Control and Operation of a High Temperature Superconducting Synchronous Motor

Author

Zhen Huang ; Wei Xian ; Min Zhang ; Chudy, Michal ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Zhaoyang Zhong ; Baghdadi, M. ; Wei Wang ; Spaven, F. ; Matsuda, Keisuke ; Coombs, T.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Volume

23

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

41426

Firstpage

5200204

Lastpage

5200204

Abstract

We have built a four-pole high temperature superconducting (HTS) permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) in our lab. At this stage, the HTS PMSM uses two 2G HTS racetrack coils, which are YBCO wires, type 344 from AMSC, and four conventional copper coils as stator windings. 75 YBCO bulks are mounted on the surface of the rotor. After the pulsed field magnetization system had been developed and tested in our lab in 2011, the rotor can trap a four-pole magnetic field. This makes HTS bulks possible for motor application, other than HTS coils. The HTS PMSM can successfully run at a low speed of around 150 rpm for an initial test. This paper states theoretical and practical works on the HTS PMSM´s operation including HTS motor drive development and its application.

Keywords

barium compounds; coils; copper; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting magnets; synchronous motors; wires; yttrium compounds; Cu; HTS PMSM; YBCO; YBCO wires; copper coils; four-pole high temperature superconducting permanent magnet synchronous motor; pulsed field magnetization system; racetrack coils; stator windings; Coils; High temperature superconductors; Rotors; Stator windings; Superconducting magnets; Windings; High temperature superconducting (HTS); YBCO; machine control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2012.2233262

Filename

6378424