Conceptual design of an electrical machine with both low and high Tc superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 3858-3865

  Tixador, P ^a   Daffix, H ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b GEC Alsthom   (France)

Author keywords

AC losses; Electrical machines; High performance drives; OPIT conductors; Permanent magnets; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE WINDINGS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVES; LARGE TORQUE MOTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MACHINES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031386457     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.659439     Document Type: Article

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