Though the US power trade is one of the supreme engineering marvels, ageing technology and an increase in demand are creating problems for the power grid that needs fixing. Now, an Indian-American engineer is set to transform the way power is generated.
Venkat Selvamanickam, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, is developing a technology with high temperature superconducting wires that is revolutionizing the way power is generated, transported and used.
It is expected that high-temperature superconducting wires could eliminate 131 million tones of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and equalize the emission of the equivalent of 40 conventional power-generating plants.
The country’s electric transmission grid currently consists of about 160,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, with forecasters predicting an additional 12,900 miles needed over the next five years to meet increasing demand, said Selvamanickam.
Superconducting power cables can spread up to 10 times more power than traditional copper cables without the major loss of traditional cables and are considered environmentally friendly.
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