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Introduction to speech given to SFU Surrey Campus Engineers Without Borders student club, Feb 2012.
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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
ati
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
P A G E 7
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:
P A G E 8
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)
P A G E 11
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)
P A G E 12
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!)
P A G E 13
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!