A modular and cost-effective superconducting generator design for offshore wind turbines
- Submitting institution
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University of Edinburgh
(joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 60087179
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1088/0953-2048/28/3/034004
- Title of journal
- Superconductor Science and Technology
- Article number
- 034004
- First page
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- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0953-2048
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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B - ERM
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper described the first design of a modular superconducting claw pole machine for multi-MW direct drive wind turbines. Compared to existing superconducting machine designs it uses ten times less superconducting tape resulting in reduced cost. The work led to the relocation of the Converteam (now GE Energy & Power Conversion) Superconducting laboratory to Edinburgh, resulting in a £0.5m investment by the University of Edinburgh to establish the UoE Superconducting Laboratory.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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