Programme: 9th ISCARW Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Early Market Applications,

11-15 October 2010, Belfast

Venue: Monday and Tuesday: Boardroom Block 26, Floor B

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: Loughview Suite, Block M, Floor H
University of Ulster, Jordanstown

Monday, 11 October 2010

09:00 - 09:15 Registration
09:15 - 09:30 Opening
09.30 - 10.30 Marieke Reijalt (European Hydrogen Association, Belgium):
Towards the commercialisation of hydrogen & fuel cell technologies: EU policy (I)
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee
10.45 - 11.45 Marieke Reijalt (European Hydrogen Association, Belgium):
Towards the commercialisation of hydrogen & fuel cell technologies: EU policy (II)
11.45 - 12.00 Comfort break
12.00 - 12.30 Round table discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 John Irvine (University of St Andrews, UK):
Overview of the state-of-the-art in hydrogen production (1)
15.00 - 15.15 Comfort break
15.15 - 16.15 John Irvine (University of St Andrews, UK):
Overview of the state-of-the-art in hydrogen production (2)
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 17.00 Round table discussion
17.00 - 18.00 Welcome reception

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

09.30 - 10.30 John Irvine (University of St Andrews, UK):
New concepts in production and conversion of hydrogen (I)
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee
10.45 - 11.45 John Irvine (University of St Andrews, UK):
New concepts in production and conversion of hydrogen (II)
11.45 - 12.00 Comfort break
12.00 - 12.30 Round table discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Marieke Reijalt (European Hydrogen Association, Belgium):
Early markets in Europe: National and regional activities (I)
15.00 - 15.15 Comfort break
15.15 - 16.15 Marieke Reijalt (European Hydrogen Association, Belgium):
Early markets in Europe: National and regional activities (II)
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 17.00 Round table discussion
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
09.30 - 10.30 Vladimir Molkov (University of Ulster, UK):
Hydrogen safety: State-of-the-art and recent progress (I)
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee
10.45 - 11.45 Vladimir Molkov (University of Ulster, UK):
Hydrogen safety: State-of-the-art and recent progress (II)
11.45 - 12.00 Comfort break
12.00 - 12.30 Round table discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Lennie Klebanoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA):
Materials for Hydrogen Storage
15.00 - 15.15 Comfort break
15.15 - 16.15 Lennie Klebanoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA):
H2 Safety
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 17.00 Round table discussion
20.00 - 23.00 Course dinner

Thursday, 14 October 2010

09.30 - 10.30 Lennie Klebanoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA):
H2 uses in aircraft technology
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee
10.45 - 11.45 Lennie Klebanoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA):
Fuel cell mobile lighting, a market transformation project
11.45 - 12.00 Comfort break
12.00 - 12.30 Round table discussion
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Thomas Jordan (KIT, Germany):
Update on hydrogen safety research and investigated technologies in Germany (I)
15.00 - 15.15 Comfort break
15.15 - 16.15 Thomas Jordan KIT, Germany):
Update on hydrogen safety research and investigated technologies in Germany (II)
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 17.00 Round table discussion
17.00 - 17.20 Attendee presentations: Ronald Meyer and Andreas Krause (BAM, Germany):
A new technology for hydrogen storage: glass structures as storage system

Friday, 15 October 2010

09.30 - 10.30 Thomas Jordan (KIT, Germany):
Update on hydrogen safety research and investigated technologies in Germany (III)
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee
10.45 - 11.45 Thomas Jordan, (KIT, Germany):
Update on hydrogen safety research and investigated technologies in Germany (IV)
11.45 - 12.00 Comfort break
12.00 - 12.30 Round table discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.45 Presentations from attendees (see detailed programme on next page)
14.45 - 15.00 Comfort break
15.00 - 16.00 Presentations from attendees (see detailed programme on next page)
16.00 Close
 Attendee presentations Thursday 14th and Friday 15th October 2010

*****Please note there will be a maximum 10 minutes per person and 5 minutes for questions*******

Thursday, 14 October 2010

17.00 - 17.20 Ronald Meyer and Andreas Krause (BAM, Germany):
A new technology for hydrogen storage: glass structures as storage system

Friday, 15 October 2010

13.30 - 13.45 Siringul Ay (TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre, Turkey):
Liquid Fuel Production from Biomass and Coal Blends: Hot Gas Clean-Up with
Turkish Dolomites and Commercial Monolithic Catalyst

13.45 - 14.00 Steven Ebbitt (Liverpool John Moores University, UK):

A feasibility study for the generation of hydrogen from wind energy in rural
Northern Ireland

14.00 - 14.15 Asier Goni (Newcastle University, UK):

Membrane materials for PEM electrolyser

14:15 - 14:30 John Harrison (Carbon Zero NI/ South West College, UK):
Embedded Energy Storage for the Decentralised SmartGrid

14.30 - 14.45 James Hoyes (HSL, UK):

Hydrogen Deflagrations in Closed Vessels

14.45 - 15.00 Coffee

15.00 - 15.15 Pascal Martelli (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology):
Diffusion process observed by quasielastci neutron scattering

15.15 - 15.30 Arul Murungan (Newcastle University, UK):

Hydrogen Production by Chemical Looping using Perovskite-Type Materials

15.30 - 15.45 Guy-Joel Rocher (Concordia University, Canada):

Development of Magnesium alloys with high hydrogen capacity through
thermodynamic modelling combined with key experiments

15.45 - 16.00 Huahua Xiao (University of Science & Technology of China & visiting student UU):
Experimental and Numerical Study of Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flame Propagation in
closed Duct