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。现有的电机依靠铜绕组和铁电路进行电磁耦合，导致机器功率密度不足以实现零排放航空电气化。高温超导体（HTS）为开发高功率密度电机提供了一种突破性的变革方式。HTS的零电阻率使得HTS机器能够实现具有高电负载和磁负载的无铁芯磁耦合。然而，迄今为止所展示的HTS机器的功率密度至少比理论预测低三倍，这是由于在理解HTS和旋转电磁之间复杂的相互关系方面存在根本挑战。SUPERMAN旨在通过提供突破性的技术来开发具有高功率密度和效率的新型HTS机器，从而彻底改变HTS机器技术，使其能够取代零排放航空中的化石燃料驱动机器。通过展示一种与燃气涡轮机核心功率密度相匹配的电机，超人将在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计划，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。