Advanced Electrical Machinery Systems Facility

This facility supports concept development and evaluation of advanced high current density low noise electrical machines - conventional, permanent magnet, and superconducting - for naval applications. Included are laboratories for the research, design, rapid prototyping, experimental development, analysis and testing of electric propulsion systems up to 7 megawatts; advanced fiber brushes; cryogenic refrigeration systems; liquid conductive cooling equipment; superconducting materials and magnets; and high-current switchgear, fabrication technology, and high-power electronics. Laboratory space is also provided for the collection and analysis of electrical machinery thermal performance, and for the analysis of electric machinery structural dynamics.