| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N06496/01 |
| Title: |
SUPERCONDUCTING JOURNAL BEARINGS FOR FLYWHEELS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Campbell, Professor AM |
| Other Investigators: |
|
| Researcher Co-Investigators: |
|
| Project Partners: |
|
| Department: |
Superconductivity (IRC) |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
28 August 2000 |
Ends: |
27 March 2004 |
Value (£): |
219,688
|
| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
|
| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Energy |
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
|
| Related Grants: |
|
| Panel History: |
|
|
Summary on Grant Application Form |
|
The use of superconductors in journal bearings is new and provides significant advantages, particularly for cylindrical flywheels. We will first build and test a small prototype journal bearing to test the priciples. URENCO will provide a fully instrumented and functioning flywheel system using active magnetic bearings. We will replace one of these bearings with a superconducting system and test it under various loading conditions. Normal conductors or low resistivity superconducting tapes will be investigated as damping rings.At the same time we will model behaviour of the critical state in the superconductor in this geometry, calculate forces and stiffnesses, and compare the results with experiment.
|
|
Key Findings |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Potential use in non-academic contexts |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Impacts |
|
| Description |
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk |
| Summary |
|
| Date Materialised |
|
|
|
|
Sectors submitted by the Researcher |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
| Project URL: |
|
| Further Information: |
|
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.cam.ac.uk |