The ARPA-E RANGE Program

31 Pages·2015·3.97 MB·English

The ARPA-E RANGE Program
-Driving Vehicle Level Performance
Aron Newman, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Booz Allen Hamilton
Support Contractor to ARPA-E
August 3-4, 2015
Transformative Vertical Flight Workshop
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Federal Airfield, CA
ARPA-E’s History
In 2007, The National Academies recommended Congress establish an
Advanced Research Projects Agency within the U.S. Department of Energy*
…“The new agency proposed herein [ARPA-E] is patterned after that
model [of DARPA] and would sponsor creative, out-of-the-box,
transformational, generic energy research in those areas where
industry by itself cannot or will not undertake such sponsorship, 450+
where risks and potential payoffs are high, and where success could
provide dramatic benefits for the nation.”…
30
Awards 37 23
Announced 20
16
12
7
Programs
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To Date
2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Anticipated
Rising Above the American America
Gathering Storm Recovery & COMPETES
Published Reinvestment Reauthorization
Act Signed Signed
America
COMPETES
$400 Million $180 Million $275 Million $251 Million $280 Million $280 Million
Act Signed
(Recovery Act) (FY2011) (FY2012) (FY2013) (FY2014) (FY2015)
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ARPA-E Authorizing Legislation
Mission: To overcome long-term and high-risk technological barriers in the
development of energy technologies
Reduce
Goals: Ensure America’s Energy
Imports
• Economic Security
• Energy Security
• Technological Lead in Advanced Improve
Reduce
Energy Technologies Energy
Emissions
Efficiency
Means:
• Identify and promote revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied
sciences
• Translate scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological
innovations
• Accelerate transformational technological advances in areas that industry by
itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty
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Creating New Learning Curves
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ARPA-E Process
ARPA-E Program Directors and Tech-to-Market Advisors develop programs and
guide project teams
• Size of the Prize
• Technical Opportunity
• Technical • Economic Potential
management
• Business insight
• Follow-on strategies
• FOA
• Peer Review
• Milestones
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/ 4
FOA = Funding Opportunity Announcement
Programs
OPEN programs support the development of potentially disruptive
new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications.
• Complement focused programs
• Support innovative “one off” projects
• Provide a “snapshot” of energy R&D OPEN Solicitations
FOCUS programs identify R&D topics by potential to make a
significant difference in ARPA-E’s mission space.
• Size of the potential impact
• Technical opportunities for transformation
• Portfolio of projects with different approaches
FOCUS Solicitations
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Focused Program Portfolio
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RANGE:
Robust Affordable Next Generation EV-
Storage
RANGE Program by Ping Liu – ARPA-E Program
Director
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Motivation: EVs Competitive with ICE Vehicles
in Cost and Range
Battery cost reduction is critical to reduce costs of EVs
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A System Perspective to EV Battery Cost Reduction
Vehicle battery cost per mile of range:
$ /mile
battery
=($ *pack-overhead)/kWh x kWh/mile
battery-cell
Cost
Performance Weight
Abuse tolerance
Battery +
rest of
vehicle