Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production Pathway Analysis and Benchmarking

Thursday, 28 May 2015: 08:00-17:30
Conference Room 4B (Hilton Chicago)
Chairs:
Eric Lars Miller and Huyen N Dinh
08:00
Introductory Remarks
08:05
(Invited) Benchmarking Transformational Energy Technologies
B. D. James, W. G. Colella, and J. M. Moton (Strategic Analysis Inc.)
08:35
(Invited) Analytic Methods for Benchmarking Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
M. Melaina, G. Saur, T. Ramsden, and J. Eichman (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
09:05
(Invited) Benchmarking and Protocol Development for Data Comparison Between Laboratories
G. Bender and S. S. Kocha (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
09:35
(Invited) Standardizing Experimental Methods and Metrics in the Field of Photoelectrochemical (PEC) Water Splitting
Z. Chen (Stanford University), H. N. Dinh (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), and E. L. Miller (U.S. Department of Energy)
10:05
Break
10:55
(Invited) Alkaline Water Electrolysis Vs. PEM Water Electrolysis - Exploring Their Full Performance
M. Carmo (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH), D. L. Fritz III (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), W. Maier (Forschungszentrum Juelich), and D. Stolten (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
11:25
(Invited) Fermentative Hydrogen Production from Biomass in the Cellulose-Degrading Bacterium Clostridium Thermocellum
L. Magnusson, K. Chou, and P. C. Maness (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
11:55
Lunch
14:30
(Invited) Needed Research Focus for Achieving Cost-Effective and Reliable Solar-Thermal Water Splitting
C. Muhich, B. Ehrhart, I. Alshankiti, B. Ward, C. Musgrave, and A. Weimer (University of Colorado)
15:00
(Invited) Re-Energizing Waste CO2 to Fuels with the Sun: Efficiency, Scale, Resource Utilization, and Economics
E. B. Stechel (ASU-LightWorks) and J. E. Miller (Sandia National Laboratories)
15:30
(Invited) Renewable Hydrogen Evolution on Nickel Phosphide Electrocatalysts: A Comparative Study of Efficiency and Tolerance to Corrosion
G. C. Dismukes, A. B. Laursen (Rutgers University), B. Liu (Rutgers), K. Patraju (Rugers, the State University of New Jersey), and M. Greenblatt (Rutgers)
16:00
Break
16:20
Design and Cost Considerations of Solar-Fuel Devices
M. A. Modestino, C. A. Rodriguez, D. Psaltis, and C. Moser (EPFL)
16:40
The Effect of Blockages in a PEM Electrolyzers Flow-Field on Performance and Temperature Distribution
D. L. Fritz III (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), M. Carmo (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH), M. Müller (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany), and D. Stolten (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH)
17:00
Concluding Remarks