The combination of advances in active magnetic bearings, recent developments in power electronics technology, new design techniques of electrical machines and advances in magnetic materials is contributing to innovative forms of submerged high-speed electric drives which will be suitable for special gas processing applications well into the twenty-first century. Typical applications include submerged industrial high-pressure and high-temperature gas processes, calibration of gas meters, gas circulation in nuclear power plants, etc. This paper looks at the results of case studies of high-speed drives and discusses their benefits and advantages.
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