The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN P. M. Grant, (Electric Power Research Institute) The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN “The Challenge” Wired Magazine, June 2001

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Californication!

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Architecture  SuperGrid – A superconducting, H 2 - cooled interstate “backbone” connecting regions coast to coast.  RegionGrid – Two grid operators (East and West) with upgraded high capacity lines to transmit power regionally.  CityGrid – Local mini- and micro-grids with distributed intelligence, energy resources, and demand response Integrated systems architecture enables NationalGrid operations across all dimensions. Three Dimensions HT S

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN P.M. Grant, The Industrial Physicist, Feb/March Issue, 2002 Supermarket School Home Family Car DNA-to-order.com Nuclear plant H2H2 H2H2 HTSC/MgB 2 SuperCity

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN SuperGrid “Continential SuperGrid Workshop,” UIUC/Rockefeller U., Palo Alto, Nov /

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN North American 21st Century Energy SuperGrid H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– Commercial Residential BMW Z9 Heavy Industry Energy Storage Solar Roofs Urban Biomass HTGCR Nuclear Plant

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN North American 21st Century Energy SuperGrid H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– Heavy Industry Energy Storage Solar Roofs Urban Biomass HTGCR Nuclear Plant Commercial Residential BMW Z9 Politically Correct!

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Interstate 80 The 20th Century Diesel Grid Farms Cows Forests Factories Safeway WalMart Home Depot Almaden Estates Peterbilts

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Garwin-Matisoo (IBM, 1967) Nb 3 Sn Wire T C = 9 K LHe liquid-vapor cooled LN 2 heat shield 100 GW dc, 1000 km ! “Superconducting Lines for the Transmission of Large Amounts of Electric Power over Great Distances,” R. L. Garwin and J. Matisoo, Proc. IEEE 55, 538 (1967)

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Electricity + Gas (LASL, 1972) NM Space Shuttle Center Electricity –Four Corners –Lake Powell Natural Gas –Coal Gasification (NM) Hydrogen –Los Angeles “Multiple Use of Cryogenic Fluid Transmission Lines.” J.R. Bartlit, F.J. Edeskuty, & E.F. Hammel, ICEC 4, LHe or Cu Cu or HTS LH 2 LNG Cryogenic fluids served as heat shields for superconducting or cryoresistive conductor

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN LHe or Cu Cu or HTS LH 2 LNG LASL Energy Delivery System

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Electricity Pipe P.M. Grant, S. Schoenung, W. Hassenzahl, EPRI Report , 1997 Initial EPRI study on long distance (1000 km) HTSC dc cable cooled by liquid nitrogen

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN RegionGrid Interconnection H2H2 e–e– H2H2 e–e– My RTO Your RTO 20 Miles FACTS/IC

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN SuperCables +v I -v I H2H2 H2H2 Circuit #1 +v I -v I H2H2 H2H2 Circuit #2 Multiple circuits can be laid in single trench

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN SuperCable HV Insulation “Super- Insulation” Superconductor Hydrogen DODO DH2DH2 t sc

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Power Flows P SC = 2|V|IA SC, where P SC = Electric power flow V = Voltage to neutral (ground) I = Supercurrent A SC = Cross-sectional area of superconducting annulus Electricity P H2 = 2(QρvA) H2, where P H2 = Chemical power flow Q = Gibbs H 2 oxidation energy (2.46 eV per mol H 2 ) ρ = H 2 Density v = H 2 Flow Rate A = Cross-sectional area of H 2 cryotube Hydrogen

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Electric & H 2 Power ,000100,000+/ Annular Wall Thickness (cm) Critical Current Density (A/cm 2 ) Current (A)Voltage (V)Power (MW) Electricity “Equivalent” Current Density (A/cm 2 ) H 2 Flow Rate (m/sec) Inner Pipe Diameter, D H2 (cm) Power (MW) Hydrogen (LH 2, 20 K)

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Thermal Losses W R = 0.5εσ (T 4 amb – T 4 SC ), where W R = Power radiated in as watts/unit area σ = 5.67× W/cm 2 K 4 T amb = 300 K T SC = 20 K ε = 0.05 per inner and outer tube surface D SC = 10 cm W R = 3.6 W/m Radiation Losses Superinsulation: W R f = W R /(n-1), where n = number of layers Target: W R f = 0.5 W/m requires ~10 layers Other addenda (convection, conduction): W A = 0.5 W/m W T = W R f + W A = 1.0 W/m

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Heat Removal dT/dx = W T /(ρvC P A) H2, where dT/dx = Temp rise along cable, K/m W T = Thermal in-leak per unit Length ρ = H 2 Density v = H 2 Flow Rate C P = H 2 Heat Capacity A = Cross-sectional area of H 2 cryotube Take W T = 1.0 W/m, then dT/dx = 1.89  K/m, Or, 0.2 K over a 10 km distance

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Remaining Issues AC interface (phases) Ripple suppression Charge/Discharge cycles Current stabilization via voltage control

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Remaining Issues GTOs vs IGBTs 12” wafer platforms Cryo-Bipolars –Minority carrier concentration –Doping profiles Power Electronic Discretes

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Remaining Issues Safety Generation (electrolysis) Cryocoolers Liquid vs Pressurized Gas Flow Rate Storage Hydrogen Issues

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Remaining Issues Design & Prototyping!

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN S.14 Opportunity S.14 - Senate Energy Omnibus Bill –FY04 $15 M Authorization For OETD R&D –Section 927(e)(C): “Facilitate commercial transition toward direct current power transmission, storage, and use for high power systems utilizing high temperature superconductivity.” FY04 National Lab Study targeting prototype SuperCable by FY05 and beyond ($10 M ?)

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN SuperCable Prototype Project H2H2 e–e– H 2 Storage SMES Cryo I/C Station 500 m Prototype Smoky Mountains

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN Where there is no vision, the people perish… Proverbs 29:18

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN “You can’t always get what you want…”

The SuperGrid: Combined Delivery and Storage of Electricity and Hydrogen Paul M. Grant 2 July 2003 Oak Ridge, TN “…you get what you need!”