Dr. Walter van Schalkwijk PhD
Principal, EnergyPlex Corporation
Member of the Industrial Council
Council Member Biography
Walter van Schalkwijk, PhD, is a Principal at EnergyPlex Corporation, providing consulting services in the power systems such as batteries, fuel cells, and capacitors, for a wide range of applications. Dr. van Schalkwijk has over 25 years of experience in providing consulting services, executing research, developing products, and managing manufacturing, market analysis, battery charging, monitoring, control electronics, and applications engineering operations in the battery and fuel cells industries. He has been an expert witness in several product and patent litigation matters and has performed due diligence and factory audits. He also has four patents for kidney dialysis technologies. Dr. van Schalkwijk is a Member of the Electrochemical Society and is a past Chairman of the Society's Nanotechnology Committee and a past member of its Board of Directors. He has published “Advances in Lithium-Ion Batteries”. A book entitled "Advanced Lithium Batteries" will be published by Wiley in the spring of 2012. Dr. Schalkwijk is also an affiliate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 1999 - Unspecified
- Principal, EnergyPlex Corporation
- 1994 - 1997
- Chief Scientist, Selfcharge, Inc.
- 1991 - 1994
- Director of Research and Product Development, E-ONE MOLI ENERGY CORP.
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Walter van Schalkwijk
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Plug-In Hybrids ... another tailpipe dream
April 4, 2007
In Quest for Cleaner Energy, Texas City Touts Plug-In Car | online.wsj.com
Battery cost and the need for at least some infrastructure will limit the market penetration of plug-in hybrids
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Fuel cells may have their place ... if used correctly
August 21, 2006
GM plant experiments with hydrogen fuel cells | www.mmh.com
This is a beta test – one of so many such tests that are intended to make its users look “Green” more than for any practical purpose.
Fuel cell powered forklifts - like their propane-powered cousins need to lift ... and lift takes ballast - and ballast means weight. This is one application that because of their weight is best suited for batteries. -
August 2, 2006
Texas Leads US In Wind-Power Capacity | online.wsj.com
The area comprised of the Texas Panhandle, The Oklahoma Panhandle, and SW Kansas, represents a large area of class 3 and class 4 winds that are consistent year round.
Many of the other areas of the country with high wind classifications are subject to seasonal variations that will make their output less consistent than can be obtained in the TX/OK/KS area.
There are many good areas of the country where wind is strong and seasonally consistent so as to make a wind installation profitable year round.
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August 2, 2006
A Competitor For Ethanol? | www.forbes.com
The move toward butanol will make alcohol mixtures and flex fuel cars more common and may even preclude the need for engine modifications.
The advantages of butanol over ethanol are (1) higher energy content per unit volume, (2) ability to use the fuel with little or no engine modification, and (3) the ability to use the fuel in higher concentrations (resulting in larger markets for butanol than for ethanol and reduced dependence on petroleum).
In existing cars without retrofit, butanol can be mixed in higher ratios with gasoline than can ethanol. In fuel mixtures, the share of butanol can be 60% greater than for ethanol. -
Companies Waking to the Reality of Portable Power Choices
July 19, 2006
Dell Seeks Gov't Help On Exploding Laptop | www.crn.com
The importance of the battery and its economic impact are not well recognized in some organizations – it is not their core technology.
The consequences of a poor battery choice or implementation can result in major problems for the product image or result in lawsuits.
A product that will sell $500 M over its lifetime will have $75M to $125 M of that product as battery or other source plus accessories.
GLG Study Groups with Walter van Schalkwijk(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| Alternative Energy Experts (North America) | 169 |
| Lead Acid Battery Experts | 78 |
| Photovoltaic/Solar Cells and System Experts | 71 |
| Solar Cell Manufacturing Experts | 37 |
| Nanotechnology Materials Experts | 37 |
GLG Live Meetings with Walter van Schalkwijk(?)
Recent Seminars
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September 11, 2007 | Boston
GLGi: The Next Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries -
July 17, 2007 | Hong Kong
GLGi: Next Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries -
June 28, 2007 | San Francisco
GLGi: The Next Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries
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