Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session L58: Seeing the Energy FutureIndustrial Invited Live Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP Chair: Maria Chan, Argonne National Laboratory |
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:00AM - 8:36AM Live |
L58.00001: Doing More with Less - Advanced Sensing Enabling Next Generation Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair Platforms for Offshore Energy Assets Invited Speaker: Andrew Speck Offshore energy production from both oil & gas production and wind farms currently provides over a fifth of the world’s energy mix and is forecast to grow significantly in the coming years. Higher reliability and better cost effectiveness of the energy production systems is required for this growth to occur. Service providers relentlessly optimize their technology performance and service delivery to improve asset economics both in existing fields as well as in new developments. A key area for optimization is in the multi-billion-dollar investments in offshore fields that require continual expenditures for services such as inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) to ensure asset integrity. |
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:36AM - 9:12AM Live |
L58.00002: The Future of Solar Energy Invited Speaker: Becca Jones-Albertus Today’s solar technology traces its roots back to the development of the silicon solar cell by Bell Labs in 1954. However, it has only been in the past decade that solar energy has become a significant contributor to our electricity supply, supplying 3% of U.S. electricity in 2020. Looking forward, solar deployment has the potential to grow further, by an order of magnitude, and to contribute significantly to the decarbonization of electricity supply. To do this, solar technology needs continued advancements to improve performance and decrease costs. Solar inverters need to provide grid services to support a reliable and secure electricity grid. Further, solar technologies can become more holistically integrated with buildings, agricultural production and other end uses. This talk will describe a vision for the future of solar energy technology and priorities for the next decade of solar research. |
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:12AM - 9:48AM Live |
L58.00003: How Can Nuclear Energy Support a Clean Future? Invited Speaker: Rachel Slaybaugh Nuclear energy has looked about the same for the last 60 years. Now, startups and the innovation arms of larger companies and looking to deploy new kinds of reactors in the 2030 timeframe. What's different about those technologies? How do they fit into our larger decarbonization plan? Do we still need the reactors we've already got? This talk will focus at a high level on the role nuclear technology could plan in the clean energy future of the U.S. and the world. |
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:48AM - 10:24AM Live |
L58.00004: Let's Be An Awesome Future's Past Invited Speaker: Ross Koningstein
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:24AM - 11:00AM Live |
L58.00005: Electric Vehicle Battery Systems - The Path Forward Invited Speaker: Denise Gray With the growing demand for the ‘broad’ range of Electric Vehicles, battery systems must evolve. There has been tremendous progress made in the last decade. Energy density has increased. Manufacturing footprint has expanded. Cost has declined. Integration into vehicles continue to be optimized to deliver an amazing mobility experience. What is next? My discussion will explore the progress and provide a look forward. |
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