Active magnetic bearing control with zero steady-state power loss

Author(s):  
N. Motee ◽  
M.S. de Queiroz ◽  
Y. Fang ◽  
D.M. Dawson
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (34n36) ◽  
pp. 1840074
Author(s):  
Jintao Ju ◽  
Xiaobin Liu ◽  
Zegang Xu ◽  
Chao Gu ◽  
Yilin Liu

Molecular pumps have been widely used in the vacuum metallurgy, coating, semiconductor manufacturing and many other fields in which the high vacuum, ultra-clean environment is needed. The application of magnetic bearings can bring many advantages for molecular pump, such as eliminating the friction, decreasing the power loss, lowering the maintenance costs, and increasing the rotating speed and service life. Besides, the magnetic bearings can fundamentally solve the vacuum chamber pollution problem which is caused by the backflow of lubrication oil steam. The three-pole magnetic bearings are the simplest structure of radial magnetic bearings and can be driven by three-phase converter which has the advantages of low costs, small volume and low power loss. In this paper, the performance of the three-pole active magnetic bearing (AMB) and hybrid magnetic bearing (HMB) are compared based on radial force–current characteristics analysis. Firstly, the mathematical model of three-pole AMB and HMB is built by equivalent magnetic circuit model, and the radial force–current characteristics are analyzed. Then, simulation by the three-dimensional (3D) finite element method (FEM) is performed. Finally, the experiment is conducted. The FEM results are consistent with the analytical results, showing that the nonlinearity and coupling of three-pole HMB are lower than three-pole AMB. The reason of causing nonlinearity and coupling is also discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kamel ◽  
H. S. Bauomy

The rotor-active magnetic bearing system subjected to a periodically time-varying stiffness having quadratic and cubic nonlinearities is studied and solved. The multiple time scale technique is applied to solve the nonlinear differential equations governing the system up to the second order approximation. All possible resonance cases are deduced at this approximation and some of them are confirmed by applying the Rung–Kutta method. The main attention is focused on the stability of the steady-state solution near the simultaneous principal resonance and the effects of different parameters on the steady-state response. A comparison is made with the available published work.


Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Jean W. Zu

In this two-part paper, we investigate nonlinear dynamics in the rotor-active magnetic bearings (AMB) system with 8-pole legs and the time-varying stiffness. The model of parametrically excited two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system with the quadratic and cubic nonlinearities is established to explore the periodic and quasiperiodic motions as well as the bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the system. The method of multiple scales is used to obtain the averaged equations in the case of primary parameter resonance and 1/2 subharmonic resonance. In Part I of the companion paper, numerical approach is applied to the averaged equations to find the periodic, quasiperiodic solutions and local bifurcations. It is found that there exist 2-period, 3-period, 4-period, 5-period, multi-period and quasiperiodic solutions in the rotor-AMB system with 8-pole legs and the time-varying stiffness. The catastrophic phenomena for the amplitude of nonlinear oscillations are first observed in the rotor-AMB system with 8-pole legs and the time-varying stiffness. The procedures of motion from the transient state chaotic motion to the steady state periodic and quasiperiodic motions are also found. The results obtained here show that there exists the ability of autocontrolling transient state chaos to the steady state periodic and quasiperiodic motions in the rotor-AMB system with 8-pole legs and the time-varying stiffness.


1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 596-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
S. Noah

This study concerns the dynamic response of a rotor landed on auxiliary (catcher) bearings in an Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) supported rotor, following postulated loss of power or overload of the AMB. An analytical model involving a disk, a shaft and auxiliary bearings on damped flexible supports is constructed and appropriate equations of the nonlinear dynamic system are developed. The equations include a switch function to indicate contact/non-contact events and determine the existence of contact normal forces and tangential friction forces between the shaft and the bearings. Steady state solutions are obtained. An analytical method was formulated and used to yield solutions for cases with well balanced rotors, in absence of any side forces. The Fixed Point Algorithm (FPA) is used to obtain steady state periodic solutions of the unbalanced rotor for various parameters. The FPA is used to determine the stability of the periodic solutions and the type of bifurcation involved. Multiple periodic solutions, quasi-periodic and chaotic responses are detected and discussed. A set of preliminary guidelines for selection of the parameters of the catcher bearings is given.


2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 195-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. EISSA ◽  
M. KAMEL ◽  
H. S. BAUOMY

A rotor-active magnetic bearing (AMB) system with a periodically time-varying stiffness subjected to tuned and external excitations is studied and solved. The tuned excitation represents an imposed noise on the external excitation to simulate the practical case. The method of multiple scales is applied to analyze the response of the system two modes near the simultaneous combined and primary resonance cases. The stability of the steady state solution near this resonance case is studied applying Lyapunov's first method. The system exhibits many typical nonlinear behaviors including multiple-valued solutions, jump phenomenon, softening nonlinearity and saturation. The presence of the tuned excitation increased the steady state amplitudes and produced a chaotic system. The effects of the different parameters on the steady state solutions are investigated and discussed. Comparison with previous work is reported.


