Title: TMGENERGY A Unit of TMGThe Management Group Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON For a summary and contact in
1TMG/ENERGYA Unit of TMG/The Management
GroupDetroit, MI and Windsor, ONFor a summary
and contact information, see last 3 frames
- CONSULTING AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES IN
- THE TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF
- ENERGY, ALTERNATE ENERGY AND RELATED AREAS
2TMG BACKGROUND
- PRINCIPAL
- John R. Wilson (Chemical/Materials Engineering
MS, BS, Ph.D) - ASSOCIATES
- Ian Rutherford (Engineering/Business Management
BS, MBA) - John W. Weil (Engineering Physics, BS, MS, Ph.D)
- RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- IR Corporate management in computer services,
metallurgical and engineering industries,
business planning - JRW Engineering professor., corporate RD
management, new business dev., process product
dev. in gas, oil, chemical and automotive/aerospac
e industries - JWW Corporate RD Management and product dev.
in nuclear, automotive/aerospace industries,
software development
3TMG BACKGROUND
- Company formed in Colorado in 1987
- Principal and associates have combined experience
of gt100 years in the energy, automotive and
related industries - Additional expertise available and employed as
required - Good relationships with local universities in
U.S., Canada - Have previously worked for clients in numerous
and diverse areas related to energy production
and use including - New materials (degradable polymers
self-reinforced composites conductive polymers,
liquid metal coolants) - Bioprocesses and bioproducts (biofuels, food
additives, environmental bioremediation) - RD planning, funding, management,
administration, reporting
4TMG BACKGROUND
- A few examples of successful projects
- Since 1993, have secured gt30 million in client
RD funding - Participated in developing products and processes
in areas such as low cost composite materials
(for automotive use), coal and fluid coke
gasification (for synthetic fuels) and alternate
fuels including biomass ? ethanol and biodiesel
many others - Restructured and refocused a high-tech aerospace
parts fabricating facility in the Rocky Mountain
region - Assisted an Asian auto manufacturer in locating
and designing a new RD facility for the U.S.
Midwest (now being built) - Assisted in developing a major new polymer
product, now on the market - Refocused the RD program of a Midwestern RD
Institute on projects with a greater chance of
commercial success
5TMG FOCUS
- TMG focuses almost 100 on Energy-Related
Projects. Examples - Conventional energy sources new uses,
forecasting, economics - Gas, oil, coal clean technologies CO2
sequestration - Alternate energy technologies, economics,
forecasting - Focus on reality, revenues and earnings
potential, not hype - Biodiesel optimizing production and use for
lower cost - Hydrogen market viability assessment, cost
reduction, safety in production use, legal
liability issuespotential risk vs. potential
benefit analyses - Ethanol, methanol cost reduction (ethanol), new
manufacturing technologies e.g., corn vs.
biomass (ethanol) - Coal derivatives SNG, Syngas, Hydrogen,
Methanol - Biomass derivatives e.g., ethanol, methanol,
syngas...
6TMG FOCUS
- Energy-Related Projects Examples (contd)
- The More Distant Future - Fuel Cells for
high-volume transportation use (Hydrogen/PEM,
Oxide electrolyte, other) - Hydrogen technologies real-world efficiencies
actual and potential problems in automotive,
transportation use - Direct fuel (e.g. methanol) technologies that
avoid H2 use - Development Requirements
- The Near Future - Advanced Engine/Powertrain
Technologies - Gas- or Diesel-Electric Hybrid Engines/Powertrains
- Battery/Electric and Capacitor/Electric
Powertrains - Hyper-efficient compression-ignition engines
- We perform highly objective well-to-tank and
well-to-wheel comparisons of all types - Emphasis on use of correct input data for
reliable results
7TMG FOCUS
- In depth Evaluation of Factors Influencing
Alternate Energy Policy Long-Range Planning
e.g. - Influences
- Global Warming
- Natural or Man-made?
- Caused by CO2 or water vapor or?
- Is Control of CO2 justified? Will it be
Effective? - Other global warming agents (e.g., methane)
- Controls
- Kyoto?
- Low CO2 or no CO2?
- Other Greenhouse Gases
- Actions
- Deal with the effects of GW there are no viable
remedies - Emphasize Intelligent, do-able choices
- E.g., clean/zero-emissions coal, methanol,
hydrogen (?)
8TMG FOCUS
- Funding
- RD Funding
- NIST/ATP (note this agency will be continuing)
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Various Canadian Federal Government Sources
- Equity Funding (a secondary focus)
- Not a major activity since 2000, but we can
assist clients with identification of contacts
and funding sources - Venture Capital Private Equity Banks Corporate
Sources
9TMG FOCUS(SECONDARY)
- We continue to advise our clients on those
energy-related environmental remediation
technologies with which we have direct
experience - ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
- In-situ or land farming methods for hydrocarbon
remediation - Soil washing technologies for hydrocarbon removal
- Low-cost on-site Oil Sands washing technologies
- Oily water and oil/water emulsion remediation
- Focus on regenerating potable-grade waters
- Recovery and reuse of process water streams
containing hydrocarbon
10TMG FOCUS(SECONDARY)
- We also advise our clients in some miscellaneous
energy-related areas with which we have direct
experience. Examples - Liquid metals as coolants and heat transfer media
- (One of us (JRW) wrote the book (literally) on
liquid metals many years ago and we have remained
active in the field since) - Behavior of coal ash in combustion equipment
- High-temperature corrosion of metals and ceramics
in fired equipment (e.g., refinery furnaces) - Design and development of ultra-high-output
gasoline and diesel engines
11TMG IN SUMMARY
- WE OFFER EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE ON
- New and old energy sources and their derivatives
- Comparative analyses of energy technologies and
economics such as well to wheel analyses for
various energy sources - Objective In-depth analyses of energy
alternatives, energy trade-offs, energy make vs.
buy considerations - Safety issues, especially for hydrogen related
reliability, (legal) liability issues, especially
in automotive, other transportation use - Comparative economic technical performance of
transportation and stationary power unit
technologies e.g., gasoline engine vs. diesel
engine vs. gas or diesel/electric hybrid vs. fuel
cell vs. battery electric and the related fuels
and sources.
12TMG IN SUMMARY (CONTD)
- WE ALSO OFFER EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE ON
- Environmental issues related to energy choices
and uses - Global Warming and its origins
- In-depth analysis of origins
- Kyoto Treaty issues
- Impacts of global warming
- Intelligent, economically viable solutions
- Non-GW impacts of greenhouse gas emissions
(e.g., changes in ocean acidity and chemistry) - Remediation of soils contaminated with
hydrocarbons derivatives - Remediation of water contaminated with
hydrocarbons derivatives - RD Funding Sources
- Other energy-related topics, e.g.
- Liquid metal coolants and heat transfer media
- Corrosion in combustion equipment
13For more information, please contact John
Wilson President TMG/ENERGY(A Unit of TMG/The
Management Group) 18720 Mack Ave./P.O. Box
36250 Grosse Pointe, MI, USA 48236 (also 4653
Bradbury Court., Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9G
2M2) Tel 313-434-5110 or 519-966-0545 Fax
519-966-7246 Email tmg_at_tmgtech.com Web site
www.tmgtech.com