Development status of rotating machines employing superconducting field windings

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1688-1703

  Kalsi, Swarn S ^a   Weeber, Konrad ^b   Takesue, H ^c,d   Lewis, Clive ^e   Neumueller, Heinz Werner ^f   Blaugher, Richard D ^g,h  

^a AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SuperGM   (Japan)

^d KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^e Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

^f SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^g Westingnouse Research and Development Laboratory

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature superconductors (HTSs); Low temperature superconductors (LTSs); Superconducting generators; Superconducting machines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTORS; REFRIGERATION; ROTATING MACHINERY; SHIP PROPULSION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

LOW-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS (LTS); SHIP PROPULSION MOTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MACHINES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 21244447589     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.833676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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