Program
Conference program - version 26 September 2008
Thursday 25 September 2008 |
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08:45 |
Registration/coffee |
09:15 |
Welcome: Helge Weydahl, Prototech / Norwegian Hydrogen Forum |
09:20 |
Session 1, Chair: Dr. ing Torgeir Nakken, Hydrogen R&D leader, StatoilHydro |
| 09:20 | |
| 09:50 | |
| 10:20 | Per Øyvind Hjerpaasen, StatoilHydro; Hydrogen outlook from StatoilHydro |
| 10:50 | Steffen Møller-Holst, SINTEF; Pathways to a hydrogen fuel infrastructure in Norway |
11:10 |
Coffee and refreshments |
11:30 |
Departure to Nyborg by bus |
12:00 |
Official opening of hythane filling station, Nyborg |
13:00 |
Return to Hotel Neptun |
13:30 |
Lunch at Hotel Neptun |
14:30 |
Session 2, Chair: Professor emeritus Reidar Tunold |
| 14:30 | Keynote speaker: Christopher Jackson, Intelligent
Energy; |
| 15:00 | Skjalg Erdal, UiO; Oxides as high temperature hydrogen separation membranes, principles and applications |
| 15:20 | Eirik Ovrum, DNV; Dynamic simulation of molten carbonate fuel cell power plant in the fellowship project |
| 15:40 | Morten Huse, UiO, Development of electrolytes for proton conducting solid oxide fuel cells |
16:00 |
Coffee and refreshments |
16:20 |
Session 3, Chair: Professor Volodymyr Yartys, IFE |
| 16:20 | Keynote Speaker: Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Overview of U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Storage Activities |
| 16:50 | Marie-Laure Fontaine, SINTEF; Novel high temperature proton conducting fuel cells |
| 17:10 | De Chen, NTNU; Multifunctional materials for hydrogen production from multifuels |
| 17:30 | Helge Weydahl, CMR Prototech; Regenerative fuel cell systems for telecom satellites |
| 17:50 | End session 3 |
18:45 |
Guided tour, “The history of Bergen – at a glance”, by Prof. Tore Grønlie, UiB |
19:20 |
Meet at Fløibanen vehicular, bottom station |
19:30 |
Departure Fløibanen |
20:00 |
Dinner at Fløien Folkerestaurant
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Friday 26 September 2008 |
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09:00 |
Session 4, Chair: Professor Truls Norby, UiO |
| 09:00 | David Ryan Grainger, StatoilHydro; Norwegian Hydrogen Forum’s price winner 2008 |
| 09:30 | Axel B. Ofstad, NTNU; Carbon corrosion of a PEMFC during shut-down/start up |
| 09:50 | Astrid L. Mejdell, NTNU; Experimental investigation of a microchannel membrane reactor |
10:10 |
Short Break |
| 10:20 | Volodymyr Yartys, IFE; Nanostructured metal hydrides for vehicular hydrogen storage |
| 10:40 | Ivar Wærnhus, CMR Prototech; SOFC at Prototech. Review of recent stack testing |
| 11:00 | Li He, NTNU; Biomass to H2 production via sorption enhanced steam reforming |
11:20 |
Poster Session and lunch, networking |
13:00 |
Session 5, Chair: Professor De Chen, NTNU |
| 13:00 | Keynote Speaker: Lars Petterson, KTH; Reforming of conventional and renewable fuel for mobile applications |
| 13:30 | Petar Aleksic, NTNU; Experimental study of thermal effects in a hydrogen cryo-adsorption storage system |
| 13:50 | Prankul Middha, GexCon AS; Hydrogen safety research at Gexcon |
14:10 |
Coffee and Refreshments |
1430 |
Session 6; Chair: Professor Lars Petterson, KTH |
| 14:30 | Alex C. Hoffmann, UiB; Research in materials for solid oxide fuel cells |
| 14:50 | Tor-Geir Engebretsen, NPS; Nordic power systems introduces a unique diesel based fuel cell generator – DFC Power Pack |
| 15:10 | Magnus Sørby, IFE; Studies of light complex hydrides at IFE |
15:30 |
Questions and comments
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16:00 |
End of seminar |


