Fabrication and Test of a High Speed HTS Generator for Airborne Applications

"New high power airborne and mobile military systems will require megawatts of electrical power from very lightweight power sources. Conventional generators will simply be too heavy for these systems and lightweight, high-speed, high temperaturesuperconducting generators will be essential to the success of these missions. In this Phase II program, we will build and test a fully functional two-megawatt, 12,000-rpm, 5-kV, HTS generator that will prove the viability of these high-speed, lightweightmachines for proposed airborne and mobile groundbased missions. This 22-month, program will deliver a fully functional proof of principle, two-megawatt, high speed HTS generator for $749,555. The generator is also designed to function as an agile andcost effective long-term test facility for advanced generator conductors, coils and other critical components. Finally, this generator is designed to interface a high-voltage transformer and power conditioning system that will built in a companion SBIR.These two carefully coordinated programs will produce a complete high power, high voltage power system that will be used as a risk reduction hardware demonstrator for a leading airborne system currently under development (the HEX system) and that is alsoapplicable to a wide range of proposed airborne and mobile power systems."