SUPERCONDUCTIVE SHIP PROPULSION SYSTEMS

While conventional electric ship propulsion systems are considered to have a number of advantages, the weight and size of high-powered electric motors, together with cost considerations, have generally precluded them from marine propulsion systems except in the case of some special-purpose vessels. The advent of the high power-density superconductive motor, however, promises to bring to the marine engineer the many advantages of electric propulsion without the earlier disadvantages. A few advantages of superconductive electric propulsion systems are given, and an experimental machine, with its cooling system and compressor design, is also described.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00475955
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at Applied Superconductivity Conference at Annapolis, Maryland, May 1970.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Marine Engineers

  Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane
  London EC3R 7JN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Fox, G D
  • Hatch, B D
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17-18
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineers Review
  • ISSN: 0047-5955

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power; Electrical systems; Propulsion; Superconductivity; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Propulsion machinery
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM