Performance evaluations of 50 MVA airgap winding stator for superconducting generator

Structural features of a trial-manufactured air-gap winding stator for a 50 MVA superconducting generator and results of various characteristic tests are described. The stator has an improved winding section, strengthened against electromagnetic force and smaller due to use of a four-layer water-cooled helical air-gap armature winding. The axial flux through the stator core, assumed to be generated by the circumferential current of the helical winding, is too low to pose any practical problems, as shown by a three-dimensional magnetic-field analysis taking into account the magnetic anisotropy due to the laminated iron core. The air-gap armature winding electromagnetic force in the radial and axial directions (which does not contribute to the generator output) increases when the running power factor decreases. The helical winding is shown to be applicable to the armature winding of large superconducting generators.<>