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Superconductivity for Electric Systems 2003 Annual Peer Review

July 23-25, 2003
Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L'enfant Plaza
Washington, DC 20024

The 2003 Program Peer Review Meeting was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Superconductivity Program for Electric Systems. This meeting consisted of a plenary session of updates of the Superconductivity Partnerships with Industry (SPI) electric power prototype development and deployment projects followed by three project review sessions. These sessions were Second Generation Wire Research, Strategic Research, and SPI-related Research. Projects presented in each session were program-funded activities and reviewed by a distinguished panel of independent reviewers. See the Agenda for PDFs of individual presentations and project summaries.

Meeting Agenda

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Day 1 - Wednesday, July 23rd

8:00 - 9:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:15 - 9:00 am

 Reviewers' Breakfast (Caucus Room)

9:00 - 9:10 am

 Welcome - Program Overview and Purpose of Peer Review
James Daley, Director, U.S. DOE Superconductivity for Electric Systems (PDF 331 KB)

9:10 - 9:20 am

 Opening Remarks
James Glotfelty, Director, U.S. DOE Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution

9:20 - 10:00 am

 Superconductivity Partnership with Industry Project Updates - (10 minutes each)
  • Design and Development of a 100 MVA HTS Generator for Commercial Entry (GE)
    J. Bray (PDF 2.0 MB)

  • Southwire HTS Cable Program, Carrollton 30-m Status and AEP Project Update (Southwire)
    D. Lindsay (PDF 4.3 MB)

  • HTS Transformer (Waukesha)
    E. Pleva (PDF 4.1 MB)

  • Research Topics for the Development of Ultra-Efficient HTS Motors (Rockwell)
    D. Driscoll (PDF 1.4 MB)

10:00 am

 Break

9:20 - 10:00 am

 SPI Project Updates (Continued)
  • HTS Flywheel Energy System (Boeing)
    M. Strasik (PDF 4.2 MB)

  • Detroit HTS Cable Project (Pirelli)
    J. Curley (PDF 1.4 MB)

  • Status of the HTS 500 Reciprocating Magnetic Separator Project (DuPont)
    C. Rey (PDF 1.9 MB)

  • HTS Open Geometry MRI System (OST)
    K. Marken (PDF 244 KB)

1:00 pm

Commence Annual Peer Review
(Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate presentation + question/answer time)
  • 2nd Generation Wire Session
    1:00 - 2:30 pm Los Alamos Research Park Coated Conductor Development (60+30)
    Vladimir Matias, Brady Gibbons, Leonardo Civale (LANL)
    (PDF 16 MB)
    Summary (PDF 95 KB)
    2:30 - 3:30 pm Laboratory Scale Dip-Coating and Vacuum Conversion of Solution-Deposited YBCO (40+20)
    F. A. List (ORNL), P. G. Clem (SNL) (PDF 8.4 MB)
    Summary (PDF 97 KB)
    3:30 pm Break
    3:50 - 5:20 pm Scaleup of Coated Conductor Technology at SuperPower (60+30)
    V. Selvamanickam, J. Reeves (SuperPower), D. E. Peterson (LANL) (PDF 7.5 MB)
    Summary (PDF 80 KB)
    5:20 pm 2nd Generation Wire Session Adjourn for Day

  • Strategic Research Session
    1:00 - 2:30 pm Wire Development Group: Understanding and Enhancing the Performance of Bi-2223 Wire (70+20)
    Alex Malozemoff (AMSC) (PDF 299 KB), Vic Maroni (ANL),
    Terry Holesinger (LANL) (PDF 9.1 MB), David Larbalestier
    (PDF 7.6 MB), Eric Hellstrom (UW) (PDF 8.3 MB)
    Summary (PDF 100 KB)
    2:30 - 3:30 pm Phase Equilibrium Relations of High Tc Superconductors (45+15)
    W. Wong-Ng, L. P. Cook (NIST-MD) (PDF 8.7 MB)
    Summary (PDF 94 KB)
    3:30 pm Break
    3:50 - 5:20 pm Alternative Buffer Layer Architectures for YBCO Coated Conductors (60+30)
    M. Paranthaman, C. Cantoni (ORNL) (PDF 20.1 MB)
    Summary (PDF 102 KB)
    5:20 pm Strategic Research Session Adjourn for Day

