A High-Efficiency Electromagnetic Drive System for the Transport

An economical, efficiency transportation can reduce the cost of the logistics industry. In order to improve the performance of the transport system, a superconducting electromagnetic drive system is introduced. In this concept, the propulsion force comes from interaction between an electromagnetic field produced by drive coil and the currents in the armature coil. The simulation results indicate that high efficiency can be obtained through the use of superconducting coil and proper design of the parameters of the system. The electromagnetic drive system is concluded to be one important choice for future transport applications because of its high efficiency.

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