Full Power Test of a 36.5 MW HTS Propulsion Motor

This paper discusses the full-power testing of a 36.5 MW High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) propulsion motor at the Navy´s Land Based Test Site (LBTS) located in Philadelphia, PA. This motor was developed under funding from the Office of Naval Research and passed no-load factory testing at Philadelphia in March 2007. The Naval Surface Warfare Center (Carderock Division - Philadelphia site) designed and installed a test facility at LBTS to support full-power/full-torque testing of the HTS motor delivered to the Navy in 2007. The facility, test plan and full-power and full-torque test results of the HTS propulsion motor are presented. These test results provide the final substantiation that this technology is ready for integration in to a Navy electric drive combatant.