Testing a 5 MW high-temperature superconducting propulsion motor

Author

Woodruff, S. ; Boenig, H. ; Bogdan, F. ; Fikse, T. ; Petersen, L. ; Sloderbeck, M. ; Snitchler, G. ; Steurer, M.

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Power Syst., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

27-27 July 2005

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

213

Abstract

A prototype marine propulsion motor manufactured by American Superconductor Corporation has been tested in the advanced test facility at the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University. The rotor of this 5 MW synchronous machine is constructed of high-temperature superconducting wire; the three-phase stator is of conventional wire. Testing was conducted with a dynamometer consisting of two 2.5 MW induction motors which permitted a wide range of conventional and novel procedures to be carried out for the characterization of the HTS motor. These tests and some of their results are discussed. The HTS motor functioned satisfactorily in all tests.

Keywords

dynamometers; electric propulsion; high-temperature superconductors; machine testing; rotors; ships; stators; superconducting machines; synchronous machines; 2.5 MW; 5 MW; American Superconductor Corporation; Center for Advanced Power Systems; Florida State University; advanced test facility; dynamometer; high-temperature superconducting propulsion motor; induction motors; prototype marine propulsion motor manufacture; synchronous machine; three-phase stator; High temperature superconductors; Induction motors; Manufacturing; Power systems; Propulsion; Prototypes; Superconducting filaments and wires; Synchronous motors; System testing; Test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9259-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESTS.2005.1524676

Filename

1524676