Development of a high speed HTS generator for airborne applications

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1656-1661

  Sivasubramaniam, K ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Lokhandwalla, M ^a   Laskaris, E T ^a   Bray, J W ^a   Gerstler, B ^a   Shah, M R ^a   Alexander, J P ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

High power density; High speed generator; Superconducting generator

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB; AIRBORNE APPLICATIONS; CRYOCOOLERS; FULL-LOAD; GENERAL ELECTRICS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; HIGH-SPEED GENERATOR; HTS GENERATORS; LOAD CONDITION; POWER DENSITIES; PROGRAM SPECIFICATION; SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATOR; TEST POINTS; TEST RESULTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MILITARY AVIATION; SPEED; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TESTING;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 68649103690     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2017758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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