• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10d
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• pp.74-76
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• 2006

This paper presents the experiment and characteristics analysis of electromagnetic pump using linear induction motor(LIM). The electromagnetic pump is used to transfer the molten metals by electromagnetic force of LIM. The characteristics of LIM pump for molten metals: zinc, tin, aluminum are analysed solving the magnetohydrodynamics at constant magnetic flux. The molten zinc is used in the experiment and the experimental results are compared with the analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.65-70
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• 2007

This paper presents the characteristics analysis and experiment of the electromagnetic pump using linear induction motor(LIM Pump) which can transfer the molten metals by the electromagnetic force. The characteristics of LIM Pump are analysed solving the magneto-hydro-dynamic(MHD) equation at various magnetic flux. The molten zinc is used in the experiment and the results we compared with the analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07a
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• pp.266-268
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• 1998

The linear MHD(magnetohydro-dynamic) machine obtains the linear motion by replacing the solid conducting secondary of LIM with the ionized gas, plasma or the liquid metal. The electromagnetic pump which is a kind of MHD machine is divided into induction pump and conduction pump. This paper shows the classification and development trends of MHD machines and the characteristics of double sided flat linear induction pump (DFLIP).

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.393-398
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• 2005

An electromechanical type is the most useful mechanism in the various pumping mechanisms. It, however, requires a movement converting system including a ball screw, a helical cam, or a solenoid-beam spring, which makes the device complex and may lessen reliability. Thus, the authors have hypothesized that an electromagnetic actuator mechanism can eliminate the movement converting system and that thereby enhance the mechanical reliability and operative simplicity of an electro­pneumatic pump. The purpose of this study was to show a novel application of electromagnetic actuator mechanism in pulsatile pump and to provide preliminary data for further evaluations. The electromagnetic actuator consists of stators with a single winding excitation coil and movers with a high energy density neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet. A 0.5mm diameter wire was used for the excitation coil, and 1000 turns were wound onto the stators core with parallel. A prototype of extracorporeal electro-pneumatic pump was constructed, and the pump performance tests were performed using a mock system to evaluate the efficiency of the electromagnetic actuator mechanism. When forward and backward electric currents were supplied to the excitation coil, the mover effectively moved back and forth. The nominal stroke length of the actuator was 10mm. The actuator dimension was 120mm in diameter and 65mm in height with a mass of 1.4kg. The prototype pump unit was 150mm in diameter, 150mm in thickness and 4.5kg in weight. The maximum force output was 70N at input current of 4.5A and the maximum pump rate was 150 beats per minute. The maximum output was 2.0 L/minute at a rate of 80bpm when the afterload was 100mmHg. The electromagnetic actuator mechanism was successfully applied to construct the prototype of extracorporeal electro­pneumatic pump. The authors provide the above results as a preliminary data for further studies.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.270-275
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• 2010

An electromagnetic pump using a tubular induction motor (TLIM) has been proposed to pump liquid metal fluids. TLIM has been designed for liquid metal flow systems with a motor with a thrust force of 40~77[N]. The flow characteristics have been investigated by solving the Navier-Stokes equation, where the Lorentz force was included simply by considering it as a constant in the Navier-Stokes equation. A wood metal was chosen to simulate the liquid metal. The effect of Lorentz force on the flow rate was investigated. An experiment was conducted and its results were compared with those of the simulation. The simulation result showed an overestimation of about 17% compared with the experimental one.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.3110-3115
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• 2007

The effect of Lorentz force(Electromagnetic force) on the liquid metal flow has been investigated. The flow velocity has been calculated by treating the Lorentz force as a source term in the Navier-Stokes equation. The liquid metal flow in the rectangular duct of an electromagnetic pump was analyzed with the Lorentz force varied.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.36-42
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• 2000

This paper presents the characteristics analysis of electromagnetic pump using linear induction motors. The electromagnetic pump is designed to transfer the molten metals by the electromagnetic force of linear induction motors. The characteristics f a linear induction motor are analysed by the equivalent circuit method considering the end effects. For the verification of the analysis method, the locked test and load test with molten tin were made. The test results of locked test were compared with the simulations, and the velocity of the load test with molten zinc showed 0.24[m/x] with air gap 30[gap] which is sufficient for transferring molten tin.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.137-144
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• 2008

The effect of Lorentz force(Electromagnetic force) on the liquid metal flow has been investigated. The flow velocity has been calculated by treating the Lorentz force as a source term in the Navier-Stokes equation. The liquid metal flow in the annular duct of an electromagnetic pump was analyzed with the Lorentz force varied.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07a
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• pp.80-82
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• 1995

The electromagnetic force of magnetic plunger for electromagnetic pump system are calculated by finite element method which consider the eddy current, the plunger motion. The mechanical motion equation are solved Rune-Kutta method, and coupled with the finite element method. With the external circuit equation dynamic simulation of the pump system are achieved. Electrostatic flux is verified by comparing with other commercial analysis software. Similar analysis of other type solenoidal actuators can be done by this procedure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.1020-1023
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• 2005

The fluid flow and thermal analysis were carried out by using the finite element program, Ansys. In analysis process, a electromagnetic analysis was accomplished. In afterwards, Fluid and thermal analysis was done. Fluid flow and heat could be produced by electromagnetic pump. In other words, A magnetic field which electromagnetic pump generates influences Liquid Material(Al alloy). This paper calculates the fluid flow and temperature distribution according to time. Using material is Al alloy(A356).