Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Levitation - Alan J. Sangster

Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Levitation

Engineering sustainability through efficiency
Buch | Hardcover
248 Seiten
2012
Institution of Engineering and Technology (Verlag)
978-1-84919-663-5 (ISBN)
134,40 inkl. MwSt
This book aims to make aspiring and existing electrical engineers aware of the efficiency implications of frictionless machines and how important this may be in a post fossil-fuel world in which the energy available from renewable sources is strictly limited.
Electromagnetic levitation is commonly associated with transport applications, principally 'MagLev' trains. However, the technology has many potential applications across engineering, particularly where there is a requirement to improve efficiency of electrical products and devices, propelled by the desire to minimise frictional and bearing losses and ohmic losses in conductors, which are the major causes of machine inefficiency.


Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Levitation: Engineering sustainability through efficiency is an introductory text encompassing the enabling electrical technologies associated with magnetic levitation, electrostatic suspension, diamagnetic levitation and superconduction, high frequency magnetic levitation, high frequency electric suspension, and levitation using microwave pressure. It aims to make aspiring and existing electrical engineers aware of the efficiency implications of frictionless machines and hence, of how important this may be in a post-fossil fuel world in which the energy available from renewable sources is strictly limited.

Professor Alan Sangster is a microwave consultant. He was formerly Professor of Electromagnetic Engineering at the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Heriot-Watt University, UK, where he was on the faculty for almost four decades following successful careers with Ferranti and Plessey Radar. He is a Fellow of the IET and Member of the Electromagnetics Academy of New York, and author of over 230 papers and two books that connect engineering to environmental concerns.

Chapter 1: Introduction - thirst for energy
Chapter 2: Electromagnetic fundamentals
Chapter 3: Invisible forces of suspension
Chapter 4: Magnetic levitation and suspension
Chapter 5: Electrostatic suspension
Chapter 6: Electrical engineering perspective on superconductors
Chapter 7: Diamagnetic and eddy current levitation
Chapter 8: High-frequency electric suspension
Chapter 9: High-frequency magnetic levitation
Chapter 10: Sustainability through engineering efficiency
Appendices

Reihe/Serie Materials, Circuits and Devices
Verlagsort Stevenage
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 1-84919-663-X / 184919663X
ISBN-13 978-1-84919-663-5 / 9781849196635
Zustand Neuware
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