AEE SoCal Meeting Sasha Braun, Founder Richard Dash, Cofounder sasha@aluminaenergy.com dash@aluminaenergy.com www.aluminaenergy.com
The magnitude of the problem - Pollution was responsible for about 9 million premature deaths in 2015—16% of all deaths worldwide. - Pollution causes three times more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined, and 15x more deaths than from all wars and other forms of violence. In the most severely affected countries, pollution related diseases are - responsible for more than one death in four (over 25%). 1. P . J. Landrigan et al.,” The Lancet Commission on pollution and health,” www.thelancet.com Published online October 19, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32345-0 2. Burden of disease from Ambient Air Pollution for 2012, World Health Organization, 2013 Confidential
The Challenge – Alternatives to Fossil Fuels solar and wind energy are the only renewable resources available in sufficient quantity to meet the world’s energy needs References available upon request Confidential
The Challenge – Solar and Wind Energy is Intermittent Source: State of Charge Report Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative http://energystorage.org/system/files/attachments/ma_storage_study.final_w5768299x7ac2e.pdf Confidential
The Challenge – Renewable Intermittency Causes Curtailment wind and solar curtailment totals by month in California Source: CAISO Curtailment Report 2018 http://www.caiso.com/informed/Pages/ManagingOversupply.aspx Confidential
The Challenge – Fossil Fuel Combustion for Heating and Cooling Over 95% of thermal energy is generated from combustion of fossil fuels Source: available upon request Confidential
Our Objective & Solutions Our goal is to develop renewable energy storage and generation systems to replace the combustion of fossil fuels in the commercial, industrial and utility sectors - Electric Energy Storage System - 24/7 Solar Energy Per Demand System - Renewable Thermal Energy Storage and Generation Confidential
Our Solution - Renewable Thermal Energy Storage & Generation System Discharge Component (Boiler or Heat Exchanger) Charge Power Air @ 850 o C Air @ 700 o C Heater Steam, Hot Water, Cooling Electricity Discharging Charging APB-TES APB-TES Blower Blower System Specifications Air @ 150 o C Round Trip Efficiency ~75-85% zero emission thermal energy at Levelized Energy Cost $5/MMBTU - $8/MMBTU HALF the cost heat pumps, Charge and Discharge Flexible, Per Demand electric boilers, and natural gas Lifecycle 30 years End Use Applications Steam, Hot Water, Cooling Confidential
Our Solution – Electricity Energy Storage System Charge Power Air @ 850 o C Air @ 700 o C Heater Electricity Power Cycle (Steam Turbine and Generator) Charging Discharging APB-TES APB-TES Blower Blower Air @ 150 o C System Specifications energy storage at HALF the Current: 50-55% Round Trip Efficiency Future: 65-75% cost of batteries and pumped Levelized Energy Cost of Storage $0.05/kWhe - $0.10/kWhe hydro storage Charge and Discharge Flexible, Per Demand Lifecycle 30 years Confidential
A Breakthrough Electric Energy Storage System Enabled By APB-TES Technology APB-TES Enables A Breakthrough in Energy Storage Cost Reduction Alumina Energy Electric Energy Storage System Future Systems Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 2014 Confidential
Alumina Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage (APB-TES) Technology Flexible Capacity MWh - GWh $10-25/kWh (th) High Energy Density 135- 421 kWh/m3 Flexible Charge & Discharge 100 - 1,000 o C Applications Electric & Even Thermal thermal dispersion Applications during flow Infrared Image of Storage Flow Confidential
Alumina Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage Prototypes Confidential
Other APB-TES Applications - Single Cycle Gas Turbine - Waste Heat Recovery (100-1,000 o C) - Combined Cycle Gas Turbine - Combined Heat & Power - District Heating Confidential
Energy Energy Charge Maturity Capacity Charge Temp. Efficiency Cost Storage Type Density Adaptability 135-421 Electric & APB-TES 100-1,000 o C Pre-Commercial Flexible 95% $10-25 kWh(th) kWh/m 3 Thermal 100 kW-50 $10-30 Hot Water TES 60-80 kWh/m 3 20 o C Commercial 95% Thermal MW kWh(th) 100 kW-50 $10-30 Ice TES 100 kWh/m 3 Commercial -6 to -3 o C 90% Electric MW kWh(th) Molten Salt 75-100 10 MW – 250 $30-45 Commercial Under 600 o C 75-95% Thermal kWh/m 3 MW kWh(th) TES 75-100 Pre- 1 MW – 250 Thermal & $20-25 Concrete TES Under 600 o C 75-95% kWh/m 3 Commercial MW Electric kWh(th) Siemens Future Alumina Energy Energy Nest Energy System APB-TES 80% Lower Concrete Blocks Operational Packed Bed Rocks Packed Bed Alumina Ceramic Cost Max Temp. 600 o C Max. Temp. 600 o C Max Temp. 1,000 o C 50% Lower 60,000lbs per MWh@ 20,000 lbs per MWh @ Capital Cost 600 o C 600 o C 13,228 lbs per MWh@ 600 o C Confidential
