8th Annual SECA Workshop

Eighth Annual SECA Workshop

August 7-9, 2007

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Papers and Presentations
  • Plenary
  • Industry Team Summary
  • SECA Core Technology Program
    • Cell Interconnects - Alloys and Coatings
    • Design, Simulation and Reliability
    • Electrodes - Performance and Degradation
    • Seals - Materials and Performance
    • Balance of Plant
    • Coal Contaminants

Disclaimer
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Papers and Presentations

Plenary

• SECA Overview [PDF-4.3MB]
  Wayne Surdoval, NETL
• FutureGen Update [PDF-4MB]
  Joseph Strakey, NETL
• SECA Phase I Validation Testing/Coal Gas Impurities [PDF-1.7MB]
  Randall Gemmen, NETL
• Gasification Technology Options for SOFC Applications [PDF-1.1MB]
  Ronald Schoff, EPRI
• Market Mechanisms for CO₂: Issues and Opportunities [PDF-3.6MB]
  Michael Moore, CO₂ Global LLC

Industry Team Summary

• Progress in Acumentrics Fuel Cell Program [PDF-2MB]
  Doug Schmidt, Acumentrics Corporation
• Cummins Power Generation SECA Phase I Review [PDF-4.1MB]
  Dan Norrick, Cummins Power Generation
• Development Update on Delphi’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems [PDF-3.9MB]
  Steven Shaffer, Delphi
• SECA SOFC Programs at Fuel Cell Energy [PDF-7MB]
  Joel Doyon, FuelCell Energy
• SECA SOFC Program at GE Global Research [PDF-1.7MB]
  Seth Taylor, GE Global Research Center
• SECA Program Review [PDF-1.3MB]
  Shailesh Vora, Siemens Power Generation

SECA Core Technology Program

• Update on SOFC Test Vehicle Development and Implementation [PDF-780KB]
  Jeff Stevenson, PNNL

• Cell Interconnects – Alloys and Coatings
  • Low Cost Bulk Alloy Metallurgy and Manufacturing [PDF-262KB]
    James Rakowski, Allegheny Ludlum
  • Surface Modifications for Oxidation Resistance [PDF-2.7MB]
    Dave Alman, NETL
  • Low-CR Fe-Ni Alloys as SOFC Interconnect Material: Alloy Design and Performance Evaluation [PDF-6.9MB]
    John Zhu, Tennessee Technological University
  • Advanced Interconnect Development at PNNL [PDF-2.4MB]
    Gary Yang, PNNL
• Design, Simulation and Reliability
  • Characterization of Anode-Interconnect Interfaces [PDF-1.2MB]
    Edgar LaraCurzio, ORNL
  • Cell and Stack Modeling / Development of ASME Design Guide for Reliable SOFC [PDF-23MB]
    Moe Khaleel, PNNL
• Electrodes – Performance and Degradation
  • Deconvolution of SOFC Cathode Polarization [PDF-4MB]
    Eric Wachsman, University of Florida
  • Mechanisms Governing Mixed Conducting SOFC Cathodes [PDF-3.3MB]
    Stuart Adler, University of Washington
  • Electrode Optimization Studies and Cathode Surface Chemistry [PDF-10.5MB]
    Paul Salvador, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Novel and Improved Electrode Structures Through Infiltration [PDF-2MB]
    Steven Visco, LBNL
  • Electrode Contamination Studies [PDF-1.9MB]
    Michael Krumpelt, Argonne National Laboratory
  • High Pressure Electrode Studies [PDF-1.3MB]
    Larry Pederson, PNNL
• Seals – Materials and Performance
  • Innovative Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) [PDF-1.7MB]
    Raj Singh, University of Cincinnati
  • High Temperature Glass Seals [PDF-2.6MB]
    Matt Chou, PNNL
  • Glass Composite Seals [PDF-1.7MB]
    Ronald Loehman, Sandia National Laboratory
• Balance of Plant
  • Power Electronics for Fuel Cell Based Power Generation Systems [PDF-1MB]
    Allen Hefner, NIST
  • Advances in Anode and Cathode Blowers [PDF-2.7MB]
    Giri Agrawal, R&D Dynamics Corporation
  • Anode and Cathode Blower Systems for SOFCs [PDF-1.9MB]
    Mark Johnson, Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies
• Coal Contaminants
  • SOFC Operation in Hydrogen and Coal Gas in the Presence of Phosphorus, Arsenic, and Sulfur Impurities [PDF-2.8MB]
    Olga Marina, PNNL
  • Effect of Coal Contaminants on the SOFC Performance [PDF-952KB]
    Gopala Krishnan, SIR International

NETL Conference Services Information
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Phone: (412) 386-6044
FAX: (412) 386-6486
E-mail: kimberly.yavorsky@netl.doe.gov

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