  • Superconductivity Partnership with Industry (SPI) Session
    1:00 - 1:10 pm SPI Readiness Reviews (10)
    Mike Gouge (ORNL) (PDF 171 KB)
    1:10 - 2:30 pm Development of Flywheel Energy System (60+20)
    J. Hull (ANL) (PDF 1.0 MB), A. Day (Boeing) (PDF 14.9 MB)
    Summary (PDF 68 KB)
    2:30 - 3:30 pm Cost Effective, Open Geometry HTS MRI System (45+15)
    K. Marken (OST), S. Campbell (SCI), T. Holesinger (LANL)
    (PDF 3.7 MB)
    Summary (PDF 69 KB)
    3:30 pm Break
    3:50 - 5:20 pm Design and Development of a 100 MVA HTS Generator (60+30)
    Jim Bray (GE) (PDF 2.0 MB), Jonathan Demko (ORNL)
    (PDF 1.5 MB), Joe Waynert (LANL) (PDF 1.2 MB)
    Summary (PDF 106 KB)
    5:20 pm SPI Session Adjourn for Day

5:45 pm

 Reception - Poster Session

7:00 pm

 Optional Group Activity (Pre-paid Dinner Cruise - Meet in Hotel Lobby by 6:45 pm)
Or, if not participating in Group Activity, Dinner is on your own

Day 2 - THURSDAY, JULY 24th

7:30 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Reconvene Annual Peer Review
(Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate presentation + question/answer time)

  • 2nd Generation Wire Session
    8:30 - 10:00 am RABiTS Substrates Research and Development (60+30)
    Amit Goyal (ORNL) (PDF 5.0 MB)
    Summary (PDF 86 KB)
    10:00 am Break
    10:30 - 12:00 pm ORNL-American Superconductor CRADA: Development of 2G YBCO-RABiTS Wires(60+30)
    A. Goyal, Paranthaman (ORNL), D. Verebelyi (AMSC)
    (PDF 9.5 MB)
    Summary (PDF 87 KB)
    12:00 pm Luncheon
    1:00 - 2:20 pm Coated Conductor (2G) Manufacture Scale-Up at AMSC(60+20)
    John Scudiere (AMSC) (PDF 2.8 MB)
    Summary (PDF 95 KB)
    2:20 - 3:40 pm Non-Vacuum Techniques for HTS Coated Conductors (60+20)
    Raghu Bhattacharya (NREL), Kenneth Marken (OST), David Christen (ORNL) (PDF 10.3 MB)
    Summary (PDF 80 KB)
    3:40 pm Break
    4:00 - 4:45 pm Coated Conductor R&D Using RABiTS and Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition (CCVD) (30+15)
    Ken Marken (OST), Shara Shoup (MCT) (PDF 1.9 MB)
    Summary (PDF 91 KB)
    4:45 - 5:30 pm Ion Texturing Processes for Coated Conductor Buffer Layers (30+15)
    R. Reade, P. Berdahl (LBNL) (PDF 3.0 MB)
    Summary (PDF 95 KB)
    5:30 pm 2nd Generation Wire Session Adjourn for Day