Company overview • Founded in 2015 • Over $2,500,000 invested in technology development from DOE, NSF, NRC • 6 granted patents and 1 pending patent with national and international filings • 2 business executives & 5 PhD engineers • Exclusive Technology License & Partnership from The City College of New York Confidential
Our Team Dr. Jacob Karni, Advisor Richard Dash, CEO & Cofounder 30 years of global experience as executive consultant and Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota facilitator with senior leadership teams of fortune 100 and 500 Professor Weizmann Institute of Science companies. Industry Expert Sasha Braun, COO & Founder Dr. Jeffery F. Morris, Advisor 8 years of experience in hardware technology commercialization and start up development. Previously Ph.D. Chemical Engineering California Institute of managed commercialization for a $20M portfolio of SBIR/STTR Technology R&D projects at RadiaBeam Technologies. Current Advisor to Professor City College of New York Cazcanes Tequila. Completed NIH I-Corps program in 2016 and Power Bridge NY I-Corps program in 2019. Director Levich Institute Dr. Hitesh Bindra, Inventor & Advisor Dr. Pablo Bueno, Inventor & Advisor Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering University of Texas at Austin, Professor Kansas State University Industry Expert – Westinghouse, Caterpillar, eSolar Sr. Researcher Southwest Research Institute Confidential
Development Timeline & Traction 2016-2017 2008-2012 2018 2013-2014 2015 2019 Saint-Gobain NOVA Strategic partner development & CCNY $1.3M DOE Discussions with Alumina Energy PowerBridge NY I-Corps Innovation project development SunShot grant CCNY begin founded. Boot Camp Cohort 6 Competition Finalist project awarded APB-TES product development Exclusive option Alumina Energy LACI Energy Innovator Argonne Chain Two prototype agreement for signed exclusive Cohort 3 Stora Enso Vertical VC Reactions Innovation systems built and technology signed technology license Accelerator Competition Finalist Competition Finalist tested agreement with Joins Colorado Cleantech CCNY RTE Smart Innovation Association Challenge Finalist PortTech LA Pitch Semi-Finalist Confidential
APB-TES Technical Publications 1. M.E. Skuntz, D. Perera, J.E. Maneval, J.D. Seymour, R. Anderson, Melt-front propagation and velocity profiles in packed beds of phase-change materials measured by magnetic resonance imaging, Chemical Engineering Science 190 (2018) 164-172 2. M.M.S. Al-Azawii, C. Theade, M. Danczyk, E. Johnson, R. Anderson, Experimental study on the cyclic behavior of thermal energy storage in an air-alumina packed bed, Journal of Energy Storage, 18C (2018) 239-249. 3. E. Johnson, L. Bates, A. Dower, P .C. Bueno, R. Anderson, Thermal energy storage with supercritical carbon dioxide in a packed bed of alumina: modeling charge- discharge cycles, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 137 (2018) 57-65. 4. F. I. Valentin, R. Anderson, M. Kawaji, Experimental investigation of convection heat transfer in high pressure and high temperature gas flows, Journal of Heat Transfer 139 (2017) 091704-1. 5. R. Anderson, L. Bates, E. Johnson, J.F. Morris, Packed bed thermal energy storage: A simplified experimentally validated model, Journal of Energy Storage, 4, 2015 6. H. Bindra, P . Bueno, & J.F. Morris, Sliding flow method for exergetically efficient packed bed thermal storage, Applied Thermal Engineering, 64, 2014 7. H. Bindra, P .Bueno, J.F. Morris & R. Shinnar, Thermal analysis and exergy evaluation of packed bed thermal storage systems, Applied Thermal Engineering, 52, 2013 8. R. Anderson, S. Shiri, H. Bindra & J. F. Morris, Experimental Results and Modeling of Energy Storage and Recovery in a Packed Bed of Alumina Particles, Accepted to Applied Energy, to appear 2014 9. Shinnar, R. Citro, F., “Solar Thermal Energy: The forgotten energy source,” Elsevier, Technology in Society 29 (2007) 10.Reuel Shinnar, Francesco Citro., “A Road Map to the Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy Mix, The Potential Impact of Concentrated Solar Power,” The Clean Fuels Institute, City College of New York (2006) 11.Shinnar, R., "The Rise and Fall of Luz”, ChemTech, 23, 50-53, (1993). (for solar energy) 12.Shinnar, R. "The Energy Crisis in Perspective", Chem. Tech. (1975) 13.Shinnar, R, "Net Energy or Energy Analysis", Symposium on Economics of Natural Resources, The City College of New York (1975) Confidential
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