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More News On Correlated Magnetics
You may recall an article I wrote late last year on Correlated Magnetics Research, a company from Alabama who has created and produced what they were calling “programmable” magnets. Since then, I’ve had the chance to play with a number of their prototypes. I had initially been a little confused as to what the technology was [...]
Continue reading...USA Reclaims World Record For Highest Field Resistive Electromagnet
8. January 2010
The engineers and scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory [NHMFL] in Florida, announced this week that they had successfully tested a new resistive electromagnet that produces a magnetic field strength of 36 tesla (360 kilo-oersted), breaking the old record of 35 tesla (350 kilo-oersted) previously held jointly between the NHMFL and the Grenoble [...]
Continue reading...Making Magnetic Paper
6. January 2010
Hello folks – Happy New Year! My apologies for the long delay in posting a new article here at Terra Magnetica – let me get things back on track with some news from R & D Magazine, on a new paper-based magnetic material that may have potential for low cost fabrication applications. A team of researchers [...]
Continue reading...New Downhole Permanent Magnet Generator Tool For Extreme Oil, Gas & Geothermal Drilling
3. December 2009
Earlier today, my colleagues at Dexter Magnetic Technologies announced the launch of an innovative downhole generator tool, which we have developed for some pretty extreme drilling conditions. This new high pressure – high temperature (HPHT) tool could lead the way to drilling deeper and more productive oil, gas and geothermal wells in the world’s most demanding drilling environments. The tool was [...]
Continue reading...Vehicular Energy Storage Flywheel Concept Uses Permanent Magnet Gearing
30. November 2009
Last week, a technical consulting company called Ricardo, based in the UK, issued a press release on its Kinergy concept for a “high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system concept with a highly innovative and patented magnetic gearing and coupling mechanism“. What immediately drew my attention to the concept, is the use of a permanent magnet [...]
Continue reading...New Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Generator Concept For Wind Turbines Unveiled
22. November 2009
[Updated: 03/09/10 & 11/23/09.] The Times Online has just published a story on a technology that apparently “has the potential to revolutionise the renewable energy industry by making wind power cheaper and more reliable and greatly increasing the efficiency of wind turbines for electricity companies.” The driver behind the work, conducted by Dr Markus Mueller and Dr. [...]
Continue reading...University of Delaware wins $4.4 million to develop next-generation magnets
14. November 2009
My thanks to RareMetalBlog’s Ian London for pointing this article out: Oct. 27, 2009 – by Tracey Bryant – The University of Delaware has won a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to lead a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research project to develop the next generation of high-performance permanent magnets. Stronger [...]
Continue reading...Toyota Prius Vs. Tesla Roadster: The Results Are In (And Are Not What You’d Think)
2. November 2009
So the day finally came. DC permanent magnet motor vs. AC induction motor. Nickel metal hydride vs. Lithium-ion. Prius vs. Roadster… The place? Denmark… home of wind turbines, pickled herring and Kierkegaard. Not the first place you might expect the Prius and Roadster to come together, but the Fates must have had their reasons. Steen Joregensen’s friend [...]
Continue reading...Wind Turbines – Up Close And Personal
12. October 2009
Last week I was in Denmark, and while there I had an opportunity to pay a visit to some wind turbines operated by Aalborg University in Northern Denmark. Getting to finally see and hear a fully functional 2.3 MW wind turbine “in the flesh” was pretty cool, I have to say. There was a reasonable wind [...]
Continue reading...Correlated Magnetics Research Launches “Programmable” Permanent Magnet Materials
4. October 2009
I saw an intriguing news item over at the Magnetism & Electromagnetics Interest Group yesterday, and I see that it’s starting to make its way into the press. The Huntsville Times is reporting that “Larry Fullerton, formerly of Time Domain, has developed a process to ‘program’ magnetic and electromagnetic materials so they will only attract [...]
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14. January 2010
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