Electrical & Machine Specification

Specifications Value (Passenger only/with cargo)

Rated Thrust
Rated Power
Rated Current ,
Rated Voltage
Rated Operating Frequency
Pole Pitch
Core Cross-Sectional Area
(TBD)
(Guideway)
Slot Area (TBD)
# of Turns of Armature Winding (TBD)
Current Density
Air-gap Length (TBD)
Blade Volume
Type: NdFeB Neodymium Iron Boron N42H-Grade
Magnet - , ,
Volume: (TBD)

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• Rated thrust
– Passenger only:
– With cargo:
• Rated power
– Passenger only:
– With cargo:
• Rated phase current
– Passenger only:
– With cargo :
 Initial guess: ~ of in Shanghai-Transrapid LSM MAGLEV at 400
km/h. (approximated)
 Increased to to consider supply inverter capacity with the higher
power rating.
 Will be modified to satisfy the limited current density during
magnetic design.
1) Hyperloop – Alpha, Specifications
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• Rated phase voltage,

– (passenger only)
– (with cargo)
• Rated operating frequency,
– Japanese SCM LSM Maglev uses 30 𝐻𝑧 @ >
– 1)Rated frequency limit reduces as mover cruising
speed increases.
• Pole pitch, 1)

• Current density,
– 2)Permitted with air-cooling is from 2 to 4
1) Linear Electric Machines Drives and MAGLEVs Handbook - Boldea , 2) Design of Rotating Machines 2nd - Pyrhonen
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• Magnet operating curve

𝐵𝑚 ( 𝑇 )

air-gap line
𝐵𝑟 =1. 28
Linear region 𝐵𝑚 0 ≈ 1. 0455

knee

≈ 0.4

Nonlinear region

𝐻 𝑒 ( 𝑘𝐴/ 𝑚 )
𝐵𝑚= 0
𝐻 𝑐 = 955 𝐻 𝑒 ,𝑚𝑎𝑥 ≈ 280 𝐻 𝑒= 0

1) Linear Electric Machines Drives and MAGLEVs Handbook - Boldea , 2) Design of Rotating Machines 2nd - Pyrhonen
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