1-Megawatt Project on MIT Homepage

GTL researchers designed a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying the largest aircraft. The 1-megawatt motor comprises key enabling technologies: a high-speed permanent magnet outer rotor, a low loss tooth-and-slot stator, an advanced heat exchanger, and integrated, high-performance power electronics. The team carried out multiple risk mitigation experiments to show that each component can operate as designed and at conditions exceeding normal operational demands, including the stator (a, b, and f) the magnetic rotor (c), the heat exchanger (d), and the power electronics boards (e). The full article can be found here.