electric airplanes, fuel cells and beyond with james dunn
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ELECTRIC AIRPLANES, FUEL CELLS AND BEYOND with James Dunn. James Dunn, CEO of the NASA Center for Technological Commercialization (www.ctc.org) prides himself in being able to find funding for energy inventors, even on a large scale. Jim recently participated in helping with the Tour de Sol car race and many other projects, including hydrogen fuel cell developments. Jim is also the first person to run a plane using a fuel cell. James Dunn, who is Chief Technology Officer for the Center for Technological Commercialization, gave two presentations. The first was an overview of all aspects of hydrogen, its advantages and disadvantages. He has tracked the fuel cell industry very closely, and has installed a fuel cell in an airplane himself. However, his assessment of the feasibility of fuel cells is not favorable for the near term. It is still far too expensive to be practical. Honda's FCX concept fuel-cell vehicle, for example, has a sticker price of Yen $100 Million (US $859,000)TRANSCRIPT
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Hydrogen Production from Waste Heat
Reaction Sciences, Inc.
OCT 2005
Sponsored by CTC, Inc.
J. Dunn 508-870-0042
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New H2 Generation Process Overview
V- Process + Thermochemical Hydrogen process converts medium-grade heat (450-500C)
and water to hydrogen.
+ Recover waste heat from power generation to increase overall efficiency of power plant.
+ Hydrogen for refineries from the waste heat from refineries
+ Solar energy, waste heat from power plants, and waste gases can all be used as the heat energy source.
+ Makes hydrogen at very high efficiency and extremely Low Cost, using NO FUEL, with NO EMISSIONS.
+ Integrated cycle with fuel cell can produce hydrogen from sunlight at unprecedented high efficiency (40% vs. 15% PV).
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VCl3REGEN./H2 GEN.
VCl3DECOMP.
VCl3
HYDROGENOUT
VCl2
REVERSEDEACON
OXYGENOUT
HCl –O2
SEP.
H20IN
HCl + O2
Cl2
HCl
HEAT
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The V-Process comprises 4 steps:
1. Heating to ~420oC decomposes vanadium trichloride into vanadium dichloride and chlorine gas:
VCl3 + Heat VCl2 + Cl2
2. Chlorine gas is reacted with steam to produce hydrochloric acid + oxygen (Reverse Deacon Reaction):
Cl2 + 2H2O (steam) 4HCl + O2
3. Hydrochloric acid and oxygen are separated.
4. HCl is reacted with vanadium dichloride from Step 1 to produce vanadium trichloride (which returns to Step 1),
and Generates Hydrogen:
VCl2 + HCl VCl3 + H2
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V-ProcessThermochemical Hydrogen Production – Convert any source of heat
(approx. 400 C or better) to hydrogen and oxygen
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Power Plants: Use the waste heat from power plants (an extremely abundant resource)
to make cheap hydrogen.
+THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
POWER PLANTWASTE HEAT
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Cost & Environmental Comparisons1 Gigawatt Plant
V- Process
• Plant Cost $120M• Ops expense $0.25/kg
• Fuel Cost = 0
• Gas Consumption = 0
• CO2 Emissions = 0
Steam Reform Nat’l Gas• Plant Cost $120 million• Ops Expense $0.20/kg
• Fuel Cost $7.50/Mcf H2 30 year Fuel cost $ 22B
• 30 year Gas consumption 720 Billion Cu Ft• 30 year CO2 emissions
> 40 million tons
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THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
POWER PLANTWASTE HEAT
48% Efficient Power Plant Use Hydrogen and oxygen as fuel on-site
Electricity out at 48% conversion efficiency
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THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGENTo Refinery
OXYGEN
COMBUSTIBLE PROCESS WASTE GASES & other heat
RefineriesAll refineries are net consumers of Hydrogen. It has to be made from fossil feedstocks or purchased from a merchant gas vendor. With the v-Process the refinery could make the needed hydrogen from its own waste heat. The oxygen has value too.
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THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
CONCENTRATING SOLARTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY
Solar Thermal to Hydrogen and Oxygen for Sunny regionsCan use Concentrating Solar Thermal technology – even already-commercial trough technology (shown) to convert sunlight directly into hydrogen. Hydrogen can be produced at low cost, and at very high efficiency.
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THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
RECYCLED THERMAL ENERGY / STEAM
SOLID OXIDEFUEL CELL
ELECTRICITY
70%EFFICIENCY
If Solid Oxide Fuel Cells become economical, thenCan be integrated with high-temperature fuel cells, including thermal integration, to convert fuel into electricity at ~70% efficiencies instead of 45-50% for SOFC
Fuel Source in
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THERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
CONCENTRATING SOLARTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY RECYCLED THERMAL
ENERGY / STEAM
SOLID OXIDEFUEL CELL
ELECTRICITY
50%EFFICIENCY
Solar + SOFC = 50% conversion to electricity from SunlightCan be integrated with high-temperature fuel cells, including thermal integration, to convert sunlight to electricity at unprecedented efficiencies. ONLY INPUT IS SUNLIGHT - Water is recycled
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Markets and Competition
• 1st Process to use waste heat to make H2 and O2 from water at $0.35/kg H2
• Lowers cost of hydrogen for all uses• Produces hydrogen far cheaper =$0.35/kg (Currently $2-7)• About $700 billion / year in hydrogen values from gas
turbines alone, worldwide• Additional value for Oxygen sales • Low CapEx (About the same as a MSR Plant)• Can use solar photon energy (PV) as well as Heat• Can be used on site, for energy recovery• No infrastructure requirements
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Summary• Only Thermochemical Process to work
economically on waste heat (450-500C)• Annual markets > $ 1 trillion• Improves Efficiency of Power plants,
refineries and any other large source of heat• Produces hydrogen cheaper than any other
method – NO FUEL, NO EMISSIONS• Predictable future product (H2)cost
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Project Schedule
Phase I--Demonstrate ThreeReactions Separately
Phase II --Integrate Reactions
Phase III -- GenerateHydrogen (equivalent of 1kw)
Phase IV --Design/EngineerPlot Application (250KW)
Phase V --Construction
Phase VI -- Operation
Months From Funding
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV
Phase V
Phase VI
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Development Needs
• Seeking $3.0 million Total• Funding By Phase
– Phase I 350k– Phase II 250k– Phase III 500k– Phase IV & V 1750k– Phase VI 150k– TOTAL $3M
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