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Wednesday 6th October 2010 |
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| 07.30-09:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 09.00 | Welcome to the Symposium Lars Sjunnesson, Chair of the Symposium, E.ON, Sweden |
| 09.05 | Presentation of the Grove Medal |
| 09.10 | Grove Medal Lecture |
Parallel Session 1A |
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| Session Chairs: | David Hart, Imperial College, UK Gary Acres, Honorary President, Grove Symposium |
| 09.40 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 09.45 | Keynote Presentation Support schemes and ownership structures – The policy context for fuel cell-based micro- combined heat and power S T Schröder, S Ropenus, Risø DTU, National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| 10.10 | Experimental and computational investigations of a
compact steam reformer for fuel oil and diesel fuel M Grote¹, M Maximini¹, Z Yang¹, P Engelhardt¹, D Wichmann¹, M Brenner², ¹Oel-Waerme-Institut GmbH, Germany, ²Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Germany |
| 10.30 | A comparison of catalytic partial oxidation, autothermal
and steam reforming of diesel in SOFC APUs P Nehter, J Bøgild Hansen, P Koch Larsen, Topsoe Fuel Cell, Denmark |
| 10.50 | Refreshments |
| 11.15 | Fuel cell system with sodium borohydride hydrogen source
for UAV applications K H Kim¹, T G Kim², S J Kwon¹, ¹Division of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University, Republic of Korea |
| 11.35 | Operation of a solid oxide fuel cell on liquid fuels under
direct internal reforming A Lanzini, M Lopez Rodriguez, P Leone, M Santarelli, Politecnico di Torino - Dipartimento di Energetica, Italy |
| 11.55 | About the process improvement of adsorptive
desulphurisation by adding hydrogen donators as additives
in liquid fuels O van Rheinberg, K Lucka, Oel-Waerme-Institute GmbH / Associated Institute of RWTH-Aachen, Germany |
| 12.15 | Hydrogen production by oxidative reforming of diesel fuel
over catalysts derived from LaCo1-xRuxO3 (x=0.01-0.4) N Mota¹, M C Álvarez-Galván¹, R M Navarro¹, F Rosa², J L G Fierro¹, ¹Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, ²Centro de Experimentación El Arenosillo (INTA), Huelva, Spain |
| 12.35 | Hydrogen generation by microplasma reforming of
hydrocarbons R S Besser, P J Lindner, E A Lennon, S-Y Hwang, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
| 12.55 | Lunch |
Parallel Session 1B |
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| Session Chairs: | Clive Seymour, Intensys Ltd,, UK Robert Steinberger, PBZ Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany |
| 09:40 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 09.45 | Keynote Presentation G Hinds, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK |
| 10.10 | Dynamic modelling of planar solid oxide fuel cell P Kazempoor, Tarbiat Modares University, Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 10.30 | An anisotropic nonlinear FEM model of the inhomogeneous compression of
PEMFC gas diffusion layers P A García-Salaberri, M Vera, R Zaera, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
| 10.50 | Refreshments |
| 11.15 | Rapid control prototyping for automotive fuel cell systems M Arendt¹, H Turner¹, M Mönnigmann², ¹Volkswagen AG, Germany, ²Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany |
| 11.35 | A multiphysics tool for SOFC modeling in openFOAM M Pieroni, V Novaresio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy |
| 11.55 | Pore-scale modeling of infiltration in the electrodes of solid oxide fuel cells E M Ryan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA |
| 12.15 | Heat and mass transfer effects in a passive direct methanol fuel cell: a 1D model V B Oliveira¹, C M Rangel², A M F R. Pinto¹, ¹Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, ²Instituto Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, Lisboa, Portugal |
| 12.35 | Model-based development of low-level control strategies for transient operation of SOFC systems M Sorrentino, C Pianese, University of Salerno, Italy |
| 12.55 | Lunch |
Parallel Session 2A |
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| Session Chairs: | Nancy Garland, US Department of Energy, USA Gary Acres, Honorary President, Grove Symposium |
| 14.15 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 14.20 | Keynote Presentation Polymer electrolyte membranes containing titanate nanotubes for elevated temperature fuel cells under low relative humidity Q Li¹, C Xiao¹, PF Fang², HN Zhang¹, M Pan¹, ¹Wuhan University of Technology, China, ²Wuhan University, China |
| 14.45 | Development of new conducting membranes based on
microporous materials/PBI composites for high temperature
PEMFCs A Eguizabal¹, J Lemus¹, M Urbiztondo¹, J Soler¹, A. Blázquez¹,², M P Pina¹, ¹INA, Spain, ²CIDETEC - IK4, Spain |
| 15.05 | New anhydrous proton-conducting NAFION® -1,2,3-triazole
electrolyte membrane for high temperature PEFCs J-D Kim, M-S Jun, Y Tanaka, T Mori, C Nishimura, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan |
| 15.25 | Correlation of transport properties with performances
of NAFION® and hydrocarbon membranes in room
temperature DMFC E N Gribov, I M Krivobokov, A G Okunev, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Federation |
| 15.45 | Refreshments |
| 16.10 | Investigation of gas diffusion layers compression by
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) on a running
PEM-FC L O Omati¹, P G S Gallo Stampino¹, G D Dotelli¹, P G Grassini², D B Brivio², ¹Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento Chimica Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Italy, ²SAATI, Italy |
| 16.30 | Defect structure and cathode behavior of double perovskites
GdBaCo2-xFexO6-d in SOFCs D S Tsvetkov, N S Saricheva, V V Sereda, A Yu Zuev, Ural State University, Russian Federation |
| 16.50 | Composite of CaO-Y2O3-ZrO2 with LSGM-8282 as electrolyte
material for SOFC F Rahmawati¹, I Ismunandar¹, B Prijamboedi¹, S Soepriyanto², G Man Choi³, ¹Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Research Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, ²Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, ³Fuel Cell Research Centre, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea |
| 17.10 | Advanced composite anodes for MCFC fed with biogas F Zaza¹, C Paoletti¹, R Lo Presti¹, E Simonetti¹, I Luisetto², S Licoccia², ¹ENEA-Casaccia Research Centre, Italy, ²University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, ³University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy |
| 17.30 | Poster Session/Drinks Reception |
Parallel Session 2B |
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| Session Chair: | Peter Gray Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells, UK |
| 14.15 | Introduction by Session Chair |
| 14.20 | Keynote Presentation Evaluation of some hydrogen demonstration projects by IEA Task 18 M P Argumosa¹, S M Schoenung¹, ¹INTA, Spain, ²Longitude 122 West, Inc., USA |
| 14.45 | PEM fuel cells analysis for grid connected applications F Sergi, G Brunaccini, A Stassi, A Diblasi, G Dispenza, A Aricò, National Council of Research-Institute for Advanced Energy Technologies “Nicola Giordano”, Italy |
| 15.05 | The 100 W-class regenerative fuel cell system targeting lunar and planetary missions Y Sone, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan |
| 15.25 | Integrated fuel cell hybrid test platform in electric forklift T M Keränen¹, J Ihonen¹, H Uusalo¹, H Karimäki¹, J Viitakangas¹, J Vallet², ¹VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland, ²Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland |
| 15.45 | Refreshments |
| 16.10 | Effect of the channel width in a spiral PEMFC: Towards
micro-channels J R Ramirez-Vazquez, A Hernandez-Guerrero, F Elizalde-Blancas, J Martinez-Patiño, University of Guanajuato, Mexico |
| 16.30 | Advanced thermodynamic models of combined cooling,
heating, and electric power (CCHP) fuel cell systems (FCSs) W G Colella, Sandia National Laboratories, USA |
| 16.50 | Simulation of a molten carbonate fuel cell combined with a
biomass steam gasification pilot plant Antonio Molino, Giuseppe Fiorenza, Giacobbe Braccio, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment, Italy |
| 17.10 | Analysis of performance losses in direct methanol fuel cells
(DMFCs) for PtRuCo/C as cathode material P Hernández-Fernández¹, M Montiel¹, J C Perez², S Rojas³, E Fatás¹, P Ocón¹, ¹Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, ²Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain, ³Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, Spain |
| 17.30 | Poster Session/Drinks Reception |
Thursday 7th October |
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| Session Chairs: | Nigel Brandon, Imperial College, London, UK Frank de Bruijn, ECN, The Netherlands |
| 09.00 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 09.05 | Jens Mueller, Smart Fuel Cells AG, Munich, Germany |
Parallel Session 3A |
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| Session Chairs: | Nigel Brandon, Imperial College, London, UK Frank de Bruijn, ECN, The Netherlands |
| 09.40 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 09.45 | Keynote Presentation New catalysts and electrode structures for alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells A Kucernak, Imperial College, London, UK |
| 10.10 | The effect of fabrication methods and materials on MEA
performance B Millington, B G Pollet, The University of Birmingham, UK |
| 10.30 | Electrochemical performance of PEMFC with surface tailored carbon nanofibers as catalyst support F Alcaide¹, G Álvarez¹, O Miguel¹, M J Lázaro², E Pastor³ ¹Energy Department, CIDETEC-IK4, Spain, ²Instituto de Carboquímica (CSIC), Spain, ³Dpto Química Física, Facultad de Química, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain |
| 10.50 | Refreshments |
| 11.15 | Synthesis of new catalyst design for proton exchange
membrane fuel cell A-C Ferrandez, C Coutanceau, S Baranton, P Buvat, CEA Le Ripault, France |
| 11:35 | CO Tolerance and CO Oxidation at Pt and PtRu anode
catalysts in fuel cell with polybenzimidazole-H3PO4
