Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Power in the Fast Lane Paul M. Grant Board of Directors Electric Power Research Institute 15 April 1997 Washington Superconductivity Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Superconductivity Whats It Good For? MRI Surgical Unit General Electric Tevatron Fermi National Laboratory Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Superconductivity Whats In It For Me? b b How do you make an underground cable work like a transmission line? b b How do you make a 13 kV line behave like 69 kV (no transformers!)? b How do you wheel power 1000 miles? Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Models of Electrical Conductivity e-e- Resistance Temperature Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI A Big Surprise! Thus the mercury at 4.2 K has entered a new state, which, owing to its particular electrical properties, can be called the state of superconductivity H. Kamerlingh-Onnes (1911) Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Physics of Superconductivity e-e- e-e- Electrons Pair Off! T R TCTC Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Another Big Surprise! J. G. Bednorz and K. A. Mueller IBM Zuerich, 1986 Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Transition Temperatures: T C vs. Year Temperature, T C (K) Year Low-T C High-T C 164 K Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Power Applications: Wires to Cables 2 Performance/Cost by 2003 Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI 1997: Utility Cable Studies Begin Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) Downtown Philly Concrete Ducts: 13 kV, 2 Miles 100 % Use Study Complete: 5/97 Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI 1997: Utility Cable Studies Begin South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCEG) Upscale Urban Neighborhood Underground link: 115 kV, 1.3 Miles Only 5% Use Study Complete: 4/97 Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Asia: The Energy Future Location of Asian Gas Fields and Major Energy Use Centers Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI North America: Continental Electric Power b b Two Wheeling Scenarios: Hudson Bay Hydo Power into New England/New York Vera Cruz Gas Fields to Texas Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI The Electricity Option: Edison Project Total Cryopower System Power Capacity: 5 GW dc Cost: < Gas Pipe & HVDC, > 500 Miles Strategic R&D Powering Progress EPRI Superconductivity The Take-Home Message b b Already represents a quantum improvement in applications of electricity b b Undergoing rapid development for improved power delivery and quality b b Will provide a key enabling technology for the 21st Century Electricity Enterprise