Marine propulsion has been built on a heritage of technical innovation. This tradition continues with HTS motors and generators. Click here to see animation on how AMSC is revolutionizing electric marine propulsion with superconductor technology.
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Maintenance: HTS motors compared to conventional motors will not require the common rotor overhaul, rewinding or re-insulation.
Data sheet for naval ship propulsion motors.
The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has provided AMSC with more than $90 million to design and build the world's first 36.5 MW (49,000 horsepower) HTS motor. On January, 13, 2009 American Superconductor Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation announced at the Surface Navy Association's 21st National Symposium the successful completion of full-power testing of the world's first 36.5 megawatt (49,000 horsepower) high temperature superconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor at the U.S. Navy's Integrated Power System Land-Based Test Site in Philadelphia. This is the first successful full-power test of an electric propulsion motor sized for a large Navy combatant and, at 36.5 megawatts, doubled the Navy's power rating test record.
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Click here to play the video of the motor testing.
Click here to read about the 5 MW HTS Ship Propulsion Motor also designed by AMSC, but jointly with Alstom.