membrane A D Modestov¹, M R Tarasevich¹, A Yu Leykin²; ¹A. N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RAS, ²A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, RAS Russian Federation |
| 11.55 | Impurity Related Degradation of SOFC Ni/YSZ Electrodes A Hauch, M Mogensen; Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø DTU, National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| 12.15 | Low temperature phase study of LaGaO3 -based oxides using
liquid-phase synthesis S Hashimoto, Mohd. Ashrol bin Haji Ini, S Nakayama, K Sato, K Yashiro, J Mizusaki, Tohoku University, Japan |
| 12.35 | Aging of microtubular YSZ-based solid oxide steam
electrolysis cells MA Laguna-Bercero¹, R Campana¹, A Larrea¹, J A Kilner², V M Orera¹; ¹ICMA-CSIC Spain, ²Imperial College, UK |
| 12.55 | Lunch |
Thursday 7th October |
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Parallel Session 3B |
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| Session Chairs: | Michael Bode, MTU Onsite Energy GmbH, Germany Angelo Moreno, ENEA, Italy |
| 09.40 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 09.45 | Keynote Presentation Two years of operation of a tri-generation with MCFC in an office building A Julià, Trinidad Carretero, Gas Natural SDG, S.A., Spain |
| 10.10 | Navantia's fuel cell powered S-80 submarine programme A F M Fuentes, MGB González.Navantia S.A., Spain |
| 10.30 | Power management in hydrogen fuel cell power trains
supported by nickel-zinc batteries P Corbo, F Migliardini, O Veneri, Istituto Motori of Italian National Research Council, Italy |
| 10.50 | Refreshments |
| 11.15 | Economics of direct fuel cell plants (DFC®) under the
Spanish Legislation Framework E Montlló¹,³, P Margalef¹,², A Robles¹, ¹H2Genera FuelCell Projects, Spain, ²National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine, USA, ³Catalan Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Association, Spain |
| 11.35 | Possibilities of fuel cell utilization in high voltage
substations’ auxiliary systems of Polish electric power
transmission system J Paska¹, P Biczel¹, M Siekierski², J Szasta³, ¹Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, ²Warsaw University of Technology, Chemical Faculty, ³Polish Power Transmission System Operator, Poland |
| 11.55 | Power generation from biogas derived from waste water
treatment of sugar plant using an SOFC-system R-U Dietrich, A Lindermeir, J Oelze, CUTEC-Institut GmbH, Germany |
| 12.15 | Optimizing the implementation of stationary fuel cell
systems (FCS) coupled with absorption chillers W G Colella, Sandia National Laboratories, USA |
| 12.35 | Optimization of a methane fueled solid polymer fuel cell
power system for light-duty vehicles M R Assari, E Hajidavalloo, G R Ashari, S Shalbaf, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 12.55 | Lunch |
Parallel Session 4A |
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| Session Chairs: | Peter Gray, Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells, UK Donald Cameron, Interact Consultancy, UK |
| 14.15 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 14.20 | Keynote Presentation A Creeth, ACAL Energy Ltd, UK |
| 14.45 | Direct carbon conversion in a SOFC system P Desclaux¹, S Nuernberger¹, M Rzepka¹, U Stimming¹,², ¹ZAE Bayern, Germany, ²TU Muenchen, Department of Physics E19, Germany |
| 15.05 | An investigation of iridium stabilized ruthenium oxide
nanometer anode catalysts for PEMWE X Wu¹, K Scott¹, S Basu², ¹Newcastle University, UK, ²IIT Delhi, India |
| 15.25 | Compression effect on gas transportation characteristics of
GDL in PEM fuel cells using X-ray tomography based lattice
Boltzmann simulation studies Y Liu¹, P Rama¹, R Chen¹, H Ostadi², K Jiang², X Zhang³, ¹Loughborough University, UK, ²Birmingham University, UK, ³Liverpool University, UK |
| 15.45 | Refreshments |
Parallel Session 4B |
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| Session Chairs: | James Wilkie, Acal Energy Ltd, UK Nigel Brandon, Imperial College, UK |
| 14.15 | Introduction by Session Chairs |
| 14.20 | Keynote Presentation D Jones, University of Montpelier/CNRS, France |
| 14.45 | High temperature operation of a solid polymer electrolyte
fuel cell stack based on a new ionomer membrane A S Arico’¹, G A Hards², A Bayer³, R Zuber4, M Corasaniti5, D J Jones6, ¹CNR-ITAE Messina, Italy, ²Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Ltd, UK, ³SolviCore GmbH&Co KG Germany, 4Umicore AG&Co KG, Germany, 5Solvay Solexis, Italy, 6CNRS Université Montpellier II, France |
| 15.05 | Advances in the metal supported solid oxide fuel cell A Ansar, Z Ilahn, P Szabo, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany |
| 15.25 | Accurate measurement of contact resistance between gas
diffusion layers and bipolar plates M S Ismail, D Borman D B Ingham, L Ma, M Pourkashanian, University of Leeds, UK |
| 15.45 | Refreshments |
| Session Chair: | Lars Sjunnesson, Chair of the Symposium, E.ON, Sweden |
| 16.15 | Award of Poster Prizes |
| 16.25 | Conclusions from the Symposium |
| 16.55 | Close of Symposium |
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