Design and Development of a Superconducting Induction Motor

Presenter Information

Terry Bowness

Department

Physics

Research Advisor

Sparlin, Don M.

Advisor's Department

Physics

Abstract

The discovery of high-T_c superconductors has led to the development of a number of experimental superconducting motors. This report documents the design, construction, and methods of evaluating the performance of an induction motor with a high-T_c superconducting rotor. While others have utilized the Meissner effect, our superconducting motor works due to Lenz’s law. In theory such a device will act as an induction motor only during start-up, after which its behavior is more like that of a synchronous machine. With a one-pole copper squirrel cage providing start-up torque two high-T_c discs encased in the rotor core act to bring the machine to synchronous speed.

Document Type

Report

Presentation Date

16 Apr 1992

Recommended Citation

Bowness, Terry, "Design and Development of a Superconducting Induction Motor" (1992). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE). 51.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/oure/51