Evaluation of performance of an electrical generator with a superconductor element as rotor

Author

Puppala, Anil K. ; Hosny, Ahmed ; Safiuddin, Mohammed ; Abolafia, Andrew

Author_Institution

K&H Ind. Inc., New York, NY

fYear

2008

fDate

20-24 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents some results of a study to evaluate energy conversion potential of an innovative electrical generator, employing a YBCO superconductor thin film disk rotor. Creating a rate of change of flux in a magnetic field using the ldquoflux repulsionrdquo property of superconductors, an electrical generator is realized. Using ANSYS simulation and a simplified experimental set up, the feasibility of the design concept of proposed device is evaluated for different magnetic field strengths and at different rotating speeds of the superconductor disk.

Keywords

electric generators; rotors; ANSYS simulation; YBCO superconductor thin film disk rotor; electrical generator; energy conversion efficiency; energy conversion potential; flux repulsion property; magnetic field strengths; rotating speeds; superconductor element; Circuits; DC motors; Energy conversion; Generators; Rotors; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting transmission lines; Type II superconductors; Voltage; Efficiency of energy conversion; Electrical Generator; Flux repulsion; HTS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1905-0

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2008.4596562

Filename

4596562