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Superconductivity for Electric Systems 2005 Annual Peer Review

August 2-4, 2005
L'enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, D.C.

This meeting will include panels of outside experts who will conduct a peer review of the program's research and development activities. Panels will include second generation wire development, Superconductivity Partnerships with Industry (SPI)-related research, and strategic research.


Agenda

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Please Note:

These project summaries and presentations are provided for download with the express intent to encourage the development of applications of high temperature superconductors. The summaries and presentations have been provided by the authors as part of the annual DOE Peer Review. Please respect and credit the ideas and results in here if you use them for your own work. You are encouraged to contact the authors directly for written versions of the work for proper citation of these results. We also encourage you to cite the presentations of this Peer Review in your own publications where possible and appropriate.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:00 am Reviewers' Breakfast Briefing
9:00am - 9:10am Welcome - Program Overview and Purpose of Peer Review
James Daley, U.S. DOE Superconductivity for Electric Systems
9:10am - 9:20am Opening Remarks
David Garman, U.S. DOE, Under Secretary of Energy for Energy, Science and Environment
9:20 - 10:30 am Superconductivity Partnership with Industry Project Updates - (approx. 10 minutes each)
Chair: Paul Bakke, U.S. DOE Golden Field Office
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 11:45 am HTS Industry Status and Outlook
11:45 - 12:00 pm Superconductor Industry Person of the Year Awards (presented by M. Bitterman, Superconductor Week)
  • Alex Malozemoff (AMSC)
  • Venkat "Selva" Selvamanickam (SuperPower)


12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Luncheon
1:15 pm Commence Annual Peer Review
(Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate presentation + question/answer time)

Please Note:

These project summaries and presentations are provided for download with the express intent to encourage the development of applications of high temperature superconductors. The summaries and presentations have been provided by the authors as part of the annual DOE Peer Review. Please respect and credit the ideas and results in here if you use them for your own work. You are encouraged to contact the authors directly for written versions of the work for proper citation of these results. We also encourage you to cite the presentations of this Peer Review in your own publications where possible and appropriate.
2nd Generation Wire Session Strategic Research Session Superconductivity Partnership with Industry (SPI) Session
1:15 - 2:15 pm
    Non-Vacuum Deposition of Buffer Layers and YBCO Superconductors (45+15)
    R. Bhattacharya (NREL)
    V. Selvamanickam, J. Reeves (SuperPower), and D.E. Peterson (LANL)
1:15 - 3:10 pm
    Wire Development Group: Understanding and Engineering the Performance of HTS Wire (75+30)
    A. Malozemoff (AMSC), T. Holesinger (LANL), M. Feldmann (UW), R. Feenstra (ORNL)
1:15 - 2:15 pm
    SPI Readiness Review Program (45+15)
    M. J. Gouge (ORNL), S. Ashworth (LANL), P. Bakke (DOE-Golden)
    Presentation (PDF 491 KB), Summary (PDF 35 KB)
2:15 - 3:15 pm
    Electromechanical Studies for Superconductor Development (45+15)
    J. Ekin and N. Cheggour(NIST-CO)
  2:15 - 3:15 pm
    Development of Ultra-Efficient HTS Motor Systems (40+20)
    R. Schiferl (Rockwell)
    Presentation (PDF 1.7 MB), Summary (PDF 57 KB)
3:15 pm Break 3:10 pm Break 3:15 pm Break
3:35 - 5:00 pm
Next Steps Towards a Commercializable Coated Conductor(60+20)
V.Matias, B. Gibbons, and S. Ashworth (LANL)
3:35 - 5:00 pm
Buffer Layer Growth and the Thickness Dependence of Jc in Coated Conductors (30+15)
C Eom, E. Hellstrom, D. Larbalestier (University of Wisconsin)
3:35 - 5:00 pm
Matrix Fault Current Limiter (60+25)
L. Kovalsky (SuperPower), J. Bock (Nexans), and I. Sauers (ORNL)
Presentation (PDF 2.6 MB), Summary (PDF 36 KB)
5:00 pm Adjourn for Day 5:00 pm Adjourn for Day 5:00 pm Adjourn for Day


5:40pm Reception - Poster Session
7:00pm 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.


