DOE/SC-0088 ENERGY MATERIALS COORDINATING COMMITTEE (EMaCC) Fiscal Year 2003 October 18, 2004 Annual Technical Report U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Office of Basic Energy Sciences Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering Washington, DC 20585-1290 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ...................................................................................... 1 Energy Materials Coordinating Committee Membership List ................................................ 5 Organization of the Report .......................................................................... 8 FY 2003 Budget Summary of DOE Materials Activities .................................................... 9 Distribution of Funds by Office ...................................................................... 11 PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ......................................... 12 OFFICE OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY, STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ............................. 13 FREEDOMCAR & VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM ............................................... 17 Materials Technologies Program ................................................................. 19 Automotive Propulsion Materials ............................................................. 19 Automotive Lightweight Vehicle Materials ...................................................... 22 Heavy Vehicle Propulsion System Materials .................................................... 25 High Strength Weight Reduction Materials ..................................................... 33 High Temperature Materials Laboratory ........................................................ 35 GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM ......................................................... 36 Geothermal Materials ......................................................................... 37 HYDROGEN, FUEL CELLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM .......................... 38 Hydrogen Storage Materials Program ............................................................. 39 Fuel Cell Materials Program .................................................................... 40 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM ........................................................... 43 Aluminum Subprogram ........................................................................ 47 Glass Subprogram ........................................................................... 55 Metal Casting Subprogram ..................................................................... 56 Steel Subprogram ............................................................................ 58 Materials Subprogram ......................................................................... 62 SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................................... 71 National Photovoltaics Program ................................................................. 72 WEATHERIZATION & INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM .............................................. 75 Financial Assistance Program ................................................................... 77 Inventions & Innovation (I&I) ................................................................ 77 National Industrial Competitiveness Through Energy, Environment and Economics (NICE3) .............. 84 i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page OFFICE OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ........................................... 87 High Temperature Superconductivity for Electric Systems ............................................. 88 OFFICE OF SCIENCE ............................................................................ 93 Office of Basic Energy Sciences ................................................................ 103 Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering ................................................ 103 Division of Scientific User Facilities .......................................................... 106 Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research ................................................. 106 Technology Research Division ............................................................. 106 Laboratory Technology Research Program ................................................. 106 Small Business Innovation Research Program .............................................. 108 Small Business Technology Transfer Research Program ...................................... 118 Office of Fusion Energy Sciences ............................................................... 119 Office of Biological & Environmental Research ..................................................... 121 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ........................................ 127 Office of Space and Defense Power Systems ...................................................... 128 Space and National Security Programs ....................................................... 128 Office of Advanced Nuclear Research ............................................................... Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative .............................................................. 129 Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative ................................................................ 130 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ................................................. 132 Office of Naval Reactors ...................................................................... 134 Office of Defense Programs ................................................................... 134 The Weapons Research, Development and Test Program ........................................ 134 Sandia National Laboratories ........................................................... 134 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .................................................. 149 OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY ..................................................................... 152 Office of Advanced Research .................................................................. 154 Advanced Research Materials Program ....................................................... 154 Ultra-Supercritical Steam and Power Plant Research ............................................ 164 Advanced Metallurgical Processes Program ................................................... 164 DIRECTORY ................................................................................... 167 INDEX ........................................................................................ 187 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Energy Materials Coordinating Committee Membership List ..................................... 5 Table 2 Distribution of Funds by Office ........................................................... 11 ii Introduction INTRODUCTION The DOE Energy Materials Coordinating Committee (EMaCC) serves primarily to enhance coordination among the Department's materials programs and to further effective use of materials expertise within the Department. These functions are accomplished through the exchange of budgetary and planning information among program managers and through technical meetings/workshops on selected topics involving both DOE and major contractors. In addition, EMaCC assists in obtaining materials-related inputs for both intra- and interagency compilations. Topical subcommittees of the EMaCC are responsible for conducting seminars and otherwise facilitating information flow between DOE organizational units in materials areas of particular importance to the Department. The EMaCC Terms of Reference were recently modified and developed into a Charter that was approved on June 5, 2003. As a result of this reorganization, the existing subcommittees were disbanded and new subcommittees are being formed. Membership in the EMaCC is open to any Department organizational unit; participants are appointed by Division or Office Directors. The current active membership is listed on pages 5-7. Four meetings were scheduled for 2003-2004. The dates and minutes from the meetings are as follows: ENERGY MATERIALS COORDINATING COMMITTEE MINUTES, MEETING OF OCTOBER 16, 2003 The EMaCC meeting was held in room E-301 Germantown building on Thursday, October 16, 2003. The meeting started at 10:15 A.M. and ended at 11:30 A.M. The chairman, Dr. Dale Koelling, opened the meeting by having the participants introduce themselves. Kristin Bennett (BES) described the five nano-centers being created. Send your browser to http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/ NNI.htm or http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/User_Facilities/dsuf/nanocenters.htm to find the links for each of these five centers. Although there is the temptation to get off into the technical details, the essential points for EMaCC are: • The nanocenters are user facilities. The simplest way to emphasize this is that researchers can apply for time on the resources of these centers. It will be allocated by user committees and will be no cost (except for proprietary efforts). • The ground is, or shortly will be, being broken for the buildings to house these centers for completion in 2005 or 2006. • However, some resources are already available now under the JUMPSTART program. D. Koelling and J. Zhu reported on a meeting they attended at the National Academy of Sciences on September 29, 2003, where the possible formation of a Materials Roundtable was discussed. What is envisioned is a multi-layered grouping that would provide coordination and communication amongst all sectors involved with materials. The next step envisioned is a broader meeting