Performance Study of Cold and Warm Rotor in Superconducting Machine

• Published in: IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Zhang, Wanyu, Niu, Yu, Zhang, Yuanzhi, Fang, Haiyang, Liu, Mingyuan, Lan, Yuanfeng, Zhang, Yan, Qu, Ronghai, Li, Zilin, Li, Qian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2025; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Costs; Generators; High temperature; High-temperature superconductor; High-temperature superconductors; Low temperature; Modular structures; offshore wind generation; Rotors; Saturation magnetization; Stator windings; Superconducting films; superconducting generator; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting transmission lines; Superconductivity; Thermal analysis; Topology

Superconducting machines can be classified into cold-rotor and warm-rotor topologies based on the rotor's cooling structure. The distributed modular cryostat design gives the warm-rotor topology a novel electromagnetic structure. This paper investigates and compares the electromagnetic performa...