulatorn inte ges mycket tid att lösa optimeringsproblemet. Olika metoder för att lösa QP-problem betraktas för att se om det är möjligt att köra regulatorn i realtid. Dessutom diskuteras hur valet av prediktionshorisont, reglerhorisont och straff på sluttillståndet påverkar regleringen. Simuleringar som visar karakteristiken av dessa val har utförts.

The Electron Energy Corporation (EEC) along with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is researching magnetic bearings. The purpose of this research was to design and develop a high-temperature (1000�F) magnetic bearing system using High Temperature Permanent Magnets (HTPM), developed by the EEC. The entire system consisted of two radial bearings, one thrust bearing, one motor and 2 sets of catcher bearings. This high temperature magnetic bearing system will be used in high performance, high speed and high temperature applications like space vehicles, jet engines and deep sea equipment. The bearing system had a target design to carry a load equal to 500 lb-f (2225N). Another objective was to design and build a test rig fixture to measure the load capacity of the designed high temperature radial magnetic bearing (HTRMB) called Radial Bearing Force Test Rig (RBFTR). A novel feature of this high temperature magnetic bearing is its homopolar construction which incorporates state of the art high temperature, 1000 �F, permanent magnets. A second feature is its fault tolerance capability which provides the desired control forces even if half the coils have failed. The permanent magnet bias of the radial magnetic bearing reduces the amount of current required for magnetic bearing operation. This reduces the power loss due to the coil current resistance and also increases the system efficiency because magnetic field of the HTPM is used to take up the major portion of the static load on the bearing. The bias flux of the homopolar radial bearing is produced by the EEC HTPM to reduce the related ohmic losses of an electromagnetic circuit significantly. An experimental procedure was developed using the Radial Bearing Force Test Rig (RBTFR) to measure actual load capacity of the designed bearing at the test rig. All the results obtained from the experiment were compiled and analyzed to determine the relation between bearing force, applied current and temperature.