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Research & Development

Opening new ways

April 2014 | Group R&D presentation

Research & Development 2 2014 World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health

How to address these challenges?

210M chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients worldwide

in 2050 solar electricity will contribute 25% to global electricity production

50bn connected devices in 2020

100 million people will die between 2002 to 2020 from water-related disease

by 2030 60% of the world’s population will be urban

By 2030 urban areas will account for 75% CO2 emissions

2030: Transport accounts for 1/3 of EU-25 energy demand


… WITH A UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT

PHOTOVOLTAICS

Air Liquide as a solution provider

TECHNOLOGIES

STEELMAKING

FOOD

HEALTH

H2 MOBILITY

EXPLORING & PETROCHEMICALS

ELECTRONICS

AUTOMOTIVE

GLASS

… CONTRIBUTING TO MULTIPLE SECTORS

HYDROGEN

CARBON MONOXIDE

ARGON

OXYGEN NITROGEN

SILANE

HELIUM

ACETYLEN

CARBON DIOXIDE


R&D SOCIETAL FOCUS

THREE MAJOR TRENDS

INDUSTRY GLOBALIZATION

& RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

EVOLVING CONSUMPTION

& DEMOGRAPHICS APPETITE

FOR INNOVATION

ENERGY DEMAND

BIO-ECONOMY & ECO-DESIGN

HEALTH & WELLNESS

DIGITAL & DIRECT

LOCAL INNOVATION

R&D opening new ways


From an early start-up to a world leader

1902 - Georges Claude and Paul Delorme developed an energy efficient process to liquefy air and produce oxygen

For the last 110 years - Air Liquide innovates to become world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health

Driven by the spirit of innovation

R&D

profile


Key figures

10 R&D locations

3 continents

1100 researchers 35 nationalities

321 new patents

265 Million € innovation budget

* 2013 key figures


A global R&D network

Shanghai R&T (China) ALL (Japan) ALLK (South Korea) DRTC (Delaware)

Group R&D R&D Subsidiaries

Paris-Saclay Research Center CTAS

SEPPIC Air Liquide Medical Systems

FRTC (Frankfurt) Schülke

France

Germany

United States

Asia


Engaging in the innovation ecosystem worldwide…

Seattle

San Francisco Silicon Valley

Los Angeles

Toronto

Chicago Boston

London

Stockholm

Skolkovo

Paris-Saclay

Abu Dhabi Masdar City Bangalore

Singapore

Beijing

Tel Aviv Dubai

Zurich Munich

Mexico City

Bogotá

Quito

Santiago

Brasilia

São Paulo Rio de Janeiro

Curitiba

Buenos Aires Montevideo

Montréal

New York Philadelphia - Wilmington

Atlanta

Geneva

Stuttgart Frankfurt

Berlin

Helsinki

Jerusalem

Johannesburg

Cape Town

Doha Edu City

New Delhi Shanghai

Taipei

Seoul Tokyo – Tsukuba Yokohama

Osaka Kobe

Nagoya

KAUST

Air Liquide strategic partners

Clusters

South America

Whole New World

Asia - Pacific

North America Europe


…through our stakeholders

ANR = The French National Research Agency EEC = European Economic Community DOE = U.S. Department of Energy


Group R&D Purpose

Creating sustainable value for Air Liquide and its customers by exploring new technological territories to address the challenges facing Society.

As a spearhead for innovation, R&D plays a major role in:

Delivering competitive technologies to grow core business

Reaching excellence through scientific know-how and expertise

Exploring new territories to identify growth opportunities for the Group

Attracting and developing world class talent

R&D

Challenges

R&D Challenges: energy demand

IMPROVING SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY DEMONSTRATING KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPING EFFICIENT INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES


Paving the way to solar energy

Preferred gas and precursors supplier to 16 out of 20 of the largest crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell manufacturers worldwide

In-house R&D pilot line to produce c-Si solar cells - from wet cleaning to full cell characterization platform

Platform to speed-up development of next generation passivation layer to increase solar cell performance

Developing joint collaborations with industry leaders, OEMs* and academics

Partnership with IPVF, fostering open Innovation for next generation photovoltaic technologies

*Original Equipment Manufacturers


Accelerating “Biomass to Liquids” (BtL) demonstration

Demonstration of 2nd Generation Biofuel process Bioliq together with KIT

Straw pyrolysis leading to synthetic crude oil with high energy density

Gasification to produce H2/CO

Transformation into diesel through catalytic process

Producing potential of 1liter of diesel from 7 kg of straw

Providing high quality products with low carbon footprint

Partnering with CEA* to develop a novel biomass gasification process

* Commission for atomic energy and alternative energies in France

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Securing Air Liquide plant competitiveness

eal Time Optimization (RTO) is an automatic and on-line mode dedicated to ASU operations. 4% of energy cost reduction has already been obtained on ASUs where RTO has been implemented.

