Hybrid Fuel Cell / Solar Systems for Long Duration Remote Power
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Hybrid Fuel Cell / Solar Systems for Long Duration Remote Power November 5, 2015 Remote Monitoring and Control Conference What We’ll Explore Remote Power: Solar Works Great – When It’s Sunny Who Who Is Protonex, and Why Do We Care? The Challenge With Solar What’s A Fuel Cell? The Double Hybrid: Solar + Battery + Fuel Cell Path Forward © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 1 Solar Power: The Savior For Remote Locations Remote Sensing Communications Relays Dark Railroad © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 2 The Challenge: Winter! Few to no daylight hours Snow-covered Snow covered panels: nobody to clean them PV arrays grow exponentially with latitude © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 3 Who Is Protonex? Leading producer of portable power solutions for the US military – Intelligent hybrid Power Managers – Fuel cell power systems Subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems – Leader in PEM fuel cell technology © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 4 Why Do We Care? For our soldiers and Marines, remote power is a matter of life and death. – Man-carried (man-packable) – Vest integrated (man-wearable) – Vehicle-carried (man-luggable) The power must stay on – no matter what! © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 5 So Back To The Problem. How About A Generator? Hmmmmmmm…. © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 6 What About A Fuel Cell? Acts like a generator: – Fuel In – Power Out Except: – No rotating engine – No motor oil – No noise – No fumes PEM: Mature & available SOFC: Hydrocarbon fuels © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 7 PEM Fuel Cells: Hydrogen, Methanol http://ballard.com/power-products/stationary-systems/ © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 8 ElectraGenTM Hydrogen and Methanol Systems ElectraGen H2 Hydrogen 1.7kW module Indoor 19”rack Battery 5.0kW module Outdoor enclosure Ultra-cap Dry contacts Cold weather kit Inverter Remote comm. H2 cabinet SNMP interface Up to 30kW configuration Methanol (Hydroplus®) CE & ANSI/CSA certifications 2.5kW module ElectraGen ME 5.0kW module Outdoor enclosure Rooftop kit* External tank ((*USA) USA) Modem Cold weather kit Battery Sensor -40C to +46C operation Up to 15kW configuration http://ballard.com/power-products/stationary-systems/ © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 9 SOFC Fuel Cells: Propane, Butane, Diesel, JP-8 © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 10 The Fuel Cell Challenge: Fuel Hydrogen – Readily available (welding supplies everywhere) – Transported by licensed carriers – Relatively obscure – not well understood or accepted Methanol – High purity needed (custom mixed and packaged) – Transported by licensed carriers Propane – Readily available in most locations (Home Depot, gas supply) – Small amounted consumer transported – Inexpensive Diesel Fuel – Readily available – Small amounted consumer transported – Inexpensive – Subject to theft © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 11 The Fuel Cell Challenge: Fuel Hydrogen – Readily available (welding supplies everywhere) – Transported by licensed carriers – Relatively obscure – not well understood or accepted Methanol – High purity needed (custom mixed and packaged) – Transported by licensed carriers Propane – Readily available in most locations (Home Depot, gas supply) – Small amounted consumer transported – Inexpensive Diesel Fuel – Readily available – Small amounted consumer transported – Inexpensive – Subject to theft © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 12 The Double Hybrid: Best of Both Worlds Solar during the Summer Size arrays for Spring/Autumn Fuel Cell takes over during extended cloud cover or winter Fuel © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 13 Integration is Key Selecting and sizing the PV array Selecting Selecting and sizing the fuel cell Selecting and sizing the battery Power management: tying it all together Monitoring and control © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 14 Trial Results – P200i Installation in Vermont Powering remote weather monitor Propane fuel cell supplementing small mast-mounted solar array Winter 2015 trial ran to completion: 100% Uptime 18% Fuel Cell Duty Cycle 250 Watt Fuel Cell 55 Watts average load Customer declared trial successful, and is ordering additional units. units © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 15 Path Forward – P200i Complete Trial Stage: – Customers with high-value applications – Environmentally challenging sites – Opex more important than Capex General Availability – Typically involves complete power package Solar (existing or new) Fuel Cell Battery System (existing or new) Power management, monitoring and data Siting and installation Environmental E i t lh hardening d i / enclosures l – Sometimes fuel cell only © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 16 TM Path Forward - ElectraGen TM ElectraGen TM ME and ElectraGen H2 commercially available today. Immediate Immediate systems integration / design, or Supplement existing solar applicaitons © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 17 Questions? Contact info: http://ballard.com/power-products/stationary-systems/ http://www.protonex.com/products/p200i/ phil.robinson@protonex.com 508-490-9960 x229 © 2015 Protonex Technology Corp. All rights reserved. 18
