Design of a high-speed superconducting bearingless machine for flywheel energy storage systems

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Li, Wenlong ^a   Chau, K T ^a   Ching, T W ^b   Wang, Yubin ^a   Chen, Mu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

bearingless machine; energy storage; flywheel; homopolar machine; Superconducting machine

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEEL PROPULSION; FLYWHEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; IRON; MACHINE WINDINGS; POLES; ROTORS (WINDINGS); WHEELS; WINDING;

BEARINGLESS MACHINES; FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; HOMOPOLAR MACHINE; HTS FIELD WINDINGS; SUPERCONDUCTING MACHINES; SUSPENSION WINDING; TWO-DEGREE OF FREEDOM;

SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRIC MACHINERY;

EID: 84921736298     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2014.2367008     Document Type: Article

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