2 major drivers for Air Separation Unit improvement:

Design: Process scheme to minimize energy consumption, and optimize equipment design (performance improvement and capex reduction)

Operations: using on-line simulators to perform 24/7 automatic optimization (Real Time Optimization)

R

EXPERT SPEAKING

Thanos Kontopoulos Global Lab Director


Raising standards towards offshore industry

Providing autonomy and space optimization through high-pressure cylinder quads for welding and diving applications

Ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements such as international maritime standards - DNV2.7-1

Improving welding quality and productivity with Argon based mixtures for metallic offshore structures and pipelines

Meeting increasing demand with 75,000 km of pipeline planned for 2020

International Marine Contractors Association

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R&D Challenges: bio-economy & eco-design

IMPROVING ECONOMICS OF THE ENTIRE H2E CHAIN

REDUCING INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS VIA OXYCOMBUSTION

ADDRESSING NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR WASTE WATER TREATMENT


Towards a H2 economy

Producing, by 2020, 50% of H2 for energy applications through carbon-free processes: CCS, biogas reforming, biomass gasification, renewable energies

Developing advanced H2 storage solutions for safe and efficient delivery: gaseous (700 bar) and solid

Supporting fuel cell development: improved components and H2 quality for higher performance

Leading pre-normative research for safe H2: understanding H2 behavior, risk assessment tools and mitigation solution design, testing methods

Promoting societal acceptance of H2 as energy vector


Producing a competitive clean power

ur 1st objective is to validate near zero CO2 emission at a coal oxyfuel power plant at industrial scale, eventually contributing to the creation of the FutureGen 2.0 plant in the US.

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Callide oxyfuel project (Australia)

World’s first industrial scale demonstration of a near zero CO2 emission coal-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage

Air Liquide provides oxygen, Cryocap ™ Oxy unit (CO2 compression and purification) and analyzers (monitoring and product quality)

EXPERT SPEAKING

Jean-Pierre Tranier, Program Director


Innovating for eco-friendly cold transportation

&D contributed to develop reliable and easy-to-operate on board truck equipment meeting the most challenging needs for refrigerated transport, especially in urban operating conditions

A comprehensive cryogenic solution based on indirect cooling with liquid nitrogen

On board cooling equipment, supply station and services

R

EXPERT SPEAKING

Linda Myrick Program Director


Partnering with best-in-class academics

Québec University, Trois Rivières (Canada) Reduce cost of hydrogen transportation, purification, storage and distribution technologies with Hydrogen Research Institute - 2010

Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Japan) Research on materials to accelerate full realization of Hydrogen Energy society with Hydrogenius Center – 2010

Mines Paris-Tech (France) First industrial Chair to reduce CO2 emissions with engineering school Mines Paris Tech and city of Le Havre - 2009

École Centrale Paris (France) Educational and research chair on oxycombustion with Ecole Centrale Paris, CNRS, funded by ANR, French National Research Agency – 2012

R&D Challenges: health & wellness

DEMONSTRATING SAFETY, EFFICACY AND BENEFITS OF GASEOUS DRUGS CREATING NEW HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS DEVELOPING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES FOR INTEGRATED VALUE-ADDED OFFERS


Extending therapeutic gases potential

EXPERT SPEAKING

Marc Lemaire

Senior Medical Advisor

M arket access requires significant investment in R&D. Our mission is to understand mechanisms of action and demonstrate benefits of gas molecules such as oxygen, helium oxygen, argon, nitrous oxide, xenon.

New indications for therapeutic gases

7 to 12 years, from research to market

Major ongoing clinical trials

New gaseous drugs available for: Cardiac surgery

Analgesia

Pulmonary diseases


Neurodegenerative and demyelinating diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s..)

