Numerical analysis on the influence of armature winding configuration on AC loss of 10 MW fully superconducting generators of electric aircrafts

10 MW fully superconducting generators, comprising REBCO superconducting tapes with various armature winding configurations, were designed. The influences of these configurations, such as a distributed-winding and a concentrated-winding configuration, on AC loss, output power density, and output voltage waveform were evaluated. As a result, the short-pitch distributed-winding model exhibited the best properties among all the models. In particular, the AC loss of the armature winding was approximately half that of the concentrated winding. Furthermore, the distortion factor was lower than 10%. (paper)