Proposal of a fully superconducting motor for liquid hydrogen pump with MgB2 wire

Kazuhiro Kajikawa, Taketsune Nakamura

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Abstract

The outline design of a fully superconducting motor for liquid hydrogen pump with a magnesium-diboride MgB2 superconducting wire is carried out to present various advantages arising from its prospective performances. The squirrel-cage rotor winding composed of superconducting loops with the MgB 2 wire enables us to operate the motor not only in a slip mode but also in a synchronous rotation mode, and consequently the rotor winding loss can be suppressed drastically. Furthermore, it would be expected that the stator winding loss becomes smaller by using the MgB2 wire compared with familiar normal metals as typified by a copper. The time evolution of magnetic field distribution around the stator winding is obtained by means of a finite element analysis in order to estimate the AC loss and the primary circuit resistance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5067125
Pages (from-to)1669-1673
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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