Conveners
M2OrA - Focused Symposia - Propulsion V: Motors & Generators
- Kiruba Haran (University of Illinois)
- Tabea Arndt (Siemens AG, CT REE PEM)
Fully superconducting rotating machines produce the advantages of lightweight, compactness and high efficiency compared with conventional ones. When those are applied to electric propulsion aircrafts, tremendous innovation will be brought about to air transportation. To realize that, it is necessary to reduce the ac loss in superconducting armature windings, also to enhance the current...
Synchronous generators employing rotor coils wound from high-Tc superconducting (HTS) wire, are attractive for a range of applications requiring very high torque and power densities. However, the injection of large DC currents into rotating HTS coils presents a technical challenge. In this paper we discuss the development of a new type of brushless exciter for HTS rotors, which is based on a...
Interest in fully electric and hybrid electric aircraft is being driven by gains in efficiency, fuel savings, noise and emission reductions and increased flexibility of aircraft and propulsion system design. magniX is developing and prototyping superconducting electric machines with the goal of demonstrating power densities in excess of 25 kW/kg.
Superconducting generators and motors are...
