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Title: Superconducting electromechanical rotating device having a liquid-cooled, potted, one layer stator winding

Abstract

A superconducting electromechanical rotating (SER) device, such as a synchronous AC motor, includes a superconducting field winding and a one-layer stator winding that may be water-cooled. The stator winding is potted to a support such as the inner radial surface of a support structure and, accordingly, lacks hangers or other mechanical fasteners that otherwise would complicate stator assembly and require the provision of an unnecessarily large gap between adjacent stator coil sections. The one-layer winding topology, resulting in the number of coils being equal to half the number of slots or other mounting locations on the support structure, allows one to minimize or eliminate the gap between the inner radial ends of adjacent straight sections of the stator coilswhile maintaining the gap between the coil knuckles equal to at least the coil width, providing sufficient room for electrical and cooling element configurations and connections. The stator winding may be potted to the support structure or other support, for example, by a one-step VPI process relying on saturation of an absorbent material to fill large gaps in the stator winding or by a two-step process in which small gaps are first filled via a VPI or similar operation and larger gapsmore » are then filled via an operation that utilizes the stator as a portion of an on-site mold.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Willoughby Hills, OH
  2. South Euclid, OH
  3. Beachwood, OH
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC (Thousand Oaks, CA)
OSTI Identifier:
874107
Patent Number(s):
6313556
Assignee:
Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
FC02-93CH10580
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
superconducting; electromechanical; rotating; device; liquid-cooled; potted; layer; stator; winding; ser; synchronous; motor; field; one-layer; water-cooled; support; inner; radial; surface; structure; accordingly; lacks; hangers; mechanical; fasteners; otherwise; complicate; assembly; require; provision; unnecessarily; gap; adjacent; coil; sections; topology; resulting; coils; equal; half; slots; mounting; locations; allows; minimize; eliminate; straight; coilswhile; maintaining; knuckles; width; providing; sufficient; electrical; cooling; element; configurations; connections; example; one-step; vpi; process; relying; saturation; absorbent; material; fill; gaps; two-step; filled; via; similar; operation; larger; utilizes; portion; on-site; mold; two-step process; /310/29/

Citation Formats

Dombrovski, Viatcheslav V, Driscoll, David I, and Shovkhet, Boris A. Superconducting electromechanical rotating device having a liquid-cooled, potted, one layer stator winding. United States: N. p., 2001. Web.
Dombrovski, Viatcheslav V, Driscoll, David I, & Shovkhet, Boris A. Superconducting electromechanical rotating device having a liquid-cooled, potted, one layer stator winding. United States.
Dombrovski, Viatcheslav V, Driscoll, David I, and Shovkhet, Boris A. Mon . "Superconducting electromechanical rotating device having a liquid-cooled, potted, one layer stator winding". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874107.
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title = {Superconducting electromechanical rotating device having a liquid-cooled, potted, one layer stator winding},
author = {Dombrovski, Viatcheslav V and Driscoll, David I and Shovkhet, Boris A},
abstractNote = {A superconducting electromechanical rotating (SER) device, such as a synchronous AC motor, includes a superconducting field winding and a one-layer stator winding that may be water-cooled. The stator winding is potted to a support such as the inner radial surface of a support structure and, accordingly, lacks hangers or other mechanical fasteners that otherwise would complicate stator assembly and require the provision of an unnecessarily large gap between adjacent stator coil sections. The one-layer winding topology, resulting in the number of coils being equal to half the number of slots or other mounting locations on the support structure, allows one to minimize or eliminate the gap between the inner radial ends of adjacent straight sections of the stator coilswhile maintaining the gap between the coil knuckles equal to at least the coil width, providing sufficient room for electrical and cooling element configurations and connections. The stator winding may be potted to the support structure or other support, for example, by a one-step VPI process relying on saturation of an absorbent material to fill large gaps in the stator winding or by a two-step process in which small gaps are first filled via a VPI or similar operation and larger gaps are then filled via an operation that utilizes the stator as a portion of an on-site mold.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001},
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