Conduction cooling of a compact HTS motor for aeropropulsion

Author

Pienkos, Jules E. ; Masson, Philippe J. ; Pamidi, Sastry V. ; Luongo, Cesar A.

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Power Syst., FAMU-FSU Coll. of Eng., Tallahassee, FL, USA

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2150

Lastpage

2153

Abstract

Thermal aspects of a novel high temperature superconducting motor design are examined for use in the propulsion of an aero-vehicle. To simplify the refrigeration, focus is on conduction cooling of the superconducting material directly from the cold head of the cryocooler. A brief description of the motor is followed by an analysis of the conduction cooling apparatus. An experimental setup has been developed, including a cryocooler, a cryostat, and a mockup of the HTS motor, to validate the system model.

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; cryostats; electric motors; high-temperature superconductors; refrigeration; superconducting machines; superconducting magnet energy storage; aero-vehicle; aeropropulsion; compact HTS motor; conduction cooling; cryocooler; cryostat; high temperature superconducting motor; refrigeration; superconducting material; Aircraft propulsion; Cooling; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; Induction motors; Inductors; Power system modeling; Refrigeration; Superconducting devices; Temperature distribution; Conduction cooling; HTS motor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.849599

Filename

1440088