A bearingless hub assembly comprising a rim hollowed to receive a tube magnet, and magnets embedded around the circumference of the rim on both ends. The rim is capped by front and rear rim plates configured to hold the embedded magnets in place and fitted to receive respective circular magnets. Similar magnets in corresponding front or rear drive plate maintain space (i.e., levitation) vis--vis the front and rear rim caps by repelling each other, thus allowing the rim (and, as applied, a mechanically-attached tire assembly) to move freely with no friction. The front and rear drive plate carry forward and reverse electromagnetic actuators as well as forward and reverse levitation control units, power generators and speed sensors. These components mount 360 degrees around the circumference of the drive plates while the embedded magnets of the rim spin through when in motion.

A downhole-type system includes a rotatable rotor, a magnetic thrust bearing coupled to the rotor, and a mechanical thrust bearing coupled to the rotor. The magnetic thrust bearing is configured to support a first portion of an axial load of the rotor during rotor rotation, and the mechanical thrust bearing is configured to support a second portion of the axial load of the rotor during rotor rotation.

An integrated journal bearing (IJB) includes a shaft extending in an axial direction, a housing through which the shaft extends in the axial direction, the housing surrounding the shaft in a radial direction, an active magnetic bearing (AMB) arranged within the housing and surrounding the shaft in the radial direction, and at least a first fluid film journal bearing (JB) arranged within the housing and surrounding the shaft in the radial direction. The first JB is axially adjacent to the AMB such that first JB and the AMB do not share a common radial clearance, while both are commonly flooded with oil. A controller in signal communication with the AMB can be variously configured to supply current thereto to operate the AMB by controlling a magnetic force generated thereby.

The present invention is to reduce the load on a control device by reliably classifying vibration modes of a rotor, thereby facilitating stabilization design of a magnetic bearing. The present invention includes: magnetic bearings including electromagnets provided at one end and the other end of a rotor to contactlessly support the one end and the other end of the rotor by the magnetic attraction forces of the electromagnets; and displacement sensors that measure an inclination at the one end of the rotor and an inclination at the other end of the rotor, in which the magnetic attraction forces of the electromagnets are controlled based on the inclinations measured by the displacement sensors.

A fluid rotor is configured to move or be rotated by a working fluid. A fluid stator surrounds the fluid rotor. The fluid stator is spaced from the fluid rotor and defines a first annular fluid gap in-between that is in fluid communication with an outside environment exterior the downhole-type pump. A radial magnetic bearing includes a first portion coupled to the fluid rotor and a second portion coupled to the fluid stator. The first portion is spaced from the second portion defining a second annular fluid gap in-between that is in fluid communication with the outside environment exterior the downhole-type pump.

An electronic magnetic bearing fault-tolerant drive module includes a first plurality of switching elements and a second plurality of switching elements. At least one winding is interposed between the first plurality of switching elements and the second plurality of switching elements. The first and second switching elements are configured to selectively operate in a first mode and a second mode to generate an electromagnetic field. The electronic magnetic bearing fault-tolerant drive module is configured to detect one or more electrical faults including an open-circuit fault of at least one of the first and second switching elements.

A temperature prediction device includes an application voltage specifying unit which specifics a voltage value applied to an electromagnetic coil based on a distance from a distance detection unit provided in the electromagnetic coil to an output shaft, a coil current detection unit which detects a current value flowing when a voltage is applied to the electromagnetic coil on the basis of the voltage value specified by the application voltage specifying unit, and a coil temperature estimation unit which estimates a temperature of the electromagnetic coil on the basis of the voltage value specified by the application voltage specifying unit, the current value detected by the coil current detection unit, and a relational expression between the voltage value applied to the electromagnetic coil, the current value flowing when a voltage is applied to the electromagnet coil on the basis of the voltage value applied to the electromagnetic coil, and the temperature of the electromagnetic coil.

A system to provide power to a downhole-type tool includes a downhole-type electric motor that can be positioned in a wellbore and a variable speed drive electrically connected to the electric motor, in which the downhole-type electric motor can operate at rotary speeds of at least 6,000 rotations per minute (rpm), the variable speed drive can control and supply power to the electric motor when the electric motor is positioned at a downhole location inside the wellbore, and the variable speed drive can be at a surface of the wellbore.

A motor controller and methods for operating a motor are described herein. The motor controller includes a high-frequency (HF) inverter having a direct current (DC) input stage and an alternating current (AC) output stage, the HF inverter operable at a switching frequency to generate a three-phase output having a fundamental frequency. The motor controller also includes a differential mode (DM) filter coupled in series with the output stage of the HF inverter and having a resonant frequency less than 10% of the switching frequency, the DM filter configured to reduce harmonic components of the three-phase output and generate a first filtered output. The motor controller further includes a common mode (CM) filter coupled in series with the DM filter, the CM filter configured to filter the first filtered output to generate a second filtered output having a reduced CM voltage to operate the electric motor with a reduced bearing current.

A method and an apparatus for detecting wear data of a protective bearing, which relates to the technical field of a magnetic suspension bearing, and includes: firstly, a displacement of a rotor is acquired in a current falling process; then, contact time between the rotor and the protective bearing is determined according to the displacement, and a rotation speed of the rotor at any moment in the contact time is acquired, and then current wear information of the protective bearing is determined based on the displacement and the rotation speed; finally, historical wear information of the protective bearing is acquired, and the historical wear information and the current wear information are added to obtain total wear information of the protective bearing, wherein the total wear information is used for reflecting a state of the protective bearing.