Rich: How about an overview talk at the complex (wedtech? friday innovation?) on the state of the high efficiency energy world? There seems a lot going but I don't study your reports enough to get The Big Picture!
-- Owen On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Rich Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > updated video December 5, 2011 > > remarkably efficient thermo electric conversion Sterling cycle > acoustic compression device, Etalim Inc.: Rich Murray 2011.12.30 > > "Very high efficiency -- almost twice the efficiency of other small engines > Operation from any available heat source or fuel > Zero mechanical friction or wear > Zero maintenance over an operating life of many decades > Very low cost - simple architecture using standard materials and > production processes > Micro-CHP Application > > Micro Combined Heat and Power systems..." > > "Etalim plans to provide second-generation TEG engines to developers > and integrators of renewable power projects. The Etalim innovation > provides the lowest cost of generated electricity and the availability > of solar energy is well matched to peak electrical demand...." > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyCZP3BsEHY > > 2:29 minutes > Uploaded by electronker on Dec 5, 2011 > Etalim Inc. > > > http://www.etalim.com/news.php > > June 2011: Etalim awarded Most Promising Pre-commercial Technology > 2011 by the BC Technology Industry Association > > February 2011: Etalim grows to 10 employees and relocates to larger > facilities in Vancouver, BC. > > January 2011: Etalim is featured in the prestigious MIT Technology Review . > > July 2010: Etalim is awarded a $2.2 million grant from Sustainable > Development Technology Canada. > > January 2010: Etalim successfully completes the maiden run of the TEG > prototype. > > October 2009: Etalim receives a third round of R&D grant funding from > the NRC-IRAP program. > > September 2009: Etalim is awarded 2nd prize for most promising > startup, out of 180 competitors in the BC Innovation Council New > Ventures BC competition. Etalim also receives the BC Hydro > Sustainability Prize. > > March 2006: Etalim is founded. > > > Address Etalim Inc. > 62 West 8th Avenue > Suite 400 > Vancouver, BC V5Y 1M7 > Canada > Phone (604) 566-3487 > Email [email protected] > > > Amos Michelson, M.B.A., B.S. Electrical Engineering > Chairman > > Amos Michelson is Chairman of three high-tech start-ups and Director > in an additional five high-tech companies in the areas of life > sciences, energy, and Web 2.0. Mr. Michelson was CEO of Creo, Inc. > from June 1995 until Kodak purchased Creo for C$ 1.2 Billion in May > 2005. Prior to joining Creo, he was CEO of Opal Inc., a > semi-conductor equipment company, and prior to this Mr. Michelson was > Chief Operating Officer of Optrotech Ltd., a developer and > manufacturer of optical and imaging systems for the electronics > industry. > > Amos Michelson holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford > Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical > Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. > > Amos Michelson is a past member of the Premier’s Technology Council > and in 1999 was named Entrepreneur of the Year, along with Dan > Gelbart, by Ernst & Young. In 2005, Mr. Michelson was named the > “BCTIA Person of the Year”, an award presented to an individual who > has made an outstanding contribution to the technology industry during > the year. > > > Ron Klopfer, M.B.A., B.S. Electrical Engineering > CEO > > Mr. Klopfer is an experienced technology entrepreneur and manager, > having co-founded, financed and managed three successful technology > startups over the past eight years, two of which have been acquired by > larger companies to generate strong returns to seed-stage venture > investors. Mr. Klopfer has also consulted to various technology > companies on market strategy, sales, mergers and operations. Mr. > Klopfer's technology sales and business development background > originates in the Silicon Valley, where his sales team doubled a large > sales region and key Fortune-500 account revenues for a hardware > manufacturer. Mr. Klopfer holds an MBA in technology marketing from > Queen's University, and a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from the > University of British Columbia. > > > Dr. Thomas W. Steiner, PhD > Chief Scientist > > After graduating with a PhD in experimental physics from Simon Fraser > University in 1986 Dr. Steiner spent a year and a half at IBM’s T.J. > Watson research lab before returning to British Columbia and > eventually working at Creo (later to become a division of Kodak). At > Creo he provided technical leadership and many of the core ideas in > the development of several world beating products including Creo’s > first thermal laser exposure head, an optical cross-connect switch and > a continuous inkjet printing head. Dr. Steiner held the position of > principal physicist at Kodak before founding Etalim to pursue his > interest in energy related topics. He is the author of more than 30 > papers in peer reviewed journals and the holder of nine patents with > at least six more pending. > > > Briac de Chardon, P.Eng. > Engineering Project Manager & Business Development Analyst > > Mr. de Chardon obtained a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the > University of Victoria in 1999. He spent over six years working at > Creo (later Kodak) in product development roles and ink