Superconducting electrical machines for zero emission aviation

用于零排放航空的超导电机

• 批准号: EP/Y006437/1
• 负责人: Min Zhang
• 金额: $ 161.78万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY006437%2F1
• 关键词: Superconducting; electrical; machines; zero; emission

Electrical machines are electromechanical energy converters between electrical/mechanical energy in both generating and motoring applications. Existing electrical machines rely on copper windings and iron circuits for electro-magnetic coupling, resulting in insufficient machine power density for zero-emission aviation electrification. High temperature superconductors (HTS) offer a ground-breaking and transformative way to develop high power density electrical machines with high efficiency. The zero resistivity of HTS enables ironless magnetic couplings with high electrical and magnetic loadings for a HTS machine. However, power densities of the HTS machines demonstrated to date are at least three times lower than theoretical predictions, due the fundamental challenges in understanding the complex inter-relationship between HTS and rotational electromagnetism. SUPERMAN aims to revolutionise HTS machine technology by providing ground-breaking technologies to develop novel HTS machines with high power density and efficiency, enabling them to replace fossil fuel driven counterparts in zero-emission aviation. By demonstrating an electrical machine to match the power density of gas turbine cores, SUPERMAN will generate an immediate impact in the aviation industry. As a multi-disciplinary research program bringing together material science, physics and engineering, SUPERMAN will open up new research frontiers in applying cutting-edge superconductivity to tackle clean energy conversion challenges.

电机是发电和电动应用中电能/机械能之间的机电能量转换器。现有电机依靠铜绕组和铁电路进行电磁耦合，导致零排放航空电气化的机器功率密度不足。高温超导体 (HTS) 为开发高效率的高功率密度电机提供了一种突破性和变革性的方法。 HTS 的零电阻率使得 HTS 机器能够实现具有高电磁负载的无铁磁联轴器。然而，由于理解高温超导和旋转电磁之间复杂的相互关系面临着根本挑战，迄今为止所展示的高温超导机器的功率密度至少比理论预测低三倍。 SUPERMAN 旨在通过提供突破性技术来开发具有高功率密度和效率的新型高温超导机器，从而彻底改变高温超导机器技术，使其能够取代零排放航空中的化石燃料驱动的同类机器。通过展示与燃气轮机核心功率密度相匹配的电机，SUPERMAN 将对航空业产生直接影响。作为一个汇集材料科学、物理学和工程学的多学科研究项目，SUPERMAN 将开辟新的研究前沿，应用尖端超导技术应对清洁能源转换挑战。