Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 1055-1068Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2019021
Keywords
Aircraft; electric propulsion; superconducting motor
Funding
- NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Program
- Department of Defense Research and Engineering (DDRE)
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Sustainability in the aviation industry calls for aircraft that are significantly quieter and more fuel efficient than today's fleet. Achieving this will require revolutionary new concepts, in particular, electric propulsion. Superconducting machines offer the only viable path to achieve the power densities needed in airborne applications. This paper outlines the main issues involved in using superconductors for aeropropulsion. We review our investigation of the feasibility of superconducting electric propulsion, which integrate for the first time, the multiple disciplines and areas of expertise needed to design electric aircraft. It is shown that superconductivity is clearly the enabling technology for the more efficient turbo-electric aircraft of the future.
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