ZallenFest
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
18 August 2006

A Symposium Honoring the Career of Dick Zallen

Program
Harvard Daze
Friday Night Dinner
"The 16 Percent Solution"

 

SuperCities & SuperGrids:
Teratechnology Energy Societies for an Exajoule World

Paul M. Grant
Visiting Scholar in Applied Physics, Stanford University
EPRI Science Fellow (Retired)
IBM Research Staff Member Emeritus
Principal, W2AGZ Technologies
http://www.w2agz.com

Download PMG ZallenFest Presentation (5.8 MB pdf)

SuperGrid Background References & Reading

SuperGrid/SuperCity (Teratechnologies for the Exajoule Society)

• Energy for the City of the Future (1) (Grant)

• Energy for the City of the Future (2) (Grant)

• The Continental SuperGrid (Starr)

• Paul Grant's SuperGrid Website

• EPRI Functional Requirements for a SuperGrid

• EPRI SuperGrid White Paper

• The SuperCable (2004 Applicd Superconductivity Conference Paper)

• A Power Grid for the Hydrogen Economy (Scientific American, July 2006)

• Ohlone Community College Brown Bag Science Seminar (7.5 MB pdf)

Energy Information Sources and Databases

• DOE Energy Information Agency

• EPRI Public Website

• EPRI Electricity Technology Roadmap

Climate Change

• Earth Warming by Methane (SciAm 2005)

• Global Warming is Real (SciAm 2004)

• Senate CO₂ Emissions White Paper (2/2006)

Nuclear

• The Need for Nuclear Power (Rhodes & Beller)

• Megawatts and Megatons (Garwin & Charpak, Nature Book Review)

• The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Rhodes; Amazon Book Review)

• Nuclear Weapons (Wikipedia)

• DOE Office of Nuclear Energy

• Oklo "Natural" Reactor

• Jim Zim's Diablo Canyon Website

• Physics Today Article on Nuclear Power

• Dave Bodansky's Plenary Talk at the American Physical Society

• Pebble Bed GCHTRs from SciAm

• Dismantling Old Nukes (Matt Wald, NYT)

• Fast Neutron Reactors (SciAm, 2005)

• Atomic Balm (Jon Gertner, NYT Magazine, 16 July 2006)

Solar Roofs (Construction in Progress)

• DOE Solar Energy Program

• California Renewable Energy Strategy

Hydrogen

• Hydrogen Lifts Off...With a Heavy Load (Grant)

• Amory Lovin's Reply to Grant !!

• DOE Office of Hydrogen

• Amory Lovin's Defense of Hydrogen

• Jane Ogden's Study on "Hydrogen "Gas" Stations for the State of Ohio"

Superconductivity

• Paul Grant's 2006 BES Superconductivity Workshop Website

• American Superconductor Corporation Website

• IGC SuperPower Website

• Garwin and Matisoo, 1967 (100 GW on Nb3Sn)

• Bartlit, Edeskuty and Hammel, 1972 (LH2, LNG and 1 GW on LTSC)

• The e-Pipe (1997 EPRI Report)

• Discovery of Room Temperature Superconductivity in 2028 (Grant, Physics Today)

• Power Applications of Superconductivity (Grant IEEE Review Paper)

The Songs and Music of Irish Freedom

• Roddy McCorley

• The Foggy Dew

• Grace

• The Town That I Loved So Well

• Boolavogue

• Only Our Rivers Run Free

• The Skye Boat Song