The performance of a 5 MW high temperature superconductor ship propulsion motor

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 2206-2209

  Snitchler, Greg ^a   Gamble, Bruce ^a   Kalsi, Swam S ^a  

^a AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

HTS generators; HTS motors; Propulsion motors; Ship propulsion

Indexed keywords

HTS GENERATORS; HTS MOTORS; POWER DENSITY; PROPULSION MOTORS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; MACHINE DESIGN; SHIP PROPULSION; STATORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 22044447501     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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