THE FIELD COIL of a special 3250 h.p. superconducting motor for Britain's National Research and Development Corporation under construction at a works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Believed to be the first major application of superconductivity in the world, the motor is expected to be completed by early summer next year. Tests will then be carried out before it is installed in the Central Electricity Generating Board’s power station at Fawley, southern England, during the late autumn. The motor will be used to drive a main water-cooling pump in the power station.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 12
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90THE FIELD COIL of a special 3250 h.p. superconducting motor for Britain's National Research and Development Corporation under construction at a works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Believed to be the first major application of superconductivity in the world, the motor is expected to be completed by early summer next year. Tests will then be carried out before it is installed in the Central Electricity Generating Board’s power station at Fawley, southern England, during the late autumn. The motor will be used to drive a main water-cooling pump in the power station. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 12
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