Michigan Economic Development Corporation

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NextEnergy Military Programs Briefing to
the Society of American Military Engineers Keith
Cooley President CEO Dave McLean Vice
President COO August 12, 2009
www.NextEnergy.org
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NextEnergy Overview
Mission To enable the commercialization of
energy technologies that positively contribute to
economic competitiveness, energy security, and
the environment. Goal (Who we are) Non-profit
corporation dedicated to the advancement of the
alternative energy industry with a goal to
enhance the capability of this industry in
Michigan.
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NextEnergy Client Services Model
Program Delivery
Industry Services
Program Development
Technology Development Demonstration Programs
State of Michigan COEEs
New Funding (Federal, Michigan, Private)
New Technology Identification
Supply Chain Mapping, Networking and Events
Foundation Funding
Corporate Services
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NextEnergy Center
R D Labs
Office, Exhibition, Conference Facilities
Alternative Fuels Platform
Stationary MicroGrid Power Pavilion
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EPCC Module
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Electronic Power Control Conditioning(EPCC)
Module Concept Design

• Integrated Electrical Power Control and
  Conditioning System
• That concurrently utilizes a wide range of AC and
  DC power sources that can be easily deployed to
  any location in the world within 48 hours
  (supporting military operations / natural
  disasters / terrorist actions)
• Capability
• Produce the electrical power quality needed to
  operate all loads including critical
  electronics-based equipment
• Rapidly manage several concurrent alternative
  power sources
• Demonstrate ruggedness (i.e. MIL STD 810F,
  minimize single point of failure scenarios)
• Seamlessly utilize existing electrical generation
  strategies including host nation grid, portable
  generators, vehicles with exportable power, and
  renewable technologies to reduce fossil fuel use.

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The Advanced Mobile Microgrid Energy
Architecture
Loads
New Technologies
Sources
EPCC Modules
Warfighter
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Better Management of Base Electrical Energy
offers significant Deployment benefits

• Reduced logistical support by sending less energy
  consuming electrical generating assets to the
  deployment.
• Reduce fuel re-supply through reduced fuel
  consumption via renewables and better
  conventional asset management.
• Improved power quality that ensures that critical
  loads are available and secure
• Increased force protection by not having to
  provide as much fuel re-supply escort due to
  reduced fuel consumption

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EPCC Module Alpha System
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EPCC Module Beta System
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EPCC FEB Gamma Module Rated 500 kVAMechanical
Structure Overview (05-15-2009)
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EPCC FEB Gamma Module Rated 500 kVAMechanical
Structure Plan View (05-15-09)
ECU 3 Ton
Eaton 9395
Eaton 9395
AC/DC/DC Converters
UltraCapacitors
UltraCapacitors
TRANSFORMER
PROTECTION RELAY
ECU 10 Ton
ECU 10 Ton
HMI
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Plug Connections
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EPCC Gamma Module 250/500kVA Configuration
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EPCC Module Product Vision

• Targets
• Power Quality Ruggedness
• Better than U.S. grid power quality with overall
  efficiency gt90.
• MIL STD 810 compliant.
• Reduced Fuel Consumption and Operational Costs
• Reduce USACE Prime Power or USAF BEAR Base JP-8
  consumption by 20 (delivers fuel savings AND
  increased force protection less resupply).
• 1000/kW for early run military systems driving
  to 100/kW for high volume commercial units
  (short term competition - the cost of a new 800
  kW BPU at 500K).
• Estimated low 7 figure savings per Brigade or
  Wing level deployment per year including reduced
  number of deployment sorties.
• Scalable Transportable Systems
• Scalable from 70 kW to 3MW (family of EPCC
  products)
• 500kW unit will fit in a 20ft ISO container and
  weigh 20,000 lbs (goal of 2 EPCC units on one
  C130).
• Numbers are based on current Tactical Readiness
  Level (est. TRL 6) so MIL STD upgrades will vary
  cost.

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EPCC Module Brilliant Power

• Beta Demonstration
• Limited EPCC module communication and control
  capability via Smart Cable ports with connected
  generating assets and load. The smarter the asset
  the more SCADA we can do.
• EPCC modules communicate with each other in a
  peer-to-peer architecture
• Future Capabilities
• Connected load control possible but EPCC will
  need SCADA inputs and an Overarching Software
  Package to perform the load management (currently
  funded by TARDEC-NAC to integrate IPERC IPC
  system).
• Base-wide economic dispatch possible with
  Overarching Software Package to control
  generators loads not connected via an EPCC
  module.