2013 ◽  
Vol 284-287 ◽  
pp. 2330-2336
Author(s):  
Kuan Yu Chen ◽  
Pi Cheng Tung ◽  
Yi Hua Fan

This paper presents a new switching control scheme for an active magnetic bearing (AMB) system using self-tuning fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control. The research process consists of three stages. First, four types of self-tuning fuzzy PID-type controllers (FPIDCs) consisting of two most commonly used fuzzy inference systems: Mamdani and Takagi-Sugeno types, and two efficient parameter adaptive methods: function tuner and relative rate observer, are used to control a highly nonlinear AMB system, respectively. Hence, there are two kinds of FPIDCs can be obtained by comparing experimental results of these tests: one has the fastest transient response and the other has the minimum steady-state error. Next, the switching-type self-tuning FPIDC is proposed by combining the two kinds of FPIDCs. Namely, the AMB system is dominated by the scheme with the fastest transient response when the rotor is at rest and by the one with the best steady-state performance when the rotor is in rotation. Finally, experimental results demonstrate that the proposed switching-type self-tuning FPIDC performs better overall performance than the other self-tuning FPIDCs, particularly when controlling an AMB system.


Author(s):  
Xinchao Wang ◽  
Sherif Noah

Abstract This study concerns the dynamic response of a rotor landed on auxiliary (catcher) bearings in an Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) supported rotor, following postulated loss of power or overload of the AMB. An analytical model involving disk, shaft and auxiliary bearings on damped flexible supports is constructed and appropriate equations of the nonlinear dynamic system are developed. The equations include a switch function to indicate contact/noncontact events and determine the existence of contact normal forces and tangential friction forces between the shaft and the bearings. Steady state solutions are obtained. An analytical method was formulated and used to yield solutions for cases with well balanced rotors, in absence of any side forces. The Fixed Point Algorithm (FPA) is used to obtain steady state periodic solutions for various parameters. The FPA is used to determine the stability of the periodic solution and the type of bifurcations involved. Multiple periodic solutions, quasiperiodic and chaotic responses are detected and discussed. A set of preliminary guidelines for selection of the parameters of the catcher bearings are given.


Author(s):  
M. Kasarda ◽  
T. Bash ◽  
D. Quinn ◽  
G. Mani ◽  
D. Inman ◽  
...  

This work demonstrates the capability of an Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) to be used as an actuator for interrogating a system by applying multiple forces to a rotating shaft in order to monitor and evaluate the associated responses to these inputs. Similar to modal analysis techniques which apply input signals to static structures in order to monitor responses to those inputs, this approach allows for the measurement of both input and output response in a rotating system for evaluation. However, unlike these techniques, the procedure developed here allows for multiple forms of force inputs to be applied to a rotating structure. This procedure facilitates the development of new improved techniques for diagnosing subtle changes in machinery health or for identifying faults that would potentially go undetected by conventional methods before failure. Although it is expected that this approach can be used in rotors supported in AMBs, the technique developed here uses an AMB on the rotor in conjunction with conventional support bearings. Therefore, this approach has the potential to be used on any rotating machine that can be designed or retrofitted with a single AMB actuator. To demonstrate this approach experimentally, a notched shaft was chosen to represent a shaft crack for identification purposes. Three cases were examined, including a healthy (unnotched) shaft, and three cases of a shaft with a mid-span notch extending to a depth of 10%, 25%, and 40% of shaft diameter, respectively. During testing, excitations up to 1000 Hz were applied via one axis of the AMB actuator to the four rotor cases while the rotor was operating at a steady-state speed of 2400 rpm, and corresponding responses were recorded at the proximity probes. No changes in the 1st or 2nd natural frequencies were detected, but distinct shifts in the 3rd natural frequency were detected from the Frequency Response Function (FRF) data. Since the vast majority of rotating machinery are designed to operate below the 3rd natural frequency, the effect of the notch on the 3rd natural frequency would not have been identified without the application of excitation forces through the AMB actuator. This paper represents an introduction to the new health monitoring approach and results presented here demonstrate the viability of the technique for detecting shaft cracks that might otherwise go undetected in typical steady-state vibration monitoring approaches.


Author(s):  
Sang-Hyun Park ◽  
Chong-Won Lee

In this paper, we propose an effective modeling and controller design scheme for the three-pole hybrid-type AMB recently develped in the laboratory, which consists of three permanent magnets, providing bias flux, and three Hall diodes, measuring rotor displacements. Along the three physical coordinates formed by three poles, we introduce the redundant coordinate system to design three identical decoupled controllers. The experiments are also carried out in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller in stabilizing the transient and steady state responses of rotor.


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