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Superconducting motors for aircraft propulsion

F Grilli, T Benkel, J Hänisch, M Lao, T Reis, E Berberich, S Wolfstädter, C Schneider, P Miller, C Palmer, B Glowacki, V Climente-Alarcon, A Smara, L Tomkow, J Teigelkötter, A Stock, J Büdel, L Jeunesse, M Staempflin, G Delautre, B Zimmermann, RVD Woude, A Perez, S Samoilenkov, A Molodyk, E Pardo, M Kapolka, S Li, A Dadhich

OAI: oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/325988 • DOI: 10.17863/CAM.73445

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Abstract The European Union-funded Advanced Superconducting Motor Experimental Demonstrator (ASuMED) project started in May 2017 with the purpose of demonstrating the benefits of a new, fully superconducting motor for reaching the targets established by the Flightpath 2050 plan. The project aims at a motor power density of 20kW kg−1 using a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) stator. The rotor will use HTS stacks operating like permanent magnets. A highly efficient cryostat for the motor combined with an integrated cryogenic cooling system and associated power converter will be used. This article provides a general overview of the prototype that is currently being assembled and that will be tested soon.

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