# Presentation: 202157

## BESAC Workshop – Basic Research Needs to Assure a Secure Energy Future 

- Dr. John Stringer, EPRI, Workshop Chair
- Dr. Linda Horton, ORNL, Vice Chair
- Monday, October 21 – Friday, October 25

## BESAC Charge Language 

***What are the 21st century fundamental scientific challenges that BES must consider in addressing the DOE missions in energy efficiency, renewable energy resources, improved use of fossil fuels, safe and publicly acceptable nuclear energy, future energy sources, science-based stockpile stewardship, and reduced environmental impacts of energy production and use?***** **

**BESAC Charge Language **

- Date:	June 18, 2001
- From: 	James Decker, [then] Acting Director, Office of Science
- To:	Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, BESAC Chair

- Entire charge letter can be viewed at:  http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/bes/BESAC/jun01charge.pdf

## Fossil Energy

- 2.	Distributed Generation
- 3.	Nuclear Energy
- 4.	Industrial, Residential, Commercial
- 5.	Transportation
- 6.	Renewable Energy
- Fusion Energy
- Crosscutting Research

**Workshop Topical Areas **

## Three Phase Process to Answer the Charge – Phase I

- Select Chairs for Topical Groups
- Chairs Select Members of Topical Groups
- Topical Groups Prepare Recommendations for Discussion and Development at Workshop
- Topical Groups Review and revise Draft Factual Documentation
_**Deliverables From Phase I**_**:**
- Group Recommendations for Research Directions to be developed at the Workshop

## Three Phase Process to Answer the Charge – The Workshop - Phase II

- Conduct Workshop
- Additional Members Added to Topical Groups to Form Topical Teams
- Teams Develop Recommendations for Proposed Research Directions
- Teams Prepare Supporting Statements for Their Proposed Research Directions
- Prioritize Proposed Research Directions from all Topical Groups
_**Deliverables from Phase II**_**:**
- Prioritized List of Selected PRDs with Supporting Statements

**Three Phase Process to Answer the Charge – The Workshop - Phase II**

## Three Phase Process to Answer the Charge – Phase III

- Expand Information
- Follow up meeting on biological opportunities in energy research
- Prepare Report, Including Appendices
- Summary of workshop activities and  proposed research directions for each topic
-  Factual documentation
_**Deliverables from Phase III**_**:**
- Report to BESAC with Recommendations for Proposed Research Directions.
*Detailed presentation to BESAC planned for Feb. 2003.*

**Three Phase Process to Answer the Charge – Phase III**

- We are here

## Fossil Energy

_**Fossil Energy**_

**Tim Armstrong, ORNL ****	****	****Mike Bockelie, Reaction Eng.**
**Tof Carim, BES****	****	****	****Bob Carling, SNL****	**
**Cindy Dogan, Albany Res Lab****	****Brian Gleeson, Ames/U of Iowa**
**David Keith, CMU ****	****	****Larry Myer, LBNL****	**
**Tina Nenoff, SNL****	****	****Doug Ray, PNNL**
**Eric Suuberg, Brown U****	****	****Roger Turpening, BES****	**
**Anbo Wang, VPI****	****	****	****Nick Woodward, BES**
**John Wimer, NETL****	****	****	**

## Distributed Generation

_**Distributed Generation**_

**Lutgard C. De Jonghe, U. California Berkeley, Chair**
**Meilin Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology**
**Joan Ogden, Princeton University**
**Vitalij Pecharsky, Iowa State University**
**Philip N. Ross, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory**
**Subhash Singhal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory**
**John Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory**
**Douglas Wheeler, UTC Fuel Cells **
**Mark Williams, National Energy Technology Laboratory**
**Dick Kelley and Frank Tully, BES**

## Nuclear Energy

_**Nuclear Energy**_

**John Ahearne, Sigma Xi (chair)*******
**Allen Croff, ORNL, (acting chair)**
**Ralph Bennett, INEEL*******
**Bob Gottschall, DOE/SC-BES**
**Andy Klein, Oregon State**
**Frank Goldner, DOE/NE**
**John Taylor, EPRI*******
**Neil Todreas, MIT*******
**Todd Allen, ANL-W**

**Jim Beitz, ANL**
**Bill Millman, DOE/SC-BES**
**Jack Richards, Cal Tech**
**Rob Versluis, DOE/NE**
**Brian Wirth, LLNL**
**Bill Weber, PNNL**
**Mike Kassner, Oregon State**
*******Did not attend workshop**

## Industrial, Residential,

_**Industrial, Residential,**_
_**and Commercial**_

_**Panel Members**_**:**
**Millie Dresselhaus  (MIT, Chair)**
**Sam Baldwin (EE)**
**Hylan Lyon (Marlow Industries)**
**Gerald Mahan (Penn State U.)**
**Anne Mayes (MIT)**
**Steve Selkowitz (LBNL)**
**Jerry Simmons (SNL)**
**Harriet Kung (BES)**
**Arvind Kini (BES)**

_**Panel Members with Phase I Task**_**:**
**Paul Alivisatos (UC, Berkeley)**
**Sam Bader (ANL)****Terry Michalske (SNL) **

