Development and test of a 300 kW superconducting homopolar generator

Author

Ge, Wenqi ; Tang, Shaodong ; Yan, Luguang ; Yi, Changlian ; Qin, Jie

Author_Institution

Wuhan Marine Electr. Propulsion Res. Inst., China

Volume

32

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2280

Lastpage

2283

Abstract

A 300 kW superconducting homopolar generator has been jointly developed and tested by the Wuhan Marine Electrical Propulsion Research Institute and the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Academia Sinica. It is a drum-type machine with superconducting excitation and solid brush current collection, 1300 RPM rotating speed, 230-330 V output voltage. The armature rotor diameter is 620 mm, effective length is 600 mm, the average radial magnetic field in the armature region is 0.75 T. During testing, it reached 300 kW nominal output power and worked stably. The design and development of the machine and its main components, together with its test results are presented

Keywords

brushes; exciters; homopolar generators; machine testing; magnetic fields; rotors; superconducting machines; superconducting magnets; 0.75 T; 230 to 330 V; 300 kW; 600 mm; 620 mm; armature rotor; average radial magnetic field; development; drum-type machine; solid brush current collection; superconducting excitation; superconducting homopolar generator; testing; Bars; Brushes; Power generation; Propulsion; Solenoids; Solids; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.508621

Filename

508621