Renewable Hydrogen The Ultimate Fuel

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Renewable Hydrogen The Ultimate Fuel

• Dr. Alastair Livesey
• Energy Conversion Devices
• alivesey_at_ovonic.com
• www.ovonic.com

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Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries
ECD congratulates the two billion people
worldwide participating in the hydrogen economy
every day
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Battery Market Vehicles

• TransportationHybrid Electric Vehicles
• Passenger cars/trucks
• Transit school buses
• Shuttle vans
• Trains large trucks
• Industrial military equipment

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Electric Bus Application
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Springboro, Ohio Manufacturing Facility
170,000 Square Feet 1.2M Battery Modules
QS 9000 and ISO 14001 Certified
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Advantages

• ECD is developing new proprietary fuel cells
  which have-
• Ability to absorb Regenerative Braking Energy
• A unique design with charging, storing and
  discharging
• capability
• Instant start capability
• No noble metal used in construction or
  electrodes
• Wide operating temperature range
• Robust design
• Long life
• We are developing, designing and expect to mass
  manufacture fuel cells based on this new
  fundamental design

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Ovonic Regenerative Fuel Cell

• Utilizes Ovonic metal hydride materials in fuel
  cell anode
• Stores hydrogen in stack
• Rechargeable chemically and/or electrically
• Utilizes circulating flowing alkaline electrolyte
• Utilizes Ovonic metal oxide materials in fuel
  cell cathode
• Rechargeable chemically and/or electrically

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Benefits Ovonic fuel Cell
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Advantages of the Ovonic Fuel Cell

• Instant start even at -20 C!

• The Ovonic Regenerative Fuel Cell can start up
  without hydrogen and operate for several minutes

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Advantages

• The Ovonic Regenerative Fuel Cell stack can
  operate below -20 C

• Multicell stacks demonstrated to last over 1,000
  hours
• Electrode life tests exceed 5,000 hours

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On-board Solid Hydrogen Storage Systems

• On-Board Solid Hydrogen Storage
• Hydrogen atoms enter the atomic lattice of a
  proprietary metal alloy (hydride) higher
  density than in a liquid
• Tanks operate at low pressure have little free
  hydrogen
• Waste heat from fuel cell (or ICE) releases H2 on
  demand

• Ovonic tanks will triple range of fuel cell cars
  to 300 miles
• Tanks are too heavy for conversions, but can be
  designed in ground-up cars
• Being fitted in test cars

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Market Sectors Onboard

• Benefits
• Long Range
• Low Fuel Cost
• Safe Operation

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High Efficiency Hydrogen Infrastructure

• Increasing the temperature of a hydride
  increases the pressure solid-state pump
• Use waste heat from electrolyzer or reformer to
  pump gas
• Low pressure efficient infrastructure
• cf 5,000 psi needs 27 primary energy to drive
  an electric compressor

• 10kg hydrogen dispenser being shipped to CA for
  testing
• Can also be connected to a fuel cell to provide
  electricity storage to buffer solar cells in a
  micro-grid

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Portable Clean Energy

• Portable Power
• TOHS can provide a full commercial solution
• TOHS demonstrated compliance with DOT shipping
  requirements

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Current Hydrogen Infrastructure

• Oil companies are major
• manufacturers of hydrogen
• Produced and used in refineries
• Typical refinery produces enough
• H2 to run 300,000 vehicles
• A few major H2 pipelines e.g. Ruhr
• Lowest cost is steam reforming
• methane (or coal)
• Bulk manufacture is cheaper than
• gasoline (per energy) _at_ 0.8 / kg
• This is 80c/gallon
• Fuel cell vehicles twice as efficient
• BUT distribution costs are higher

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A Practical Hydrogen Infrastructure
The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy
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• Thin film product is lightweight, flexible and
  18 foot long.
• We can produce 9 miles of solar cells material
  every 72 hours
• Recovers energy of production in 18 months cf
  3.5 years for crystalline

• UNI-SOLAR products are easier to install on
  commercial buildings requiring fewer man-hours
  for installation.

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Industrial roofing Applications
330kW membrane roofing at the Coca Cola plant in
Los Angeles, California.
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Further Roofing Applications
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Aesthetics do matter!
Cleanliness Convenience
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Thin-film Solar future is here today
Thin-film solaris seen as the solar technology
of the future.

• Shell Solar says the industry needs
• Savings on materials
• Increasing production volumes 30MW
• Automation of manufacturing completed
• Higher efficiency now at 8.5
• New generation of thin-film solar cell
• theyre here
• We are the sole mass-manufacturer of integrated
  roofing thin-film triple-junction amorphous
  silicon solar cells

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Next generation solar cells today!

• YESTERDAY Hydrogen as a fuel to launch
  satellites
• TOMORROW High Altitude self-powered airship
  carrying telecommunications and surveillance
  equipment.
• Lightweight solar panels give 6 month
• flight duration

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The Renewable hydrogen Delivery Chain
The Hydrogen Economy is emerging and ECD has the
necessary solutions for
Power Generation
Hydrogen Infrastructure
On-board Storage
Fuel Cells
Hybrid Batteries
Efficient Instant start Low-cost
Renewable Distributed Energy
Efficient, safe Storage and Transport of H2
Compact, safe High mileage H2 vehicles
High power Drivability Performance
we understand and address the entire hydrogen
energy value chain
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How not to sell electric vehicles
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Consumer Benefits of Fuel Cell Cars

• Silent
• Excellent torque pulling power traffic-light
  acceleration
• Not 2 x 2-wheel drive genuine 4-wheel drive
• 75 kW stationary, silent, pollution-free
  generator
• Engine off air conditioning / heating remote
  start-up
• Longevity
• Reliability
• Programmable driving characteristics genuine
  no-shift!

• Access on high pollution days
• Protect your kids health
• Guilt-free motoring
• Low fuel costs
• Local air quality
• Global warming

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High Torque does Sell
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Silence sells too!
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How can you use 75kW on-board silent power

• Cooler for your champagne or beer 1 kW
• Power tools for roadside maintenance 2-5 kW
• Power a ski or sled tow 5-10 kW
• Power your log cabin / trailer in Aspen 10 kW
• Beach barby ½ Roast Ox, heaters, disco, lights
  20 kW
• Power air conditioning for flower marquee in
  Houston 40 kW
• Melt the snow in your drive 75 kW
• Outdoor opera or rock concert 75 kW
• Outdoor Jacuzzi for 12 on snow slopes 75 kW
• Power the floodlights for the kids baseball
  series 30 kW
• Provide the power requirements of 5 homes in
  black-out
• Back-up power for your software company 150
  employees

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Tailgating Texas Style
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The Boonies New York Style
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Engine-off remote heating
How much will you pay for engine-off remote car
heating / air conditioning?
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Engine-off remote air conditioning
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Longevity can sell too
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We need to redefine Mobility
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End of Show
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Selling automatics
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Reliability can sell
Lets hear it for the dads. The ones who always
come through. They deserve a car that is as
dependable as they are.
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The Decarbonization Trend
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The Hydrogen Loop