SUPERCONDUCTIVE PROPULSION MOTOR

A superconductive motor has been built to demonstrate the size and performance features required in electric ship drive applications. It's a 51-cm-dia, d-c machine designed for 400 to 1000 hp and includes a cryogenically cooled superconducting magnet and copper drum conductors with liquid-metal brushes. Initial tests, at up to 400 hp, indicate that efficiency and power goals can be achieved. The advantages of superconductive drives in future high-performance ships are illustrated.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Doyle, T J
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 48-53
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power; Electrical systems; High speed rail; Motors; Propulsion; Ships; Superconductivity
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced propulsion; Superconductive ship propulsion
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149311
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM