PRESENTATION OF HEXAGON COMPOSITES

Patrick Breuer
Hannover, 26th April 2016

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THE TECHNOLOGY GROUP
HEXAGON COMPOSITES

High Pressure Area

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EXPANDING INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

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LEADING SINCE 1963
OPERATING INCOME
NOK MILLION
2016
Established a separate business
unit for Hydrogen storage and
transportation systems.

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HEXAGON IS WELL POSITIONED ACROSS
THE HYDROGEN VALUE CHAIN

• Hexagon is currently offering composite Hydrogen tanks for a wide

range of applications

Hexagon Offering

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OVERVIEW OF HYDROGEN ACTIVITIES IN
HEXAGON COMPOSITES ASA

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 BATTERY + FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
NEEDED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
Fuel Range Advantages

Electricity
Fill time: 4-10 hours • Best for short range
Station fills: 1-3 cars/day miles on a charge (2013 Nissan
75
Leaf and Ford Focus Electric) • Home refueling
300 (Tesla)
• No tailpipe emission

Hydrogen • Range as traditional fuel

Fill time: 5-7 min • Fill time as traditional fuel
Station fills: 50+cars/day
310 (2014 Toyota Fuel Cell) • Lower weight and volume1
372 (2015 Hyundai Fuel Cell) • Lower investment1
• No tailpipe emission
• Potentially lower overall emissions
• No reduced efficiency in cold climate

1 Assuming comparable range

Sources: FuelEconomy.gov, C.E.Thomas, PhD, H2Gen Innovations, Inc

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 TRANSPORTATION CONCEPT

H2STORE
Hydrogen transportation and storage modules

Renewable H2 H2 refueling
energy production station
input

H2 H2

• Wind • Refueling stations

• Solar • Other users of H2
• Hydro

H2 Flow of Hydrogen through the renewable value chain

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TRANSPORT MODULE
ADR:
The ADR solution for Europe European Agreement
concerning the International
• Type 4 gas transportation module Carriage of Dangerous
• Fast exchange of SWAP bodies Goods by Road
• Capacity adjustable to customer demands

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TECHNICAL DATA - SMARTSTORE®

• Typical concept consists of 40

cylinders. (Water volume 18 000L)
• Capacity for 320 kg H2.
• Operating pressure 250 bar.
• Length of each module: 20’’ (~ 6m)
• Collaboration with different suppliers
for the frame (container) in Europe

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TECHNICAL DATA – TITAN® TRAILERS
TITAN® 5 MAGNUM TRAILERS
• 5 TITAN® tanks + 9 TUFFSHELL® tanks
 44,000 liter volume
 802 kg of H2 [CHG] @ 250 bar

• Integrated trailer chassis

• GVW: <70,000 lbs (31,8 t) with CHG

• Used in tandem operation in Mexico

2577 l

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 HEXAGON IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN
CNG & H2 STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
Hexagon Hydrogen tanks build Hexagon is a global leader in H2
on proven CNG experience lightweight tanks specifically

• More than 50 years of gas storage • More than 10 years of Hydrogen gas
experience storage experience (since 2002)

• World’s largest and most automated • Hydrogen tank contracts with leading
CNG Type 4 tank manufacturing facility automakers around the world

• Global market leader in lightweight • 40 certified Hydrogen tank

composite CNG tanks for natural gas configurations and significant amount
vehicles of Hydrogen-related IPR

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HANDLING FC BACKUP POWER IS MUCH
EASIER BECAUSE OF THE LOW WEIGHT
Swapping 1 cylinder at 13 kg (1 man operation)
is an easy task compared to swapping a battery
at 30 or 53 kg (two man operation)

53 kg

30 kg

13 kg

Hydrogen Li-ion battery Lead acid

cylinder battery

Hydrogen backup power is not only lighter, it is also lower cost than battery backup

Hydrogen backup power is evaluated by operator of sensitive infrastructure to be a more

reliable than any other options

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 TRAIN – AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY

• Market driven due to need to

replace diesel driven
locomotives1
• Investment in grid to electrify
is too high
• Fuel cell driven locomotives
is to be the preferred future
solution
• Hexagon Composites is
already engaged in projects

1) http://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/alstom-to-develop-fuel-cell-emission-free-trains/

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 MARINE – AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY

• Market driven due to need to

replace fossil fuel in short sea and
ferries1
• Batteries will only cover a certain
range, and might require heavy
1st battery electric ferry in Norway in operation investment in landside buffer
(MS Ampere) batteries for charging (too low effect
Photo: Norled in grid)
• Fuel cell in hybrid with batteries will
be the solution for several
applications
• Hexagon is already engaged in
Channel boat Holland (2009) with Hexagon
projects
T4 tanks