  • Strategic Research Session
    8:30 - 10:00 am Factors Affecting Critical Currents in Coated Conductors (60+30)
    Leonardo Civale, Quanxi Jia (LANL) (PDF 10.6 MB)
    (PDF 1.0 MB) (PDF 311 KB)
    Summary (PDF 92 KB)
    10:00 am Break
    10:30 - 12:00 pm Materials and Intrinsic Properties in the Jc Dependence on Thickness of Ex Situ YBCO Coated Conductors (60+30)
    Ron Feenstra (ORNL), Matt Feldmann (UW) (PDF 12.2 MB), Terry Holesinger (LANL) (PDF 26.6 MB)
    Summary (PDF 110 KB)
    12:00 pm Luncheon
    1:00 - 2:20 pm Processing and Nucleation Kinetics for YBCO Films by BaF2 Process (45+15)
    M. Suenaga, D. O. Welch (BNL) (PDF 5.5 MB)
    Summary (PDF 88 KB)
    2:20 - 3:30 pm Reel-to-Reel Characterization of Time-Based Phase Evolution in YBCO Coated Conductors: The BaF2 Precursor (60+30)
    Dominic Lee (ORNL), Victor Maroni (ANL) (PDF 6.7 MB)
    Summary (PDF 74 KB)
    3:30 pm Break
    4:00 - 5:30 pm Ex Situ Processing of YBCO Precursors (60+30)
    D. F. Lee, F. A. List (ORNL) (PDF 5.8 MB)
    Summary (PDF 108 KB)
    5:30 pm Strategic Research Session Adjourn for Day

  • Superconductivity Partnership with Industry (SPI) Session
    8:30 - 9:30 am High Temperature Superconducting Power Cable (45+15)
    David Lindsay (Southwire), Jonathan Demko (ORNL)
    (PDF 4.5 MB)
    Summary (PDF 120 KB)
    9:30 - 10:15 am Waste Water Treatment with Magnetic Separation(30+15)
    Jon Bernard (DuPont) (PDF 1.1 MB), Joe Waynert (LANL)
    (PDF 2.4 MB)
    Summary (PDF 75 KB)
    10:15 am Break
    10:30 - 11:35 am HTS Transformer: Waukesha/SuperPower Superconductivity Partnerships with Industry Project (45+20)
    S. W. Schwenterly (ORNL) (PDF 3.6 MB)
    Summary (PDF 81 KB)
    11:35 - 12:05 pm Feasibility of Electric Power Transport by DC Superconducting Cables in Tennessee (20+10)
    P. Chowdhuri (Tennessee Technological University)
    (PDF 451 KB)
    Summary (PDF 75 KB)
    12:05 pm SPI Adjourned; Reviewer Working Luncheon at Noon

Day 3 - Friday, JULY 25th

7:30 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Reconvene Annual Peer Review
(Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate presentation + question/answer time)

  • 2nd Generation Wire Session
    8:30 - 10:00 am Development of Coated Conductors Based on IBAD MgO (60+30)
    Paul Arendt, Steve Foltyn (LANL) (PDF 5.9 MB)
    Summary (PDF 97 KB)
    10:00 am Break
    10:15 - 11:15 am Electromechanical Studies for Superconductor Development (45+15)
    Jack Ekin, Najib Cheggour (NIST-CO) (PDF 4.0 MB)
    Summary (PDF 103 KB)
    11:15 - 12:10 pm Solution - Deposition of YBCO Coated Conductors (45+15)
    P. Clem, M. Siegal, J. Voigt (SNL) (PDF 11.5 MB)
    Summary (PDF 98 KB)
    12:10 pm Luncheon
    1:00 - 2:20 pm Development of Coated Conductors by Inclined Substrate Deposition (60+20)
    Balu Balachandran, Beihai Ma, Dean Miller (ANL) (PDF 9.6 MB)
    Summary (PDF 92 KB)
    2:20 - 3:40 pm Coordinated Characterization of Coated Conductors (60+20)
    Kenneth Gray, Dean Miller, Victor Maroni (ANL) (PDF 13.6 MB)
    Summary (PDF 86 KB)
    3:40 pm 2nd Generation Wire Adjourned
  • Strategic Research Session
    8:30 - 10:00 am HTS Stability, Quench Protection and Conductor Performance (60+30)
    M. J. Gouge (ORNL) (PDF 959 KB), Y. Iwasa (MIT)
    (PDF 3.9 MB), J. Schwartz (FSU) (PDF 1.0 MB)
    Summary (PDF 87 KB)
    10:00 am Break
    10:15 - 11:35 am AC Loss Studies in HTS Conductors (60+20)
    S. Ashworth (LANL), M. Suenaga (BNL) (PDF 1.1 MB)
    Summary (PDF 97 KB)
    11:35 pm Strategic Research Adjourned Reviewer Working Session
    12:10 pm Luncheon