Hinetics Explained

Hinetics is a clean technology startup focused on the development of high specific power, high efficiency electric motors and generators for electrified aircraft[1] and offshore wind turbine[2] applications. Hinetics' product portfolio is composed of both permanent magnet electric machines as well as lower TRL superconducting electric machines. The company was spun-off from the Haran Research Group,[3] led by Professor Kiruba Haran, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017[4] to commercialize a slotless motor topology developed under a NASA NRA award.[5]

Hinetics is primarily funded through SBIR/STTR small business grants from NASA, the USAF's AFWERX, and the NSF. They have received more than $3 million from these entities to date[6] through Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III grants. In August 2022, the company was awarded the largest contract in ARPA-E's OPEN 2021 solicitation,[7] totaling $5.7 million,[8] to develop a 10 MW superconducting electric motor for electric aircraft propulsion.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Lee . Dongsu . Balachandran . Thanatheepan . Sirimanna . Samith . Salk . Noah . Yoon . Andy . Xiao . Peter . Macks . Johanesen . Yu . Yangxue . Lin . Shannon . Schuh . Jonathon . Powell . Paige . Haran . Kiruba S. . 2022 . Detailed Design and Prototyping of a High Power Density Slotless PMSM . IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications . 59 . 2 . 1719–1727 . 10.1109/TIA.2022.3230379 . 254916345 . 1939-9367.
  2. Balachandran . Thanatheepan . Lee . Dongsu . Salk . Noah . Xiao . Jianqiao . Haran . Kiruba S. . June 2020 . Evaluation and Mitigation of AC Losses in a Fully Superconducting Machine for Wind Turbine Applications . IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity . 30 . 4 . 1–5 . 10.1109/TASC.2020.2987015 . 1558-2515. free .
  3. Web site: The DOE just went on a cleantech spending spree . 2023-02-16 . Emerging Tech Brew . en-us.
  4. Web site: Hinetics LLC - Company Profile and News . 2023-02-16 . Bloomberg.com . en.
  5. Web site: Gipson . Lillian . 2016-05-17 . ROA-2014 NRA Awards . 2023-02-09 . NASA.
  6. Web site: HINETICS LLC SBIR.gov . 2023-02-16 . www.sbir.gov.
  7. Web site: DOE Announces $175 Million for Novel Clean Energy Technology Projects . 2023-02-16 . Energy.gov . en.
  8. Web site: DOE ARPA-E awards $10M to U of I researchers to develop clean enegy technologies . 2023-02-16 . EurekAlert! . en.
  9. Web site: CX-026424: Hinetics, LLC-Cryogen-free Ultra-high Field Superconducting Electric Motor (CRUISE Motor) . 2023-02-16 . Energy.gov . en.

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