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Design and Characteristic Analysis of a Homopolar Synchronous Machine Using a NI HTS Field Coil

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  • Young Jin Hwang

    (Division of Electronics and Electrical Information Engineering, College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan 49112, Korea)

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This paper deals with a homopolar synchronous machine (HSM) applying high-temperature superconducting (HTS) field coils. Superconductors, especially high-temperature superconductors, have high potential as advanced materials for next-generation electrical machines due to their high critical current density and excellent mechanical strength. However, coils made with high-temperature superconductors have a high risk of being damaged in the event of a quench due to the intrinsic low normal zone propagation velocity (NZPV). Therefore, the coil protection issue has been regarded as one of the most important research fields in HTS coil applications. Currently, the most actively studied method for quench protection of the HTS coils is the no-insulation (NI) winding technique. The NI winding technique is a method of winding an HTS coil without inserting an insulating material between turns. This method can automatically bypass the current to the adjacent turn when a local quench occurs inside the HTS coil, greatly improving the operating stability of the HTS coils. Accordingly, many institutions are conducting research to develop advanced electrical machines using NI HTS coils. However, the NI HTS coil has its intrinsic charge/discharge delay problem, which makes it difficult to successfully develop electrical machines using the NI HTS coil. In this study, we investigated how this charging/discharging problem appeared when the NI HTS coil was used in an HTS homopolar synchronous machine (HSM) which is one of the electrical machines with a high possibility of applying the HTS coil in the future because it has a stationary field coil structure. For this, the characteristic resistances of HTS coils were experimentally obtained and applied to the simulation model.

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  • Young Jin Hwang, 2021. "Design and Characteristic Analysis of a Homopolar Synchronous Machine Using a NI HTS Field Coil," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:18:p:5658-:d:631713
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    1. Jong Myung Kim & Jae Young Jang & Jaewon Chung & Young Jin Hwang, 2019. "A New Outer-Rotor Hybrid-Excited Flux-Switching Machine Employing the HTS Homopolar Topology," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-17, July.
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    1. Francisco Ferreira da Silva & João F. P. Fernandes & Paulo José da Costa Branco, 2022. "Superconducting Electric Power Systems: R&D Advancements," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-10, October.

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