Explore noble gases mechanisms of action on neuron protection and cell preservation

Partnership with ICM

Parkinson’s disease

Evaluate effects of xenon on L-Dopamine-induced dyskinesia

Experiments performed at MOTAC Neurosciences, UK

Research in Central Nervous System disorders


Excelling in home healthcare services

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease * COPD on Oxygen patient Management European Trial

Oxygen therapy for COPD: ongoing European clinical trial – COMET* – improving patients’ health and quality of life, reducing hospitalization rate through:

Patient education and coaching

Oxygen therapy monitoring using a specific device - NOWOX™

Treatment coordination between city and hospital (telemonitoring)

More than 300 patients in 4 countries

Sleep apnea: NOWAPITM

Development of a telemedecine solution to monitor patient compliance (France)

Largest telemonitoring experience in the world with 150 000 patients equipped by mid-2014


First cylinder speaking the customer language:

Gives users the remaining treatment time (in hours and minutes) according to the set flow when the cylinder is in use

Development by R&D and ALMS of the digital device to define treatment time

User benefits:

Safety: secure patient treatment continuity thanks to straight forward information and low content alerts

Easy to use: new ergonomic cap and integrated valve

Efficiency: intelligible and straight forward information (remaining treatment time) allows accurate consumption management

Implemented in 12 countries

TAKEO™ : proposing new technologies for treatment management

R&D Challenges: digital & direct

ADVANCED PRECURSORS FOR MORE EFFICIENT CHIPS MOLECULES FOR ADVANCED THIN FILMS DEPOSITION CUSTOMIZED DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY


Winning the Moore’s law challenge

Meet customers’ needs: lower resistivity materials, better insulators and more thermal resistance

Invent new advanced precursors and added-value molecules deposited on materials surface for thin film creation

In-house core competencies and demonstrators to develop and test materials

Highly engineered precursors – “R&D designed” - currently ramping up on the market: ZyALDTM, SAM 24TM…

Develop joint collaborations with industry leaders, OEMs* and academics

*Original Equipment Manufacturers


Partnering with best-in-class academics

New advanced precursors for ALOHATM

product line: conception, characterization and evaluation of organo-metallic molecules for thin film deposition

New Electronic Specialty Gases for reactor cleaning and etching of advanced materials

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Adapting to new mobile uses

Gas Encyclopedia app on tablets

64 molecules: chemical and physical properties, industrial applications and safety data

Addressing a worldwide technical and scientific audience in industry and academics, including our customers, teachers, students…

Air Liquide expertise condensed in a digital technology offering numerous new functionalities: 3D molecules, unit converter wheel, molecule comparison tool…

R&D Challenges: local innovation

ACCOMPANYING THE GROWTH OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING LOCAL AND FRUGAL INNOVATION ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF MEGA-CITIES


Delivering competitive technologies for the Chinese market

y integrating new developments into a mature process we could reduce the total cost of ownership by 30%.

Rectisol® technology

Single step process to purify syngas (from coal, oil, biomass) to synthesis quality

Mature process with 80% market share in purification of syngas from coal and oil gasification and 60 years successful commercial applications

Continuous process optimization serving dedicated needs of Chinese coal to chemicals / fuels industry

B EXPERT SPEAKING

Holger Schlichting, Program Director


Capturing new academic opportunities

China: Joint Lab with Zheijang University Solid fuel oxy-combustion technology development for customers in developing countries

China: Strategic R&D agreement with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Industrial solutions for manufacturing and semiconductor industries

South Korea: Joint Lab with Yonsei University

New advanced materials design, in collaboration with top-tier academic and industry partners

Better impact on industry ecosystem thanks to proximity with customers

Shanghai Jiao Tong University partnership

Accelerating innovation


Air Liquide laboratory for new ideas

Identify & select new battlefields

Support Group strategy

Try quickly, fail early, succeed big

Learning by doing

Think Tank

Transform uncertainties into opportunities

Corporate Garage

Turn ideas into business


Create long-term value : explore new territories

Brief 1: Additive Manufacturing Brief 2: High-performance cities Brief 3: Digitalization and connected citizen …

New Uses = New Value Chains MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

Result-driven,Visionary, Agile to

open new ways

Creating added value for our customers

Leading global innovation ecosystem

Addressing society’s

future challenges


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