Wednesday, August 3, 2005
7:30am-8:30am Continental Breakfast
(Note: Strategic Research Session begins at 8:00 am, other sessions begin at 8:30 am)

2nd Generation Wire Session Strategic Research Session Superconductivity Partnership with Industry (SPI) Session
8:30 - 10:00 am
    Scale-Up of 2G HTS Wire Manufacturing at American Superconductor (60+30)
    S. Fleshler, M. Rupich, and D. Verebelyi (AMSC)
8:00 - 9:00 am
    High Rate E-Beam YBCO Process On Tape (40+20)
    J. Storer (LANL) and R. Hammond (Stanford)
8:30 - 10:00 am
    Albany HTS Cable Project (60+30)
    C. Weber (SuperPower), R. Lee (BOC), and T. Masuda (SEI)
    Summary (PDF 45 KB)
  9:00 - 9:45 am
    Conversion of Oxy-Fluoride Based Coated Conductors (30+15)
    M. J. Cima and Masaki Suenaga (MIT, BNL)
 
 
9:45 - 10:30 am
Performance Enhancement of Second Generation Coated Conductors by Investigation of Flux Pinning and AC Loss Issues (30+15)
S. Mukhopadhyay (WSU), M. Rane (ANT), and P.Barnes (AFRL)
  
10:00 am Break 10:30 am Break 10:00 am Break
10:30 - 12:00 pm
    Progress in Scale up of 2G Conductor at SuperPower (60+30)
    V. Selvamanickam, Y. Xie, and J. Reeves (SuperPower)
10:45 - 12:05 pm
    ORNL-American Superconductor Strategic Research (60+20)
    A. Goyal and M. Paranthaman (ORNL) and M. W. Rupich (AMSC)
10:30 - 12:00 pm
    Demonstration of a Pre-Commercial Long-Length HTS Cable System Operation in the Power Transmission Network (60+30)
    J. Maguire (AMSC), F. Schmidt (Nexans), T. Welsh (LIPA)
    Presentation (PDF 4.9 MB), Summary (PDF 42 KB)
12:00pm
Luncheon
12:05pm
Luncheon
12:00pm
Luncheon
1:00 - 2:30 pm
    Coordinated Characterization of Coated Conductors (60+30)
    K.E. Gray, D. J. Miller, and V. A. Maroni (ANL)
1:00 - 2:30 pm
    LANL-SuperPower CRADA Strategic Research (60+30)
    P. Arendt, S. Foltyn (LANL), and P. Pellegrino (SuperPower)
1:00 - 2:20 pm
    High-Temperature Superconducting Power Cable (60+20)
    D. Lindsay (Southwire Company) and J. Demko (ORNL)
    Presentation (PDF 2.8 MB), Summary (PDF 39 KB)
2:30 - 3:30 pm
    All Solution Deposited YBCO Coated Conductors (40+20)
    P. Clem, J. Voigt (SNL)
2:20 pm - 3:30 pm
    Nucleation and Growth of YBCO by the BaF2 Process and AC Losses of YBCO Films (45+15)
    M. Suenaga and V. F. Solovyov (BNL)
2:20 - 3:40 pm
    Design and Development of a 100 MVA HTS Generator (60+20)
    J. Fogarty (GE), R. Duckworth (ORNL), and E. Schmierer (LANL)
    Summary (PDF 41 KB)
3:30pm
Break
3:30pm
Break
3:40pm
Break
4:00 - 5:30 pm
    RABiTS Substrates Research and Development (60+30)
    A. Goyal, L. Heatherly, and M. Paranthaman (ORNL)
4:00 - 4:45 pm
    AC Loss Studies in Coated Conductors (30+15)
    F. Grilli and S. Ashworth (LANL)
4:00 - 5:00 pm
    Development Status of Flywheel Electricity System (40+20)
    M. Strasik and P. Johnson (Boeing)
    Presentation (PDF 4.1 MB), Summary (PDF 34 KB)
5:30 pm
    Adjourn Session
4:45 - 5:45 pm
    Phase Relations of High Tc Superconductors (45+15)
    W. Wong-Ng and L.P. Cook (NIST-MD)
5:00 - 5:45 pm
    Cryogenic Dielectrics Research for Electric Power (30+15)
    I. Sauers (ORNL)
    Presentation (PDF 3.3 MB), Summary (PDF 31 KB)
 
5:45 pm
Adjourn for the Day
 5:45 pm
    Adjourn Session



Thursday, August 4, 2005
7:00 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Reconvene Annual Peer Review
(Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate presentation + question/answer time)
Please Note:

These project summaries and presentations are provided for download with the express intent to encourage the development of applications of high temperature superconductors. The summaries and presentations have been provided by the authors as part of the annual DOE Peer Review. Please respect and credit the ideas and results in here if you use them for your own work. You are encouraged to contact the authors directly for written versions of the work for proper citation of these results. We also encourage you to cite the presentations of this Peer Review in your own publications where possible and appropriate.
Strategic Research Session
8:00 - 9:30am
    Strategic Research on IBAD MgO-Based Coated Conductors (60+30)
    S. Foltyn and L. Civale (LANL)
9:30 - 11:00 am
    Progress in PVD ExSitu Process Research (60+30)
    D. F. Lee, F. A. List, and R. Feenstra (ORNL)
11:00 - 12:20 pm
    Coated Conductor Strategic Research (60+20)
    A. Goyal, T. Aytug, and F. A. List (ORNL)
12:20 pm
Adjourn for the day
12:30 pm
    Luncheon