January 31-February 1, 2006
St. Petersburg Bayfront Hilton
333 First Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 894-5000

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Day 1, Tuesday, January 31, 2006
7:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Opening and Welcoming Remarks - James Daley (DOE) (PDF 423 KB)
8:15 am SESSION I - Status and Future of Coated Conductor R&D and Manufacturing
Session Chairs: Jonathan Storer (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and Amit Goyal (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Summary (PDF 77 KB)
    Overseas Efforts
  • Japan, Bob Hawsey (ORNL) (10 min) (PDF 2.8 MB)
  • Europe/China, Dean Peterson (LANL) (10 min) (PDF 642 KB)
  • Korea, Vlad Matias (LANL) (10 min) (PDF 760 KB)


    • U.S. Industry Perspectives:
  • SuperPower, Venkat Selvamanickam (20 min) (PDF 858 KB)
  • AMSC, Marty Rupich (20 min) (PDF 1.5 MB)
  • MetOx, Lou Castellani (10 min) (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • SCPower, Woody Gibson (10 min) (PDF 234 KB)


    • Panel Discussion (Led by Chairpersons) (30 min) (PDF 301 KB)
10:15 am Break
10:30 am SESSION II - Requirements for 2G Wire in Practical Applications
Session Chairs: Stephen P. Ashworth (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and Michael J. Gouge (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Summary (PDF 99 KB)
  • Introduction, Mike Gouge (ORNL) (5 min) (PDF 74 KB)
  • Cable Requirements, David Lindsay (Ultera), (15 min) (PDF 361 KB)
  • Transformer Requirements, Tom Golner (Waukesha) (15 min) (PDF 554 KB)
  • FCL Requirements, Alex Malozemoff (AMSC) (15 min) (PDF 212 KB)
  • Large Coil Requirements, Chris Rey (ORNL) (10 min) (PDF 5.5 MB)
  • Motor/Generator Requirements, Alex Malozemoff (AMSC) (15 min) (PDF 560 KB)
  • DOD Requirements, Paul Barnes (AFRL) (15 min) (PDF 8.2 MB)
  • Response from 2G Developers, AMSC, SuperPower, others (30 min)
12:30 pm Luncheon
2:00 pm SESSION III - Conductor Design and Engineering
Session Chairs: Paul Barnes (Air Force Research Laboratory) and Chris Rey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (All talks 15 min) Summary (PDF 40 KB)
  • 2G Conductor Design/Properties I, Alex Malozemoff (AMSC) (PDF 1.0 MB)
  • 2G Conductor Design/Properties II, Venkat Selvamanickam (SuperPower) (PDF 732 KB)
  • Dielectric Insulation, Isidor Sauers (ORNL) (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Stability/AC Loss/Dielectric, Robert Duckworth (ORNL) (PDF 879 KB)
  • Discussion of Dielectric/Quench Issues (Led by Chairpersons - 20 min)
3:20 pm Break
3:40 pm SESSION III - (Continued)
  • AC Losses, Steve Ashworth (LANL) (PDF 607 KB)
  • Discussion of AC Loss Issues (Led by Chairpersons - 15 min)
  • Mechanical Properties, Danko van der Laan (NIST) (PDF 829 KB)
  • Discussion of Mechanical Issues (Led by Chairpersons - 10 min)
  • 2G Conductor for FCLs, Yi-Yuan Xie (SuperPower, Inc.) (PDF 471 KB)
  • Open Discussion of Session III (Led by Chairpersons -15 min)
5:00 pm Adjourn for Day
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm SESSION IV - The Road to Commercialization
Session Chair: James Daley (DOE) Summary (PDF 110 KB)
  • Topic 1: Cultivating a Massive Market (30 min)
    Speaker: Paul Grant (W2AGZ Technologies) (PDF 3.3 MB)
  • Topic 2: Getting the Metrics Right (30 min)
    Speaker: David Lindsay (Ultera) (PDF 90 KB)
  • Topic 3: The Story on Title III (30 min)
    Speaker: Ted Finnessy (US Air Force) (PDF 554 KB)
Day 2, Wednesday, February 1, 2006
7:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Concurrent Sessions
 
  • Conductor Track - Sessions V and VI
  • Cable Track - Session VII
8:00 am SESSION V - Opportunities for "Substantive" Technical Advances
Session Chair: Dean Miller (Argonne National Laboratory) Summary (PDF 1.2 MB)
  • Topic 1: New Vistas in Flux Pinning
    Speaker: Alex Gurevich (University of Wisconsin/Madison) (30 min) (PDF 2.7 MB)
  • Topic 2: Ultra-Simple/Cost-Effective Buffer Layer Approaches
    Speaker: Paul Arendt (Los Alamos National Laboratory) for IBAD Substrates (30 min) (PDF 4.1 MB)
    Speaker: Parans Paranthaman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) for RABiTS Substrates (30 min) (PDF 3.6 MB)
 Concurrent SESSION VII - Cable Generic Issues
Session Chair: Michael J. Gouge (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Introductions: James Daley (DOE), Paul Bakke (DOE-GO) (15 min)
  • Topic 1: Thermal-Hydraulic Issues in Cold Dielectric Cables: Over-Pressure Protection and Code Compliance
    Speakers: Jim Maguire (AMSC), Chuck Weber (SP), Jonathan Demko (ORNL) (15 min each + 30 min roundtable) (PDF 368 KB) (PDF 4.2 MB) (PDF 904 KB)
9:30 am Break Break
9:45 am SESSION VI - Late Breaking News (formerly the "Rump Session")
Session Chair: Parans Paranthaman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Groundrules (PDF 13 KB)

This session will consist of 10 to 12 five-minute (two to three slide) presentations of recent, unpublished research results pertinent to the development of the 2G conductor and to insights concerning improved conductor architecture. These presentations will be solicited at the workshop.
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  • Topic 2: Lightning Surges and Voltage Transients on Cryostat
    Speaker: Prit Chowdhuri (TN Tech) (30 min) (PDF 457 KB)
  • Topic 3: Flexible Cryostat Configurations, Vacuum Reliability and Lifetime Issues
    Speaker: Mike Gouge (ORNL) (30 min) (PDF 250 KB)