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The First European Fuel Cell Technology and Applications Conference, organised by the Honors Center of Italian Universities and sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Italy’s Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente (ENEA), has brought together fuel cell developers, scientists, academics, policy deciders, as well as end-users and industry representatives, giving particular emphasis to operational experiences and applications
The First European Fuel Cell Technology and Applications Conference final program is available for downloading.
EFC2005 Final Program (pdf, 290kb)
Some of the presentation are available for downloading.
Plenary session - December 14-15 2005
European Initiatives in the Field of Fuel Cell&H2 Research (pdf)
Ángel Pérez Sainz, Head of Unit of the "Energy Production and distribution Systems" of the Directorate Energy of the DG Research
How the Industry is Shaping Up (ppt)
Gemma Crawley, Fuel Cell Today
Development perspectives of fuel cell technology in Italy
Guido Possa, Vice-Minister of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
Raffaella Vellone, ENEA, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Project
Oral sessions
Dynamic Model of a Pressurized SOFC/Gas Turbine Hybrid Power Plant for the Development of Control Studies (ppt)
C. Waechter, F. Joos, Helmut-Schmidt-University, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany
Implementation of a Fuel Cell Model into Building Energy Simulation Software (ppt)
T. Vesanen, K. Klobut, J. Shemeikka, VTT Building and Transport, Finland
Comparison of the behaviour of the CHP-100 SOFC Field Unit fed by natural gas or hydrogen through a computer experimental analysis
Michele CALI’, Massimo SANTARELLI, Pierluigi LEONE, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Modelling of SOFC Anode Fuelled by Methane: Thermodynamic Analysis of Carbon Deposition (ppt)
J-M. Kleina, Y. Bultela, P. Ozila, LEPMI, France; M. Ponsb, LTPCM, France.
The Effect of Current Density Distribution on Bus-Bar Power Loss and Optimal Location of the Power Take-Off for SOFC Generators (ppt)
R. Draper, G. DiGiuseppe, Siemens, USA
Diffusion and Chemical Reaction in the Porous Structures of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (ppt)
B. Haberman, J.B. Young, University of Cambridge, UK
Design And Control Options For An Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell / Zebra Battery Hybrid System for Vehicle Applications (pdf)
D. Brett, N. Brandon, G. Hayes, Imperial College, UK; S. Cope, C. Mellors, MIRA LTD
CoCell: Optimsation of the Heat Balance for a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell to Produce Hydrogen for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel (ppt)
L. Adamek and G. Huppmann, MTU CFC Solutions , GmbH, Germany
Development of a 3D MCFC Model and Application to Hybrid Cycle Simulations (ppt)
P. Iora, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy; S. Campanari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Continuous Operation of PEM Regenerative Fuel Cell System For Energy Storage (pdf)
B-J. Chang, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
The EOS Project: an Industrial SOFC Pilot Plant in Italy (pdf)
Enrico Fontana, Michele Calì, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Gianmichele Orsello, Gas Turbine Technologies, Italy.
