This event is the worlds’s largest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Event for industry professionals. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo 2011 will gather companies, products, and showcase technologies related to the latest development of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. This year, 450 exhibitors are expected to meet with 135,000 renewable energy professionals in Tokyo March 2011. For more info and to regsiter please visit http://www.fcexpo.jp/en/Top/
The 11th International Short Course and Advanced Research Workshop “Hydrogen Technologies and Infrastructure” in a series “Progress in Hydrogen Safety” will be held in Belfast 16-20 May 2011. The brochure, programme and registration form can be found at http://hysafer.ulster.ac.uk/phs/forms/11thshortcourse.pdf. 5 bursaries are expected be available for attendees. Priority will be given to the members of the International Association for Hydrogen Safety (IA HySafe) which is going to sponsor the bursaries (decision is pending). Closing date for bursary applications is 16 of April 2011. Information on membership in IA HySafe can be found at http://www.hysafe.org/IAHySafe. Please contact Dr Sile Brennan for more details (sl.brennan@ulster.ac.uk)
Background: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells The PEFC Fuel Cell uses a polymer membrane as an electrolyte. It is used in all applications with dynamic loads, especially in mobile applications but also as combined heat and power units in households. The development of the ion-conductivity of the membranes has much increased over the last 30 years. Today nafionbased membranes achieve a power density up to 1 W/cm² active area. In the last 10 years the successful adoption of the PEFC in different prototypes could be demonstrated. For a market introduction a few “teething problem” like life-time and costs have to be solved. In this context scientists have high expectations in the development of high-temperature membranes. Cells with these temperatures can be operated over 100°C. The PEFC-Course gives a detailed introduction in PEFC-Technology, shows the state of the art of the development and gives hints to present bottlenecks and suggested research/development directions. Who should attend? This course is suitable for scientists and engineers working in or entering the fuel cell industry, employees of industries that have recently invested or plan to invest in fuel cell technology and science and engineering graduate students desiring an understanding of fuel cell technology. It is also [...]