9th Annual SECA Workshop

9th Annual Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Workshop

August 5-7, 2008

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Presentations
  • Industry Team Summary
  • SECA Core Technology Program
    • Cell Interconnects - Alloys and Coatings
    • Electrodes - Performance and Degradation
    • Technology Transfer and Modeling Activities
    • Balance of Plant
    • Coal Contaminants
• Posters

Disclaimer
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PRESENTATIONS

• Welcome and SECA Overview [PDF-3.2MB]
  Wayne Surdoval, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• The Government Appropriations Process
  Loretta Beaumont, Former Staffer for the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, and Former DOE Program Manager, Currently Retired
• An Update on Market Mechanisms for CO₂: Issues and Opportunities [PDF-2.7MB]
  Michael Moore, Stakeholder CO₂ Global Board Member and VP Texas Carbon Capture Storage Assoc.
• Impacts of Global Climate Change on Power Production: Selected Insights from the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program [PDF-1.4MB]
  James Dooley, Senior Staff Scientist Joint Global Change Research Institute

Industry Team Summary

• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program at FuelCell Energy [PDF-5.4MB]
  Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, FuelCell Energy Inc.
• SECA Program at Siemens [PDF-1.6MB]
  Shailesh Vora, Siemens Power Generation
• Development Update on Delphi’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems [PDF-3.3MB]
  Steven Shaffer, Delphi
• System Analysis for Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell Combined Cycle [PDF-304KB]
  Eric Grol, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SECA Core Technology Program

• Cell Interconnects - Alloys and Coatings
  • SOFC Metallic Interconnect Systems [PDF-574KB]
    James Rakowski, ATI Allegheny Ludlum
  • Advanced Interconnect Development at PNNL [PDF-5.3MB]
    Jeff Stevenson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Lifetime Quantification of Coated Metallic ICs [PDF-3.5MB]
    Moe Khaleel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Electrodes - Performance and Degradation
  • Research Progress at GE Global [PDF-1MB]
    Matt Alinger, GE Global Research
  • Doped LSF and LSM Cathodes [PDF-749KB]
    Michael Krumpelt, Argonne National Laboratory
  • Deconvolution of SOFC Cathode Polarization Mechanisms [PDF-15MB]
    Eric Wachsman, University of Florida
  • Improved Cathode Performance via Infiltration [PDF-1.4MB]
    Meilin Liu, Georgia Tech
  • Infiltration Technology for Anode & Cathode Performance Improvement [PDF-3.8MB]
    Steven Visco, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • SOFC Cathode Surface Chemistry and Optimization Studies [PDF-19MB]
    Paul Salvador, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Synchrotron X-ray Studies of SOFC Cathode Materials [PDF-1.6MB]
    Paul Fuoss, Argonne National Laboratory
• Technology Transfer and Modeling Activities
  • SECA Stack Test Fixture Development and Implementation [PDF-2.1MB]
    Jeff Stevenson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Cell and Stack Modeling [PDF-1.5MB]
    Moe Khaleel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Cathode-Interconnect Interfacial Properties [PDF-1.3MB]
    Edgar Lara-Curzio, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • ASME Design Basis [PDF-978KB]
    Moe Khaleel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Balance of Plant
  • Advances in Anode and Cathode Blowers [PDF-0KB]
    Giri Agrawal, R&D Dynamics Corporation
  • Power Conditioning System Technologies for High-Megawatt Fuel Cell Plants [PDF-1.2MB]
    Allen Hefner, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Ceramic/Metallic Heat Exchanger Development [PDF-1.8MB]
    Anthony Litka, Acumentrics Incorporated
  • Liquid-Tin Anode SOFCs for Coal-Based Systems [PDF-804KB]
    Jeff Bentley, CellTech Power, LLC
  • Undersea Vehicle Applications for the U.S. Navy [PDF-4.8MB]
    Alan Burke, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
• Coal Contaminants
  • SOFC Anode Interactions with Coal Gas Contaminants [PDF-3.5MB]
    Olga Marina, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Effect of Coal Contaminants on Solid Oxide Fuel System Performance [PDF-1.6KB]
    Gopala Krishnan, SRI International
  • Coal Syngas Testing of SOFCs at NETL [PDF-1.4MB]
    Randall Gemmen, U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Concluding Remarks
  Heather Quedenfeld, U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

POSTERS  

• Goodrich Diesel Reforming, Injector & Mixer Development [PDF-880KB]
  John Short, Goodrich Corporation
• Sintering of LSM Contact Pastes at Low Temperature [PDF-1.2MB]
  L.R. Pederson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Liquid Tin Anode SOFC for Direct Coal Conversion: A System Perspective [PDF-239KB]
  Jan H.J.S. Thijssen, J. Thijssen, LLC
• Coal System Studies: Effects of Methane Content and High-Efficiency Catalytic Gasification [PDF-140KB]
  Jan H.J.S. Thijssen, J. Thijssen, LLC

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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