Conveners
C3PoE - Cryogenics for Superconducting Machines
- Owen Christianson (NDI)
- Quan Li (University of Edinburgh)
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Mr Erasmus Shaanika (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)12/07/2017, 09:00Poster Presentation
Superconducting motors and generators offer numerous advantages over conventional generators of the same rating. They are lighter, smaller and more efficient. Amongst a host of methods for cooling HTS machinery, thermosyphon-based cooling systems have been employed due to their high heat transfer rate and near-isothermal operating characteristics associated with them. So it is essential to...
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Sharath Satyanarayana (Florida State University)12/07/2017, 09:00Poster Presentation
Superconducting power systems with multiple superconducting devices are being designed for all electric ships and aircrafts. Efficient and flexible power systems with multiple superconducting devices will be possible with a large capacity centralized cryogenic plant serving all the devices. The centralized cryogenic system will have higher efficiency and requires fewer spare components...
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Mr V A S Muralidhar Bathula (Corporate R & D, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Vikasnagar, Hyderabad - 500093, India)12/07/2017, 09:00Poster Presentation
High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) synchronous motors consisting of HTS windings in the rotor and air gap copper windings in the stator will help in manufacturing compact, lighter motors with a high torque to weight ratio, low noise and better dynamic response needed for strategic applications. The development of HTS field coil is one of the main technological challenges in the development...
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Mr Kota Yamaguchi (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)12/07/2017, 09:00Poster Presentation
The sophisticated cooling system is required for High temperature superconductor (HTS) applications. Especially, HTS rotating machine have to keep the temperature of field poles under 40 K with rotating.
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A thermosyphon (TS) cooling system has been employed for HTS rotating machine. TS cooling is based on natural convection of coolant, it doesn’t need mechanical circulator. The feature of a TS...