Variable bias current in magnetic bearings for energy optimization

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1052-1060

  Sahinkaya, M Necip ^a   Hartavi, Ahu E ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Bias current; Energy optimization; Magnetic bearings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; BIAS CURRENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BEARING STIFFNESS; BIAS CURRENT SETTINGS; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; FOURIER COEFFICIENT CALCULATION;

MAGNETIC BEARINGS;

EID: 33847774131     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888731     Document Type: Article

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