_**Speakers**_**:**
**Dr. Anil Duggal (GE)**
**Dr. Jerry Simmons (SNL) **
**Prof. Woods Haley (UMN) **
**Dr. Ron Judkoff (NREL) **
**Dr. Ertugrul Berkcan (GE) **
**Dr. Dickson Ozokwelu (DOE/EE) **
**Prof. Vitalij Pecharsky (Ames/Iowa State)**

## Transportation

_**Transportation**_

**Channing Ahn, Cal Tech.**
**Tarasankar DebRoy, Penn. State U.**
**Jim Eberhardt, EE**
**Ed Grostic, ORNL**
**Oren Hadaller, The Boeing Company**
**Kenneth Hass, Ford Motor Company**
**Joseph Heremans, Delphi Res. Labs**
**Chris Sloane, General Motors**

**Iver Anderson, AMES**
**Suresh Baskaran, PNNL**
**Bill Kirchhoff, DOE-BES**
**Paul Lessing,  INEEL**
**Paul Miles, SNL**
**Kevin Ott, LANL**
**Matesh Varma, DOE- BES**

## Renewable Energy

_**Renewable Energy**_

**Sam  Baldwin, EE**
**John Cooke, ORNL**
**Jerry Hunt, ANL**
**Lonnie Ingram, U. of Florida**
**Larry Kazmerski, NREL**
**Nate Lewis, Cal Tech.**
**Jeff Mazer, EE**
**Arthur Nozik, NREL**
**Jay Spivack, GE **

**Tom Baker,  LANL**
**Dan Ginosar, INEEL**
**Mack Kennedy, LBNL**
**Joe Paladino, NETL**
**Sharlene Weatherwax, DOE-BES**
**Jane Zhu, DOE-BES**

## Fusion Energy

_**Fusion Energy**_

_**Topical Group:**_

- _Extra Attendees:_

**Steve Zinkle, ORNL**

**Sam Berk, DOE-Fusion**
**Russ Jones, PNNL**
**John Lindl, LLNL**
**Eric Rohlfing, DOE-BES**
**Kurt Schoenberg, LANL**
**Scott Willms, LANL**

- _Phase I Assistance:_

**Mohamed Abdou, UCLA**
**Roger Bangerter, LBNL**
**Jill Dahlburg, General Atomics**
**Phil Efthimion, Princeton**
**Neil Morley, UCLA**

## Crosscutting Research

_**Crosscutting Research**_

*****All Topical Chairs*****
**Stringer, John****	****EPRI**
**Horton, Linda****	****ORNL**

**Ivan Bekey, Bekey Designs**
**Kwan Kwok, DARPA**
**Gerry Lavin, DuPont**
**John Mankins, NASA**
**Yoram Shoham, Shell**
**Jeff Tester, MIT**
**Nate Lewis, CalTech**
**Art Green, ExxonMobil**

## Monday, October 21stPresentations from DOE's SC, EE, FE, and NE

_*Overview of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences*_*, Patricia Dehmer, Director *
_*Overview DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy*_* Programs*, Rita A. Bajura, Director, NETL
_*Basic Research Needs in Support of Advanced Nuclear Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technologies*_, R. Shane Johnson, Associate Director for Advanced Nuclear Research, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
_*Science Issues in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy*_, Sam Baldwin Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

- Monday, October 21stPresentations from DOE's SC, EE, FE, and NE

_**Schedule**_

## Tuesday and WednesdayBreakout Sessions 

_**Schedule**_

- Fossil Energy
- 2.	Distributed Generation
- 3.	Nuclear Energy
- 4.	Industrial, Residential, Commercial
- 5.	Transportation
- 6.	Renewable Energy
- Fusion Energy

## Thursday, October 24thMorningClosing Topical Area Summaries

***Thursday morning concluded the workshop for most attendees.***

_**Schedule**_

## Thursday, October 24th   Afternoon

***Topical Chairs and Crosscutting Team assembled ***
***for Crosscutting Research Topical Area***

_**Schedule**_

## Friday, October 25The beginning of Phase III  

_**Schedule**_

***John, Linda, Topical Chairs, BES Planning Staff ***

- Summarize proposed research directions and identify overlapping topics
- Discuss logistics for coordination/assembly of results
- Identify needs for expansion of information
- Define schedule and template for documentation

## Slide 20

## Major Themes Identified

_**Materials research to transcend energy barriers**_
- 	Nanomaterials			Novel Materials for Energy
- 	Degradation of materials		Radiation effects
- 	Solid state lighting			Sensors_**Biology **_
- 	Photovoltaics			Photosynthesis
- 	Biomass_**Research Toward Hydrogen Economy**_
- 	Hydrogen Storage and Synthesis _**Energy Storage**__**Novel Membrane Assemblies**_
- 	Fuel cells_**Heterogeneous Catalysis**_
- 	Theoretical computational aspects		Advanced experimental techniques	_**Energy Conversion**_
- 	CO2-free				Solar
- 	Energy Systems Modeling		Fuel cells_**Utilization/Efficiency**_
- 	Solid state lighting			Sensors
- 	Multilayer Thin Films			Deposition Processes_**Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Actinide Chemistry**_

_**Major Themes Identified**_