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Ammonia Flow Battery for Renewable Energy Storage
Jack C. SwearengenChief Scientist
AetheraWindtoGreen LLC
Renewable Energy Solutions
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Our VisionAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
Imagine a world where:…energy demand and supply are always in balance…electric power is from renewable sources…the aging infrastructure could be decommissioned
Our BusinessAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
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Why should anyone care?Moving away from fossil fuels is important.Off-grid power more prevalent 3
Designing and building energy storage for futureMicrogrids and Distributed Systems
Renewable energy
Centralized powerproduction
Fossil Fuel
Hybrid and electric vehicles
Surplus NH3
Microgrid
Smart energy system control and storage
Cogeneration
Energy storage from air based on a carbon-free molecule: ammonia (NH3)
GE Look ahead, 2015
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Our TeamAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
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Jack SwearengenChief Scientist
Matt KernEngineer-Scientist
Pete SwearengenCEO
• William Even, PhD Chemistry• Kenell Touryan, PhD Plasma Physics• Willard Richards, PhD Physical Chemistry
Jim KennonElectrical Engineer
Advisory Team
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Market OpportunityAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
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$800B
EOS Energy Storage
The Ammonia Solution
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Ammonia is one Nitrogen (N) atom and three Hydrogen (H) atoms, NH3
Ammonia can be synthesized from air and water
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Fuel cell technology can be adapted to recover the stored energy in
ammonia as electricity.
Ammonia storage is easier and safer than Hydrogen gas
The Ammonia Cycle is carbon-free!
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Storage
Production
TransportH2 NH3
The Ammonia Solution
Bartels, J. R. (2008). A feasibility study of implementing an Ammonia Economy. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Graduate College.
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Composite Ammonia Fuel BatteryAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
To Grid
Air-Separation
Unit
Electrolyzer
Non-Thermal Plasma Reactor
NH3 Storage
NH3 Splitter + H2 Fuel Cell
NH3 Direct Fuel Cell
Electrical FlowMass Flow
RenewableEnergy
NTP Target: 100 g NH3/kWh
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Business ModelAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
DEVELOPMENTAL STEPS
– Performance-focused Research• With university and industrial partners
• In our own lab
– Operational Prototype (small scale)
– 1st-Tier Demonstration (750 kWh nominal)
– Duty-Cycle Stabilization (outlast the alternatives)
– Strategic Customer Installation (pilot)
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Strategic RelationshipsAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
• University Research: UMN, CalTech, UCI
• Laboratory Research: DOE National Labs, industry
• AASI: Stranded wind farm North Palm Springs
• Ammonia Fuel Association
• Testing Labs: Cal Poly, DOE Labs, WSU,
(SoCoNexus?)
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CompetitionAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
Capital Cost per Unit Power ($/kW)
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Hills to climbAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
• Better catalysts
• IP: Patent filing and licensing
• Permitting
• Over-promised “green tech”
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Use of ProceedsAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
PAST– Conoco Phillips Energy Prize– Sweat Equity (~$100K labor, $20K cash)
NOW– $1,000 – Ammonia Fuel Conference 2015– $7,000 – Parts for Bench top NTP Reactor
Near-term– Storage for distributed systems and microgrids
Longer-Term– Grid-scale renewable energy storage and recovery is a multi-million
dollar development effort.– Improved NTP Catalyst– Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell
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Thank You!
Jack C. SwearengenChief Scientist
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Extra charts
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Electric Power Distribution TodayAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
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The Future of Electric Power AetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
Renewable Energy Grid Storage Microgrids for local and under-served markets
Displacing costly and aging infrastructure
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AetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
•Mix of Energy Sources
• Growing Renewable Energy Share
•Microgrids for local & under-served markets
• Displacing costly & aging infrastructure
• Smart Grid & Energy Storage
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Energy storage
• The energy storage market in North America
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Performance EconomicsAetheraWindtoGreen LLCRenewable energy solutions
“Performance Economics” is the tech-hurdle of energy storage
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The Ammonia Solution• Ammonia is one Nitrogen atom and three Hydrogen
atoms, NH3.• Ammonia can be synthesized from air and water.• W2G is proposing a Non Thermal Plasma (NTP)
reactor to synthesize Ammonia.• Fuel cell technology can be adapted to recombine the
three Hydrogen atoms with atmospheric Oxygen and recover the stored energy as electricity.
• Ammonia storage is easier/safer than Hydrogen gas. • The Ammonia cycle is carbon free!
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