jet research. > In 2005 he then moved to start-up company Vectis Technologies to > commercialize plate processing technology. Mr. de Chardon joined > Etalim in 2006. > > > Core Innovation > > Etalim Inc. is developing new and groundbreaking technology that > converts any fuel or heat source to electricity, with extraordinary > efficiency and simplicity. The Etalim TEG device is elegant, > straightforward to manufacture, and inexpensive. Etalim's unique TEG > platform has several addressable markets, such as utility-scale solar > power, cogeneration/CHP, and auxiliary/rural/telecom power generation. > Etalim plans to manufacture and sell TEG devices to system OEMs within > our target markets. > > The Etalim TEG can achieve an extraordinary set of performance > breakthroughs: > > Very high efficiency - almost twice the efficiency of other small engines > Operation from any available heat source or fuel > Zero mechanical friction or wear > Zero maintenance over an operating life of many decades > Very low cost - simple architecture using standard materials and > production processes > Micro-CHP Application > > Micro Combined Heat and Power systems are essentially a home heating > furnace or boiler that produces electricity in addition to heat. > Conventional grid electricity generation is highly inefficient, with > as little as 35% of the energy in the fuel burned in the power plant > becoming electricity in the home. The rest of the energy is wasted as > heat in the power station, with a small amount lost in transmission > across the grid. Micro-CHP systems use natural gas (or other fuels) to > generate electricity at the point of demand, with very high > efficiency. This is possible because waste heat from electricity > generation is captured and used within the home. Micro-CHP offers > homeowners several hundred dollars in energy bill savings per year, > with approximately five-year payback of equipment cost. Utilities and > governments are strongly advocating micro-CHP because it can increase > overall power generation capacity without expensive capital equipment > and transmission investment, while reducing the carbon footprint of an > average home by 1 tonne per year or more. > > The micro-CHP market is young, with first-generation products becoming > available in 2009 and 2010. Europe and Asia are the main markets, due > to the large spread between retail electricity and gas prices and the > prevalence of hydronic boilers (technically simpler for micro-CHP than > forced-air furnaces in North America). Every major home heating > manufacturer in Europe is now pursuing micro-CHP. There are very > strong regulatory incentives in place for micro-CHP, particularly in > the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan. The micro-CHP system > market is expected to be worth $1 billion by 2014, and to ultimately > capture 30-40% of the $11 billion annual market for home heating > boilers. > > Etalim plans to produce and sell the TEG engine to established OEM > boiler manufacturers who will design and market a complete micro-CHP > product around the TEG. Current micro-CHP products use > Internal-Combustion, Rankine or Stirling engines for electricity > generation. While these engines are somewhat mature, they are > relatively expensive and inefficient at electricity production. Future > micro-CHP designs envision fuel cells as the prime mover. Fuel cells > are efficient, but are also very expensive and complex at the system > level. The Etalim TEG offers the high efficiency of a fuel cell, with > the simplicity and reliability of a Stirling engine - at lower cost > than either. > > Solar Power Application > > The Etalim TEG is well suited to utility-scale solar power generation. > An Etalim-based solar power system will be comprised of a solar > concentrating dish, 3m in diameter, that tracks the sun and > concentrates sunlight onto our proprietary TEG. A 10 MW power plant > based on the Etalim dish/TEG system would consist of an array of > dishes 60 wide and 60 deep. > > 5000 GW of new electric generation capacity will be required worldwide > over the next 20 years, at a cost of $4.2 trillion. Independent > estimates of the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) market, all of which > is addressable by Etalim, suggest $300 Billion in solar power > generation investment through 2030. Twenty-nine American states, > India, China and the EU are all drafting renewable energy directives, > typically requiring 20% of total electricity to come from renewable > sources, such as solar, by 2020. > > Etalim plans to provide second-generation TEG engines to developers > and integrators of renewable power projects. The Etalim innovation > provides the lowest cost of generated electricity and the availability > of solar energy is well matched to peak electrical demand. From our > analysis of expected future system costs using uniform assumptions for > both alternative technologies and for Etalim, we expect to be able to > dominate based on a cost of generation that is lower than even > coal-fired generation. The Etalim cost advantage will lead to an even > larger profit advantage. > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Aussie Guy E-Cat > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32267/ > > Video here: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43jv00l7pa0&feature=player_embedded > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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