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Renewable Energy Mobile Utility System (REMUS)
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REMUS System Components
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REMUS Project Objectives

• Renewable Energy Mobile Utility System
• That can be deployed to provide electrical power
  from several simultaneous sources (a diesel
  generator that is JP-8 capable, wind and solar),
  electrical energy storage, HVAC for space
  conditioning, packaged as a towed system (USMC
  COC Trailer).
• Potential to add water purification, satellite
  communication, perimeter lighting, compressed
  air.
• Capability
• Accept multiple fuels (JP-8, S-8, Biodiesel,
  blends)
• Produce 50kW electrical power via genset,
  photovoltaic and wind systems
• Provide 7.5-12 tons of cooling and 50,000 BTUH
  of heating (at 3,000 CFM).
• Project Schedule
• Design, build, test and deliver working unit to
  NSWC Crane complete
• Administered as a DLA line item through NSWC
  Crane.

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MEWEPS Military Encampment Waste to Electrical
Power System
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MEWEPS Dual ISO Container Layout
Waste pellets conveyed from FPM to GPM
FPM (Fuel Production Module)
GPM (Gas Production Module)
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MEWEPS System Components
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MEWEPS Project Objectives

• Energy Conversion System
• That can be deployed to convert Military
  Encampment Waste to Electrical Power (MEWEP).
• Capability
• Accept at least 2,500 pounds per day of military
  encampment waste including paper, fiberboard,
  plastic and some food.
• Generate producer gas capable of being directly
  supplied to a standard military Tactical Quiet
  Generator (TQG).
• Produce electrical power using a 60 kW TQG
  continuously and exporting to an EPCC system or
  operating as a stand alone asset.
• Quick setup tear down (lt24 hours maximum each).
• Using military encampment waste to fuel a 60 kW
  TQG that provides useful electrical power at a
  COB.
• Significantly reduce JP-8/diesel consumption by
  75.
• Reduced vulnerability to attack (i.e. maximize
  energy security).
• Utilize abundant waste as fuel that to minimize
  landfill disposal.
• Reduced costs (i.e., resource management and
  petro-fuel).

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CBPP System Components
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Cellulosic Biofuels from Plant Products (CBPP)
Proof of Concept

• Energy Conversion System
• That can be deployed to convert cellulosic
  material from plant products to liquid biofuels
  ethanol or butanol via fermentation.
• Capabilities
• Produce nominally 50 gal. of mixed alcohol
  biofuel (butanol) per day from potatoes and sugar
  beet feedstocks via modular design similar to
  MEWEP System.
• Future expand feedstock capability to
  cellulosic material such as corn stover or wood
  waste.
• Program Schedule and Budget
• Design, build, test and deliver working unit at
  factory by August 2009
• Administered as a DLA line item.

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Program
Concept Design

• PHEV Program
• Design, development and demonstration program
  that examines various charge/discharge topologies
  that will facilitate electrical energy flowing to
  and from the vehicle/building/ grid. Dual
  use/commercial application that will accommodate
  military tactical and non-tactical (civilian)
  vehicles.
• Capability
• Provide an interface structure that allows a wide
  range of vehicles to extract electrical power
  from the building/grid and charge its energy
  storage system and provide electrical power from
  the vehicle to the building/grid.
• Provide an Alpha version of a Tactical Mobile
  Vehicle Charging Station (TMVCS) that can be
  mounted on a Light Tactical Trailer (LTT) and
  easily redeployed to either a tactical or
  non-tactical application.

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Waste Water to Energy (WW2E) Program Concept
Design

• WW2E Program
• That concurrently intercepts all solid municipal
  waste and latrine waste from a brigade sized
  deployment and converts it to electrical energy.
• Capability
• Produce continuous 500kW of electrical power as
  a feed to the encampment electrical distribution
  grid.
• Reduces the need for liquid fuel equivalent to a
  500kW generator.
• Increases force protection by reducing the amount
  of liquid fuel re-supply and associated cost of
  protecting the re-supply convoy.
• Increases force protection by reducing the number
  of host nation personnel on the base to manage
  the waste.
• Significantly reduces the volume of effluent
  management thus reducing or eliminating the need
  for waste lagoons and garbage dumps (Host Nation
  benefit).

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