The status of HTS motors

Author

Gamble, Bruce B. ; Kalsi, Swarn ; Snitchler, Greg ; Madura, David ; Howard, Ray

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

25-25 July 2002

Firstpage

270

Abstract

The status of high temperature superconducting (HTS) motor development is presented. HTS synchronous machines have been under development for over 12 years around the world. The unique characteristics for selected applications such as ship propulsion are discussed. The beneficial characteristics of air core HTS motors for ship propulsion include high power density, high efficiency and low noise production. This paper also addresses recent developments including a 5,000 HP 1800 RPM 4 pole prototype and the ongoing construction of a 5 MW 230 RPM motor. The 1800 RPM motor is a prototype constructed to validate technologies for industrial motors and generators and the 230 RPM motor is being constructed to validate technologies for ship propulsion motors in the range of 25 MW and 120 RPM.

Keywords

electric propulsion; high-temperature superconductors; ships; superconducting machines; synchronous motors; 25 MW; 5 MW; 5000 hp; air core HTS motors; efficiency; high-temperature superconducting motor development status; industrial generators; industrial motors; noise production; power density; ship propulsion; synchronous machines; Construction industry; High temperature superconductors; Marine vehicles; Production; Propulsion; Prototypes; Shipbuilding industry; Superconducting device noise; Synchronous machines; Synchronous motors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7518-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2002.1043231

Filename

1043231