1) https://www.nett.no/Nettno/Overskriftene/Haapar-aa-byggje-verdas-foerste-hydrogenferje

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HEXAGON BUILDS LIGHTWEIGHT
HYDROGEN TANKS

Hexagon Composites tanks

for transport and storage of Hydrogen

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HYDROGEN CYLINDER OVERVIEW

Pressure Diameter Length Weight Volume

Application REF
[MPa] [mm] [mm] [kg] [l]

TPED A 25 541 2783 164 450

Hexagon Composites

Heavy Duty A 35 416 3600 109 357

Heavy Duty A 35 416 3128 95 306

Stationary C 50 580 3277 342 530

Stationary J 105 515 2783 365 254

Light Duty D 70 325 930 34 36

Light Duty H 70 230 1600 27 37

Light Duty I 70 430 1000 53 70

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HEXAGON POSITIONED IN 5 H2 SUB-SEGMENTS
RANGING FROM 200 TO 1000 BAR PRESSURE
1. Light duty: Very large market potential, we are well positioned
• Current contracts, current bids and best in class high rate facility

2. Bus & Truck: Large market potential, we are well positioned

• Current CNG contracts with CHG bus developers, leveraging mounting
system capability

3. Backup power: Medium market potential – we are now taking position

• Superior versus conventional battery technology

4. Gas Transport: Medium market potential, emerging, we are

well positioned
• Current TITAN® CNG trailer product forms foundation for expanding to H2

5. Infrastructure: Medium market potential and we are well positioned

• Superior cycle life versus steel and aluminum products

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CODES & STANDARDS PARTICIPATION
A MARKET ENABLER

Hexagon participates in 14 C&S committees worldwide

No other cylinder manu-
• CSA: facturer participates in
̵ HGV2 (fuel containers) + HPRD1 (PRDs) regulatory development
̵ Automotive Technical Council (oversees other hydrogen activity) to the extent Hexagon
• SAE: Composites does:
̵ J2579 (officially joined last year)
• Highly respected by
• ISO TC 197: peers, competitors and
̵ ISO/TS 15869; ISO/WD 19881 (fuel containers) government officials
̵ ISO/WD 19882 (TPRDs)
̵ ISO/CD 15399; ISO/WD 19844 (stationary H2 vessels)
̵ DIN Mirror Committee • Establishes the
framework by which
• ASME (Hexagon chair) Type IV tanks compete
̵ X Composite pressure vessels for transportation and ground storage favorably in the
marketplace
• ISO TC58:
̵ ISO 11114-4 (hydrogen compatibility)

• ISO TC 58/ SC3:

̵ ISO 11119 (gas cylinders)
̵ ISO 11515 (transportable tubes)
̵ ISO 15719 (large transportable tubes, permanently mounted [e.g. Titan])
(Hexagon chair)
̵ WG24 (safety – Hexagon chair)

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H2 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Funded Research projects

• European based [FCH-JU and The Research Council of Norway (NFR)]:

• HyPactor – Effect of Impact on Composite performance
• FireComp – Effect of Fire on Composite performance
• HyTransfer – H2 transfer from one to another receptacle
• HyComp – Understanding on Composite Performance
• DeliverHy – Optimization of Hydrogen transport
• Phaedrus – Electrochemical compressors + Refueling Station Optimization
• HyTrans – Prototype/Testing of high pressure hydrogen trailer in Norway
• US-based (DOE):
• Several projects related to cost optimization of composite structures
and liner material/production technology.

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H2 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Internal H2 Liner project

• Internal test capability allows rapid creation & retention of

proprietary results
• Able to offer analysis of field events

• Isostatic exposure in pressure chamber

• 0 to 700 bar

• H2, CH4, He, N2, other gasses

• Variables
• Saturation

• Material

• Thickness

• Temperature

• Depressurization rate

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SUMMARY & OUTLOOK

• Hexagon has established separate hydrogen business unit

̵ to lead development of a new high-growth market niche

• The market potential for compressed hydrogen tanks is

̵ significant driven by fuel cell electric vehicles

• Adjacent market demand in marine, rail and backup

̵ power will further increase demand

• Demonstrated technology solutions create barriers to

̵ entry that protect profitability and market share

• Hydrogen is a major growth opportunity, and Hexagon

̵ is well positioned to take a leading role

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Patrick Breuer
Hydrogen Project Manager
Hexagon Composites

Mobile: +49 177 837 4223

Mail: patrick.breuer@hexagonlincoln.com
Web: www.hexagonlincoln.com
Twitter: @TUFFSHELL and @TITAN_Tank

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