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SUMMARY
! Presentation of the company
Page 3
! Fuel cells
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! Advantages for working with us
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! Picture of the manufacturing process and plant
Page 9
! Creation of the different assembly lines
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! Production forecasts
Page 10
! Detailed production
Page 11, 12
! Treasury forecast planning
Page 13
! Personnel structure
Page 15
! The training
Page 16
! Program management program
Page 18
! Conclusion
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Presentation of the company
Goals of the company
! To be established in China and Asia
! To develop non polluting vehicles
! To develop new technologies and to establish them in zones with strong population
and pollution.
Our philosophy and our policy is the protection of environment. And as we enter a new
millennium, it is predicted that the global demand for energy and world wide vehicle use will
rise phenomenally. In order to conserve our energy resources, protect our environment, and
improve the quality of live, a technology is needed that is efficient enough to provide for the
world’s energy demands. A technology is needed that is versatile enough for cars, homes, and
power plants. A technology is needed which is clean enough to help reverse the damage to our
environment. That technology is fuel cells which are present in the different products of
Daimler Chrysler Ballard.
Who are we?
Daimler Chrysler has always been seen at the forefront of innovation, whether it be in
safety features such as ABS, or in fuel injection and engine management technology.
We are hereby emphasising its leadership in this field, too, and demonstrating that mobility
and the protection of environment and natural resources do not have to be mutually exclusive,
but can indeed be reconciled with each other.
Fuel cells technology opens up new opportunities for replacing the battery as medium
of on-board storage of electrical power, with its inherent disadvantages of short range and
heavy weight, by a system of board power generation. The principle of the fuel cell is very
simple and has been known for more than 150 years.
Soon, the Daimler Chrysler group should deliver the first urban buses functioning to
the fuel cell: noise-free and non-polluting technology. It deals with a world wide innovation
which presents a decisive step towards the use of a new energy.
Furthermore, the group invested a billion dollars between the first prototypes and the
first vehicles built in series (Cars and buses). During the six last years, Daimler Chrysler has
developed sixteen vehicles (cars, commercial vehicles or buses) using the fuel cell, that is to
say more than all our competitors joined together. To allow an introduction and a faster
diffusion of the models based on new technology, the group has decided to use as fuel, liquid
methanol. The system presented by Daimler Chrysler was developed within the framework of
cooperation with Ford and Ballard Power Systems of which Daimler Chrysler holds 25% of
the capital.
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Ballard Power System Presentation
Ballard Power Systems is recognized as the world leader in developing, manufacturing and
marketing of zero-emission PEM fuel cells for use in transportation, electricity generation and
portable power products.
Ballard Power Systems in Vancouver B.C, has for several years been developing a
lightweight fuel cell, the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) type.
Since beginning work with Ballard in 1993, we has produced five generations of prototype
passenger vehicles :NECAR 1,2,3,4 and 5 (the new vehicle functioning with a new concept : .
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) and we have developed a Bus named NEBUS (New
Electric Bus ). We continue to develop these products for the well-being of humanity and for
the environment.
Presentation of our different products
! Voltage 720 V
! Power 250 kWh
! 10 t k
Principle Features
! 34 seaters, plus 24
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Fuel Cell
A fuel cell generates electrical power by converting the chemical energy of a fuel
continuously into electrical energy by way of an electrochemical reaction, silently without
combustion. Fuel cells typically utilize hydrogen as the fuel and oxygen (usually from air) as
the oxidant in the electrochemical reaction. The reaction results in electricity, by-product
water, and by-product heat.
A fuel cell consist principally of two electrodes, the anode and the cathode, separated by a
polymer electrolyte membrane. Each of the electrodes is coated on one side with a platinumbased catalyst. Hydrogen fuel is fed into the anode and air enters through the cathode. In the
presence of the platinum catalyst, the hydrogen molecule splits into two protons and two
electrons. The electrons from the hydrogen molecule flow through an external circuit creating
an electrical current. Protons from the hydrogen molecule are transported through the polymer
electrolyte membrane and combine at the cathode with the electrons and oxygen from the air,
to form water and generate by-product heat.
Practical fuel cells comprise many cells of the type illustrated above, stacked in series to
generate useful voltages and power levels.
Fuel cell systems are attractive power generation devices because of their inherently high
efficiency; zero or very low noxious emissions; low noise; ability to utilize by-product heat
(cogeneration); and modularity of construction, allowing them to be manufactured in virtually
any size and even clustered to suit application requirements.
Different types of fuel cells
There are two different types of fuel cells: the alkaline fuel cell (AFC) and the acid fuel cell.
The alkaline fuel cells are based on the use of just one liquid electrolyte whereas the acid one
are using several electrolytes.
In a transportation context the use of liquid electrolyte is not recommended. That is why our
technology is based on the acid fuel cells.
The following table describes different types of acid fuel cells and their main characteristics.