Design and performance of a small HTS bulk reluctance motor

Author

Qiu, M. ; Xu, Z. ; Yao, Z.H. ; Xia, D. ; Lin, L.Z. ; Zhang, G.M. ; Xiao, L. ; Ren, H.T. ; Jiao, Y.L. ; Zheng, M.H.

Author_Institution

Appl. Supercond. Div., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1480

Lastpage

1483

Abstract

HTS bulks can be used as flux-focusing elements in reluctance motors. As parts of the primary study, a small prototype reluctance motor was designed and constructed by using HTS YBCO bulks. The performance was analyzed based on magnetic field calculation. An experimental investigation was carried out on the prototype motor. Computed parameters are compared with test measurements, showing good agreement. Compared with the conventional synchronous reluctance motors, higher efficiency and smaller size make these motors very attractive for the applications, such as cryogenic pumps and flywheel drives.

Keywords

high-temperature superconductors; reliability; reluctance motors; HTS YBCO bulk; HTS bulk reluctance motor design; HTS bulk reluctance motor performance; cryogenic pump; electromagnetic analysis; flux-focusing elements; flywheel drive; high-temperature superconductor; magnetic field calculation; prototype reluctance motor; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Reluctance motors; Synchronous motors; Testing; Yttrium barium copper oxide; Electromagnetic analysis; high-temperature superconductors; reluctance machines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.849135

Filename

1439924