Matthew Klippenstein2012 Feb 26 (for EWB-SFU)

1. about me

2. about fuel cells

3. about Ballard

4. engineering @ Ballard

5. why I’m here

P A G E 3

about me

UBC chemical engineer(1992 to, uh, 1999)

12 years at Ballard

occasional playwright

avid dogsledder

P A G E 4

about fuel cells“a battery with an external fuel pack”

“an electrochemical analogue to the combustion engine”chemical, not electrochemical

P A G E 5

about fuel cells

Ballard does proton-exchange membrane fuel cells + milder conditions (most materials cheaper)

– lower electrical efficiency; needs platinum

1kW 100kW 1MW 10MW10kW

Tem

pera

ture

60C

6

00C

PEMFC

SOFC

MCFC (Fuel Cell Energy)

PAFC (United Technologies)

Applic

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ons

20

0C

1

20

0C

P A G E 6

about Ballard

Burnaby-based fuel cell maker

we used to do cars• late 90’s – Daimler and Ford bought stakes

• late 00’s – automotive half spun out

now: everything except cars

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about Ballard

…a stack for every size and setting…

System Integrators /

OEMs

Downstream Customers

Backup Power Supplemental Power

Material Handling

Bus Distributed Generation

1–10 kW 5–25 kW 100 kW MWOutput:

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about Ballard

yes, Ballard was once a tech bubble darling(more on that in a few slides)

“I’m the king of the world!!”

P A G E 9

engineering @ Ballard

Amy:coating Mani:

GDL’s

Ayesha:ink mixing

Matthew: overhead /

goes to meetings

Matthew: overhead /

goes to meetings

Sonia:documentationSonia:documentation

Yeng:QCR helpYeng:QCR help

J oanna:failure analysisJ oanna:failure analysis

Ron:manufacturing

It takes a village (of skill sets):

mech,

materials,

chem,

electrical,

software,

chemistry,

physics,

rheology,

and more…

(yellow indicates engineering fields)

P A G E 10

why I’m hereshameless plug: and you should be, too!

New mining companies usually go through:

- a speculative phase (stock peaks)

- a development phase (stock sags)

- a production phase (stock recovers)

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why I’m hereshameless plug: and you should be, too!

The same applies for tech companies.

New mining companies usually go through:

- a speculative phase (stock peaks)

- a development phase (stock sags)

- a production phase (stock recovers)

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why I’m hereshameless plug: and you should be, too!

Ballard had its speculative phase.

We’re finishing our development phase. (It took a long time)

Production is gradually ramping up. (At last!)

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why I’m here

not many people get to work at a leading company, in an industry, at this inflection point

the fuel cell sector is big enough that it won’t disappear – and small enough that you can still make your mark

admittedly, I’m biased – I’ve been working on this for 12 years

shameless plug: and you should be, too!