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Technology is like Fish… Technology Innovation at. Anda Ray Senior Vice President, Environment & Technology, and Sustainability Officer. Technology is like Fish…. FISH - Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH ) …it finds solutions
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Technology is like Fish… Technology Innovation at Anda RaySenior Vice President, Environment & Technology, and Sustainability Officer
Technology is like Fish…. • FISH - Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) …it finds solutions • “Technology is like a FISH. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.” (Andrew Heller) …must be timely • FISH Philosophy – Pike’s Fish Market, Seattle, WA …have fun with it
Why I got started in Physics…. …finding solutions …in a timely manner …making it interesting
Disciplines of Physics… Mechanics Quantum Physics Cryophysics Astrophysics Atomic Physics Mathematical Physics Molecular Physics Bio-Physics PHYSICS Relativity Geophysics Acoustics Thermodynamics Plasma Physics Laser Physics Electronics Biophysics Chemical Physics Nuclear Physics Particle Physics Optics Electromagnetism Nanotechnology Statistical Mechanics Metrology Computational Physics
The Path Less Traveled… "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference" - Robert Frost Health Physics Solid State Physics Nuclear Physics
The Best and the Worst of the Path… • Think inside & outside the box • Make the Connection • Define your Value-Add • Avoid Stereotyping • Disciplined • Flexible • Diverse Opportunities • Creative • Confident
Today…. Today
Technology Innovation at TVA “Pushing toward breakthroughs in the ways we generate power and protect the environment”
An Indispensable Product? Think about a product: • you use daily • always on and nearby • enabling • apps growing
Another Product That Empowers You Electricity • You use daily • Always on and nearby • Powers every aspect of your life • Its application/functionality is growing infinitely: • Communication • Living Comfort • Productivity • Transportation Entertainment • Information
Improving A Product You Use Daily How would you improve your mobile phone? • Longer battery life • Ability to charge in more ways • More reliable network/service • Smaller device size, but greater functions • More environmentally friendly devices • Low cost service
Improving Use & Delivery of Electricity • Longer battery life = energy efficiency, energy storage • Ability to charge in more ways = New generation • More reliable network = Smarter transmission grid • Smaller devices = small, powerful generation • Environmentally friendly devices = Cleaner generation • Low cost = low cost
TVA – Rates, Reliability & Responsibility • Provides electricity to 9 million consumers • Generation includes: • Coal, natural gas, diesel • Nuclear • Hydro, pumped storage • Solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas • 15,900 miles of transmission line • 99.999% reliability for 12th year in a row
How TVA is Improving Electricity • TVA technology innovation and applications • Greater energy efficiency • Energy storage applications • New, cleaner generation • Smaller, powerful plants • Smart Grid
Energy Efficiency • Energy efficiency lowers cost • Lowers residential bills • Helps industry/manufacturing remain competitive • Reduces power peaks • Avoids new generation construction costs Fossil Hydro Nuclear Gas Energy Efficiency The Fifth Fuel?
Energy Efficiency - Residential • Campbell Creek Energy Efficiency Research • Compares electric usages in three typical new homes in Knoxville • New construction • Retro-fit • Hyper-efficient
Energy Efficiency – Industrial • Waste heat assessment • Reclaim byproduct heat to generate electricity or reduce consumption • Low-temperature power cycle technology • Technology to turn low-level waste heat into power
Energy Storage Applications Electricity is a “Perishable Commodity” – Use it or lose it! • Best current storage solutions are hydro-based • Need Storage Technologies: • Save renewal power for peak periods • Match generation source to demand (solar-powered lighting used at night) • Overcome intermittence issues with wind, solar
Energy Storage Applications • Testing solar-power street or path lighting • Storing solar power in batteries for electric vehicle charging • Reuse of remaining capacity in used electric vehicle batteries to reduce waste • Compressed air storage for use at peak demand
Energy Storage – Electric Vehicles • EV success is based on improving energy storage • TVA addressing charging usage/needs • Ensuring grid stability from large amount of EVs charging simultaneously • Incentivizing EV charging at non-peak periods when electricity is abundant – consumer behavior
New, Cleaner Energy • TVA’s vision is to be one of the nation’s leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by 2020 • Renewable challenges • Use of resources that are abundant in Tennessee Valley • Large spaces necessary for generation capacity • Cost of technology, installations • Reliability/intermittence
Cleaner Energy Development • Biomass and and biomass co-firing • Landfill gases • Concentrated solar • Testing solar panel configurations and efficiency • Preparing coal plant layup strategies • Improving coal plant environmental performance
Smaller, Powerful Plants • A new breed of nuclear power – small modular reactors • Similar to reactors powering nuclear subs • Smaller units require less footprint, but can be built side-by-side • Ability to locate small reactors near high-demand industries or customers
Smart Grid • Reducing power loss during transmission • Sensors, systems that identify potential equipment failures before they occur • Real-time system data to reduce outages, line congestion and overloading • Household meters to lower peak consumption
Bring Innovation Together Melton Hill Dam Sustainable Recreation Area • Solar-powered lighting • Solar water heating • 70-foot wind turbine • EV charging station • Offsetting 35% energy usage • Sharing technology (plus water conservation, storm water runoff, by-product pavers, etc.)
TVA’s Vision One of the Nation’s Leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by 2020 • Cleaner Air • Low Rates • More Nuclear Generation • High Reliability • Responsibility • Greater Energy Efficiency