Multimegawatt synchronous generators for airborne applications: A review

Author

Gieras, Jacek F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Res., UTC Aerosp. Syst., Rockford, IL, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

12-15 May 2013

Firstpage

626

Lastpage

633

Abstract

Airborne high-speed synchronous generators rated in the power range of megawatts have been discussed. These generators are nowadays necessary for new aerospace missions, such as directed energy weapon (DEW) and airborne radar (AR). Requirements, ferromagnetic materials for magnetic circuits, electromagnetic design and cooling techniques for highspeed multimegawatt generators have been discussed. New sizing procedure has been proposed. First prototypes (1 MW and 2.5 MW) have been outlined.

Keywords

airborne radar; cooling; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic circuits; synchronous generators; AR; DEW; aerospace missions; airborne application; airborne high-speed synchronous generator; airborne radar; cooling techniques; directed energy weapon; electromagnetic design; ferromagnetic materials; high-speed multimegawatt synchronous generator; magnetic circuit; power 1 MW; power 2.5 MW; Generators; Laser beams; Rotors; Stator cores; Stator windings; Weapons; Synchronous generators; aerospace; airborne; cooling systems; high speed; magnetic circuits; multimegawatt; sizing procedure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4975-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4973-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMDC.2013.6556160

Filename

6556160