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SuperPower Receives $3 Million Office of Naval Research Contract For Further
Development of a High-Temperature Superconducting
Generator for Application to the Navy's All Electric Ship Program
Schenectady, NY, 27 February 27, 2007:
SuperPower, Inc. has
announced that it has signed
a contract worth $3 million with the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Naval
Research (ONR) to proceed to the second phase of a program to develop a
high-temperature superconducting (HTS) generator based on its world-class
second-generation (2G) HTS wire.
SuperPower began this
work in partnership with Rockwell Automation Power Systems' Reliance
Electric Company and General Dynamics' Electric Boat division in August 2005
with a Phase I scope of work in the amount of approximately $300,000 that
studied the feasibility of using HTS generators for naval shipboard
applications.
This latest contract
which began on February 15, 2007 and will run for 18 months, adds an
additional $3 million (exclusive of related work to be performed by the
Naval Research Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory) for further
work to complete a conceptual design of a 10.6 MW HTS generator and risk
assessment for a 36.5 MW class HTS generator.
The project team includes
Reliance Electric, which has now been acquired from Rockwell Automation
Power Systems by Baldor Electric Company (Fort
Smith, Arkansas, NYSE:BEZ).
Reliance is responsible for the design and development of the HTS
generator. General Dynamics'
Electric Boat (Groton, CT, NYSE:GD ), is providing system integration guidance and specifications
relating to Naval shipbuilding requirements.
The team also includes the
U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, responsible for
the cryogenic design and testing, and the Naval Research Laboratory, which
will conduct the basic electromechanical and electrical characterization
work on the 2G conductor and coils.
SuperPower is managing the project and
designing and fabricating the 2G generator coils.
SuperPower's 2G HTS wire demonstrates superior performance over copper wire
and over earlier versions of HTS wire, including enhanced current-carrying
capacity at liquid nitrogen temperatures (77 K), making this an essential
component for more energy-efficient and cost-effective industrial motors and
generators.
Philip J. Pellegrino, president of SuperPower said, "The use of
2G HTS wire will help to further the development of generators that are also
smaller and lighter than conventional devices, ideal for shipboard
applications that place a high premium on energy efficiency, weight and
size."
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