TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a Fully Superconducting Aircraft Propulsion Motor
AU - Feldman, Joshua
AU - Balachandran, Thanatheepan
AU - Xiao, Jianqiao
AU - Miljkovic, Nenad
AU - Haran, Kiruba S.
AU - Stautner, Wolfgang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Motors with high specific power are necessary for the furtherance of electric aviation. High specific power could be achieved through the use of superconductors, which enable enormous current densities, in the motor’s magnetic coils. If liquid hydrogen is used for the plane’s energy storage, the hydrogen could also be used as a coolant for the superconductors. This manuscript presents the design of a fully superconducting aircraft propulsion motor with liquid hydrogen cooling. Topology choices, optimization studies, and risk-reduction experiments are discussed.
AB - Motors with high specific power are necessary for the furtherance of electric aviation. High specific power could be achieved through the use of superconductors, which enable enormous current densities, in the motor’s magnetic coils. If liquid hydrogen is used for the plane’s energy storage, the hydrogen could also be used as a coolant for the superconductors. This manuscript presents the design of a fully superconducting aircraft propulsion motor with liquid hydrogen cooling. Topology choices, optimization studies, and risk-reduction experiments are discussed.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2023-4474
DO - 10.2514/6.2023-4474
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85179135535
SN - 9781624107047
T3 - AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2023
BT - AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2023
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2023
Y2 - 12 June 2023 through 16 June 2023
ER -