Electromagnetic Forces of High-T c Superconducting Coated Conductor Coils Subjected to Sinusoidal Traveling Magnetic Fields

In order to optimize the structure of high temperature superconducting coils for linear motor applications, three separate coils with different shapes made of Re-BCO coated conductor were studied: circular shaped single pancake, circular shaped double-pancake and racetrack shaped single-pancake. The thrust and vertical forces of the three coils above a conventional flat linear three-phases winding were investigated experimentally. With the aid of the experimentally obtained values, it was found that single-pancake coil in the shape of a racetrack was the best selection for a flat single-sided linear motor system. Studies were also made on the frequency characteristics of the vertical force of the racetrack shaped single-pancake coil.