Breakout Session on Fuels and Transportation

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1 May 15-16, 2013 Breakout Session on Fuels and Transportation GCEP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2012 STANFORD, CA Sally M. Benson Director, Global Climate and Energy Project Stanford University Richard Sassoon, Stanford University & Swaroop Sarangan, Reliance Industries OCTOBER 10, 2012 GLOBAL CHALLENGES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

2 Projections for Transportation and Fuels Demand for fuels in transportation is projected to grow markedly in the coming decades especially in the Developing World Advances in energy technologies in this area could have a significant impact on this growth GCEP has made scientific advances in a number of technical areas that could contribute to a changing energy demand in transportation Source: International Energy Outlook 2011, EIA

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5 Could enable onroad charging of electric vehicles allowing: Unlimited range Autonomous control GCEP RESEARCH IN ADVANCED TRANPORTATION WIRELESS ELECTRIC POWER TRANSFER TO MOVING VEHICLES Shanhui Fan, Stanford University Studies of wireless electric power transfer via resonant coupling of nonradiating magnetic fields Developed unique coil configurations that could be incorporated into the complex electromagnetic environment of a metallic vehicle on a roadway Results demonstrate potential of: High efficiency power transfer (>95% over 0.6 m) Robustness of the transfer in the presence of an external metal object. Factor of five reduction in the size of the coils and the number of coils in the roadway VNA

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7 - Challenges for the Developing World Materials Challenges Choice of Fuel E.g. Gasoline, diesel, ethanol, biodiesel, jet fuels, hydrogen, electricity, Feedstock Crude oil imports, Sugarcane, non-edible oil seeds, agricultaral residues, other renewables Processing Technology Current Status R&D Phase New Product Development Scale up Issues Efficiency Economics 7

8 - Challenges for the Developing World Potential Drivers Government Regulation and Policy Support Crop Development Fund Technology Development Support Product Rollout Energy Security Self-sufficiency Climate Mitigation Greenhouse Gas Reductions Environmentally friendly crops in wasted lands Rural Development Poverty Alleviation Quality of Life 8

9 - Questions Needs for breakthrough energy technologies What is the current status of the area in terms of energy technologies for the Developing World? What goals need to be met for energy technologies to have an impact in the Developing World? What are examples of Developing World energy needs in this area that could benefit from technology breakthroughs? 9

10 - Questions Criteria for their successful implementation What unique features and what barriers exist in the Developing World that would impact the success of an energy technology? What would make an energy technology successful in a Developing World setting? What would constitute a breakthrough? 10

11 - Questions Identification of opportunity areas in the Developing World What appear to be good matches between the energy technologies presented (and other known energy technologies) and the Developing World energy needs identified for this area? For what aspects of this area are there currently no technical solutions available for the Developing World? In which fields of this area are technology breakthroughs most desperately needed? 11

12 - Viewpoints Fuels Prefer cheaper, distributed, appropriate fuels - BTL, CTL, Diesel, Electricity, CNG/LNG, Petrol, DME, 2 nd generation biofuels, Auto LPG, biogas Need technology for affordable distributed plants for BTL, CTL, power and gas as per local resources. Engines New engines High efficiency, Sootless, Hybrid, Existing engines After engine catalytic converter for handling higher S diesel with lower emission's Use appropriate fuel in engines railways, tractors for higher fuel efficiency. 12

13 - Viewpoints Transport Mode Optimal transportation of goods across India Model to be developed. Integrated transport modeling with other energy system. Research Areas Pollution kits to assess the engine pollution. Traffic management models Predict traffic and transfer message to GPS Systems to feed data to Government for coordinating the traffic. 13