Installation and operation of superconducting rotating machines

Author

Kalsi, Swam S.

Author_Institution

American Supercond. Corp., Westborough, MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

7-12 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1098

Abstract

Superconducting rotating machine technology is developing rapidly. At present, four superconducting rotating machine programs are in progress. General electric is building a 100 MVA superconducting generator under a DoE contract. American superconductor (AMSC) has 3 programs on superconducting machines-a 10 MVAR superconducting synchronous condenser, a 5 MW, 230-RPM ship propulsion motor for office of naval research (ONR) and a 36.5 MW, 120-RPM ship propulsion motor programs also for ONR. All superconducting machines employ high temperature superconductors (HTS) in the field winding on the rotor and a conventional ambient temperature copper winding in the stator. This paper discusses the installation and operation of these machines and their support equipment.

Keywords

electric generators; electric motors; high-temperature superconductors; power capacitors; rotors; stators; superconducting machines; 100 MVA; 36.5 MW; 5 MW; American Superconductor; General Electric; ambient temperature copper winding; high temperature superconductors; rotor; ship propulsion motor; stator; superconducting generator; superconducting rotating machines; superconducting synchronous condenser; Contracts; Copper; High temperature superconductors; Machine windings; Marine vehicles; Propulsion; Rotating machines; Rotors; Stator windings; Synchronous motors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2003 IEEE PES

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8110-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2003.1335103

Filename

1335103