Debrief: Making Electric Cool—NASA's Cryogenic Propulsion Demonstration
The Cheeta demo involved cryocooled power cables as well as a superconducting motor.
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A NASA-funded project has demonstrated an electric powertrain combining cryogenically cooled power distribution with a superconducting electric motor to increase efficiency and power density. The ground test was conducted July 29 by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) Center for...
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