Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant Potential Electric Power Applications for MgB 2 Paul M. Grant Science Fellow EPRI
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant Tape dimensions: 3.5 mm x 0.35 mm Filling factor 20% Treated at 900°C for 2 hours in Ar INFM-Genova, G. Grasso, A. Malagoli, V. Braccini, S. Roncallo, and A.S. Siri, Italy INFM-Genova Ni-Sheathed MgB 2 Tape Ex-Situ Sintered
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant Magnetic field and temperature dependence of superconducting MgB 2 /Mg composites Sintered Nb 3 Sn at 4.2 K
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant Peter Lee’s Cosmic Plot (UW/ASC) MA/cm Power Apps 30 – 77 K HEP Genoa 25 K
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant 1967 SC Cable ! 100 GW dc, 1000 km !
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant “Fast Forward” 2025 An Era of Global Accord Arrives World’s Population Aspires to an American Standard of Living GHG-driven GCC Underway World Society Requires a Green, Sustainable Energy Supply A Safe, Robust, Non-intrusive Energy Delivery Infrastructure
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant “Boundary Conditions” Zero GHG emissions for energy production and personal transportation Least environmentally and visually invasive Optimal (minimal) utilization of land area for energy production and delivery Optimal (maximal) physical safety and security
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant The Solution Generation –Nuclear-hydrogen, solar roofs, urban bio-waste Transmission –Underground (lvdcsc electricity and hydrogen) Distribution –Reversible fuel cell substations + H 2 storage –Local H 2 and electricity distribution for end use End Use –Appliances, Space Conditioning, Transportation
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant The Vision “SuperCity” National Climate Change Technology Initiative (NCCTI – “Necktie”) “Absolutely Zero GHG Emissions by 2050” George W. Bush P.M. Grant, The Industrial Physicist, Spring Issue, 2002 Supermarket School Home Family Car DNA-to-order.com Nuclear plant H2H2 H2H2 MgB 2
Japan Visit: 6-13 January 2002 Paul M. Grant Where there is no vision, the people perish… Proverbs 29:18