Sally M. Benson Director, Global Climate and Energy Project

Stanford University

OCTOBER 10, 2012

GLOBAL CHALLENGES – GLOBAL SOLUTIONS – GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

GCEP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2012 | STANFORD, CA

May 15-16, 2013

Richard Sassoon,

Stanford University

&

Swaroop Sarangan,

Reliance Industries

Breakout Session

on Fuels and

Transportation

Projections for Transportation and Fuels

Source: International Energy Outlook 2011, EIA

• 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

GCEP RESEARCH IN ADVANCED TRANPORTATION

WIRELESS ELECTRIC POWER TRANSFER TO MOVING VEHICLES Shanhui Fan, Stanford University

• Could enable on-road charging of electric vehicles allowing: Unlimited range Autonomous

control

VNA

• 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

• Studies of wireless electric power transfer via resonant coupling of non-radiating magnetic fields

Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - 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

Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - 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

Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - 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?

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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?

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Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - 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?

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Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - Questions

Fuels

• Prefer cheaper, distributed, appropriate fuels - BTL, CTL, Diesel,

Electricity, CNG/LNG, Petrol, DME, 2nd 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.

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Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - 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.

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Fuels and Transportation Breakout Session - Viewpoints