Group Structure

• 10 full time technical staff (8 Ph.D.)
  • 6 in applied superconductivity and cryogenics
  • 4 in dielectrics and high voltage R&D
• About 1.5 FTE support staff
  • Electrical engineer, technicians
• Outside shop, UT-B craft as needed
• Southwire consultant (retired from ORNL)
• 1 part-time faculty collaboration (UT-K EE)
• Visiting industrial staff from AMSC, Southwire, Waukesha and SuperPower (badged)

Group work emphasizes practical applications of superconducting technology

• Superconducting Partnership with Industry (SPI/SPE) Projects:
  • HTS cables with Southwire Company (Ultera) and American Electric Power
  • HTS Fault Current Limiter with SuperPower-led team (NY)
  • HTS Transformer with Waukesha Electric Systems (Wisconsin)
  • HTS Motor R&D with Baldor-Reliance Electric (R&D unit in Cleveland)
• Strategic R&D
  • Prototyping applications of 2nd generation HTS tapes, cables and coils (DOE/DARPA)
  • Cryogenic dielectrics R&D, including nano-dielectric materials (LDRD)
  • Cryogenic system development for applications in electric utilities, industry, energy and space

Applied Superconductivity Group

• ORNL is the lead DOE laboratory for HTS R&D:
  • R&D partner in four major industry-led SPI projects
  • Strategic R&D in conductor engineering, cryogenic dielectrics
• Consistent high ratings at DOE annual peer reviews
• Proactive in technology transfer:
• CRADAs, FLC Tech Transfer Awards, joint patents, industry on site
• Technical excellence:
  • Two invited papers at 2006 Applied Superconductivity Conference
  • ORNL internal project on nano-composite dielectric materials
  • Readiness reviews of SPI projects before tie-in to grid