A Reduced Fuel Cell Stack Model for Control and Fault Diagnosis (pdf)
D. Di Penta, RENAULT/Université de Rennes; K. Bencherif , RENAULT; M. Sorine, INRIA Rocquencourt; Q. Zhang, IRISA Rennes, France
Hydrogen Sulfide and Siloxane Removal from Biogas for its Usage in Fuel Cells (pdf)
W. Ahrer, F. Accettola, S. Trogisch, Profactor Produktionsforschungs GmbH, Austria
Integrated Testing of a CPOX Reformer & SOFC (ppt)
L. Frost, B. Carrington, Idaho National Laboratories; R. McKain, SOFCO-EFS; D. Witmer, University of Alaska – Fairbanks, USA
SOFC System and the Economical Feasibility (pdf)
E. Fontell, T. Phan, T. Kivisaari, K. Keränen, Wärtsilä Corporation, Finland
An Overview of the Electrospark Deposition Process for Aluminization of MCFC Bipolar Plates (pdf)
S. Frangini, A. Masci, ENEA, Italy
Performance Improvement of (La,Sr)MnO3- and (La,Sr)(Co,Fe)O3-Type Anode-Supported SOFCs (ppt)
V. A.C. Haanappel, J. Mertens, A. Mai, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany
Combination of Biological Processes and Fuel Cells to Harvest Solar Energy Ihrig (ppt)
D. Ihrig et al., University for Applied Sciences South Westfalia, Germany
International Status of MCFC (ppt)
A. Moreno, ENEA, Italy; R. Bove, University of Perugia, Italy
SOFCRoll Development at St Andrews Fuel Cells (ppt)
F. G. E. Jones et al., St Andrews Fuel Cells, University of St Andrews, UK
Benchmark Characterization of a Tubular SOFC CHP Generator. Part II: Model Validation (ppt)
M. Santarelli, P. Leone, E. Fontana, V. Giretto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Durability of Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells on Pre-Reformed Natural Gas (ppt)
M. Noponen, J. Kiviaho, M. Halinen, J. Saarinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Saccharide Alkaline Fuel Cell (pdf)
P. Schechner, E. Bubis, Z. Rubin, N. Sabag, L. Mor, ORT Braude College, Israel
The Role of MCFC for the Exploitation of Biomass for Electricity Production (pdf)
A. Casalegno, D. Caruso, E. Cerluini, F. Pavoni, F. Lucia, L. De Lorenzo, M. Buccarella, V. Cigolotti, ENEA, Italy
New Generation of Catalysts for PEMFC Application (pdf)
A. Smirnova, N. Sammes, University of Connecticut, USA; X. Dong , H. Hara, Aerogel Composite , LLC c/o ICA, Inc., USA
SOFC System Configuration through Pinch Analysis (ppt)
V. Verda, M. Calì, S. Saroglia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Short Stacks for Mobile Application part a (pdf) - part b (pdf)
M. Lang, P. Szabo, Z. Ilhan, S. Cinque, T. Franco, G. Schiller, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Stuttgart
Processing of R-Nickel Catalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cell Applications (ppt)
J.A. Linnekoski, A.O.I Krause, Helsinki University of Technology; J. Keskinen, VTT Processes, Hermiankatu; Tomi Anttila, Hydrocell Ltd, Finland
Gas Turbine Assessment for Air Management of Pressurized SOFC/GT Hybrid Systems (ppt)
A. Traverso, A. Massardo, University of Genoa, Italy; R. Roberts, S. Samuelsen, J. Brouwer, University of California Irvine, USA
Oxygenates and Ammonia as SOFC Fuels (pdf)
J. B. Hansen, J. Pålsson, Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark
Operational Experiences with the EBZ Modular Energy Supply System based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (pdf)
O. Posdziech, C. Schurig, M. Schneider, EBZ Entwicklungs- und Vertriebsgesellschaft Brennstoffzelle mbH., Germany
SOFC System Development in VTT (pdf)
R. Rosenberg, J. Kiviaho, M. Halinen, M. Noponen, J. Saarinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
The Influence of Electrolyte Type and Thickness on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hybrid System Performance (ppt)
J. Milewski, A. Miller, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Thermal-Fluid-Dynamic Simulation of a PEM Fuel Cell Using a Hierarchical 3D-1D Approach (ppt)
S. Cordiner, V. Mulone, F. Romanelli, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Assessing Benefits from Hydrogen Technologies, by means of an Integrated Multicriteria Evaluation Approach (ppt)
S. Ulgiati, C. Giannantoni, S. Bargigli, Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy; A. Moreno, ENEA, Rome, Italy
Utilization in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Ni/GDC Anodes (pdf)
J. P. Ouweltjes, B. Rietveld, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), P. V. Aravind, N. Woudstra, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Innovative Flexible SOFC Stack Concept (pdf)
Stefan Diethelm, Luis Quina, Gabriele Prosperi, Nordahl Autissier, Zacharie Wuillemin, Olivier Bucheli, Jan Van herle; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory for Industrial Energy Systems (LENI)
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