SECA Core Technology Program Peer Review

SECA Core Technology Program Peer Review

October 25-26, 2005

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Papers and Presentations
  • Materials
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Balance of Plant
  • Cell Components
  • Breakout Sections

Disclaimer
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Papers and Presentations

• Welcome
  Wayne Surdoval, U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Welcome to Colorado
  Ruthie Coors Swartzlander, Fuel Cell Research and Sales Engineer, CoorsTek, Inc.
• Fuel Cell Commercialization
  Dr. John Coors, Chairman, CoorsTek, Inc.

Materials

• SECA Core Technology Program: Materials Development at PNNL [PDF-4.82MB]
  Jeffrey Stevenson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Performance Degradation of SOFC [PDF-416KB]
  Atul Verma, GE Energy
• Fundamental Studies of SOFC Materials [PDF-3.24MB]
  Eric Wachsman, University of Florida
• Rick Grice, Executive Director, Department of Labor & Employment, State of Colorado
• Sealing Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [PDF-688KB]
  Richard Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla
• Engineered Glass Composites for Sealing Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [PDF-11.3MB]
  Ronald Loehman, Sandia National Laboratory
• Development of Modified Nickel – Based Compositions for On-Anode Reforming [PDF-308KB]
  Yong Wang for David King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Modeling & Simulation

• SECA Core Program – Recent Developments of Modeling Activities at PNNL [PDF-1.54MB]
  Mohammed Khaleel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Durability and Reliability of SOFC’s [PDF-2.09MB]
  Edgar Lara Curzio, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Sudip K. Mazumder, University of Illinois

Balance of Plant

• Foil Gas Bearing Supported High-speed Centrifugal Blower [PDF-208KB]
  Giri Agrawal, R&D Dynamics Corporation
• Transient Recognition Control for Fuel Cell Systems [PDF-2.37MB]
  Steve Shaw, Montana State University
• Sulfur Tolerant Liquid Fuel Reformer [PDF-1.53MB]
  S. (Elango) Elangovan, Ceramatec

Cell Components

• Interactions of Silicon in Metallic Interconnect Materials with Perovskite Protective Coatings [PDF-1.73MB]
  Christopher Johnson, U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Filtered Arc Plasma Assisted PVD Coatings for SOFC Metallic Interconnects [PDF-3.92MB]
  Vladimir Gorokhovsky, Arcomac Surface Engineering, LLC
• Tailoring Fe-Ni Based Alloys for Intermediate Temperature SOFC Interconnect Application [PDF-1.91MB]
  Jiahong (John) Zhu, Tennessee Tech
• New Cathode Materials for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [PDF-2.44MB]
  Chuck Mims, University of Toronto for Allan Jacobson, University of Houston
• Novel Cathodes Prepared by Impregnation Procedures [PDF-0.98MB]
  Eduardo Paz for Wayne Gardner, Franklin Fuel Cells

Breakout Sections
Overview / objective of the breakout session- Wayne Surdoval, Prabhakar Singh