Superconducting electrical machine with rotor and stator having separate cryostats
A superconducting electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes rotor windings configured to superconduct when cooled in a rotor cryostat to a temperature no greater than a rotor superconducting temperature. The stator includes a stator windings configured to superconduct when cooled in a stator cryostat to a temperature no greater than a stator superconducting temperature. The rotor cryostat surrounds the rotor and is configured to allow transport of a first coolant through a plurality of conduits adjacent to the rotor windings in order to draw heat from the rotor windings and reduce the temperature of the rotor windings to a temperature no greater than the rotor superconducting temperature. The stator cryostat surrounds the stator and is configured to allow transport of a second coolant through a plurality of conduits adjacent to the stator windings in order to draw heat from the stator windings and reduce the temperature of the stator windings to a temperature no greater than the stator superconducting temperature.
- Research Organization:
- Kato Engineering Inc., North Mankato, MN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005140
- Assignee:
- Kato Engineering Inc. (North Mankato, MN)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,079,534
- Application Number:
- 14/662,054
- OSTI ID:
- 1479676
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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