Inventors:
Osman K. Mawardi - Cleveland Heights OH 44106
International Classification:
H02K 5500
US Classification:
505166, 505120, 310 52, 310 54, 310261
Abstract:
An superconducting electric motor is operated as a traditional squirrel-cage induction motor until the rotor reaches synchronous speed, at which point a current is trapped in a superconducting film by heating a portion of the superconducting film above its critical temperature, allowing the magnetic field generated by the stator coils to penetrate into the superconducting material and to induce a current. The superconducting material is then allowed to cool down below its critical temperature, thus trapping the current and allowing the motor to operate as a synchronous motor utilizing the magnetic field created by the direct current circulating in the superconducting material.