MassCEC Grant Application Final Presentation

Today I made my final pitch in pursuit of a $40k "Catalyst Grant" from the Mass Clean Energy Center. I proposed in my application to use the money to fabricate a 1200 volt, 1200 amp Ballistic Breaker for an initial application with Comprehensive Power (Customer #1) of Marlborough, MA. Frank Grant, founder & President of Comprehensive power has agreed to test the breaker and to provide other assistance.

Ultralight Startup Pitch for Ballistic Breaker Corp

I made a pitch in this unique event today. Here is a practice pitch I made while preparing for this rather unusual format event. The judges provided valuable feedback, and I got an exciting connection with Shell GameChanger through one of the judges (Dr. Willem Albert Rensink).

I submitted a paper for ISEI 2012 on the Ballistic Breaker

This co-authored paper with Research Professor Clayborne Taylor, Jr. from Mississippi State University, "Determination of Optimum Resistor Sequence in a Ballistic Breaker"  will be presented at the

2012 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation (ISEI)

 I have included here both my first draft of this paper and the final submitted document, that eliminates some of what I wrote to give my co-author Clay Taylor some room to fit in his modeling results.

Successful ARPA-E Showcase Display Table

I was selected for the ARPA-E Technology Showcase. It was an honor to share the space with so many great innovators. I had a poster, a Power Point looped presentation and this avi file running continuously.

Patent Submitted (US utility patent) on Ballistic Breakers

I submitted a patent application on Ballistic Breakers™  November 30, 2011, which is now abandoned. I submitted a much-refined patent application yesterday. The linked document is an excerpt from my (52 page, not including the 20 figures) patent application; the full application is proprietary for now, only available under NDA and/or to be shared with serious candidate investors. I am very pleased with the results, however. I plan to submit a paper soon that will reveal more information about what is in the patent (but not everything!).

Ballistic Breaker selected for 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Technology Showcase

I applied three times for ARPA-E funding from the US Department of Energy (twice for elpipes, once for Ballistic Breakers). Though those efforts were unsuccessful, my selection for the ARPA-E summit is a nice recognition that my concepts are important.

From: Sarah Wenning <wenning@techconnect.org>
To: roger.faulkner@elpipe.com
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 2:41 PM
Subject: 2011 ARPA-E Technology Innovation Showcase Application Notification

Reference Showcase Submission Number: 114

 

Dear Roger Faulkner:

 

Congratulations!  Your submission to the 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Technology Showcase has been approved.  Our participating government, investment, and corporate partners are eager to view your technology. 

 

The Technology Showcase Receptions will take place on:

·         Monday, February 27^th:  4:30 pm – 7:30 pm

·         Tuesday, February 28^th:  12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

·         Wednesday, February 29^th:  12:50 pm – 2:00 pm

*Showcase times are subject to change. Please refer to the website for updates.

Utility US Patent Application Filed on Ballistic Breakers™

I filed my US patent application on Ballistic Circuit Breakers™ yesterday. Here is an excerpt which does not reveal any of the newest concepts that I introduced in my patent application. The concepts in this excerpt were covered in prior provisional patent applications, and subsequently discussed in my CleanTech Open semifinal pitch deck (October 3, 2011), and also in my presentation to the Seventh Conference on Clean Energy on November 1, 2011.