Abstract
A diamagnetically stabilized levitation structure is composed of a floating magnet, diamagnetic material, and a lifting magnet. The floating magnet is freely levitated between two diamagnetic plates without any external energy input. In this paper, the levitation characteristics of a floating magnet were firstly studied through simulation. Three different levitation states were found by adjusting the gap between the two diamagnetic plates, namely symmetric monostable levitation, bistable levitation, and asymmetric monostable levitation. Then, according to experimental comparison, it was found that the stability of the symmetric monostable levitation system is better than that of the other two. Lastly, the maximum moving space that allows the symmetric monostable levitation state is investigated by Taguchi method. The key factors affecting the maximum gap were determined as the structure parameters of the floating magnet and the thickness of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) sheets. According to the optimal parameters, work performance was obtained by an experiment with an energy harvester based on the diamagnetic levitation structure. The effective value of voltage is 250.69 mV and the power is 86.8 An LED light is successfully lit on when the output voltage is boosted with a Cockcroft–Walton cascade voltage doubler circuit. This work offers an effective method to choose appropriate parameters for a diamagnetically stabilized levitation structure.
Highlights
Diamagnetism is a natural property of a substance and exists in all materials
The diamagnetic material needs to be placed in a strong external magnetic field [1]
In an external magnetic field, the diamagnetic material generates a weak magnetic field, which is opposite to the external magnetic field
Summary
Diamagnetism is a natural property of a substance and exists in all materials. it is not appreciable in daily life, because it is too weak, compared to magnetism and paramagnetism. The diamagnetic material is subjected to a repelling force from the external magnetic field. The magnet served as a floater and was stably levitated between the diamagnetic materials without any external energy input. Studying [13], the levitation characteristics of the floating magnet in diamagby. The maximum moving space that allows the floating magnet to achieve symmetric achieve symmetric monostable levitation is determined by the structure parameters of the monostable levitation is determined by the structure parameters of the diamagnetically diamagnetically stabilized levitation. Expanding the field magnitude of the lifting magnet around the levitation position in polar coordinates and adding two new terms Cz z2 and Cr r2 which denote the effect of diamagnetic materials, the potential energy of the floating magnet can be rewritten as:. The levitation characteristic of a floating magnet has not been discussed with different gap L2
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