Registration | Hotel Reservation | Proceedings Fuel Cell Tutorial Dr. Günther G. Scherer – Dr. Jan Van Herle Tuesday, 26 June 2012, from 10:00 to 17:00 Tutorial Language: English Tutorial Schedule: 10:00 Registration, welcome refreshments 10:30 Session 1: Operating principles, fundamental aspects, fuel cell types 12:00 Business lunch 13:00 Session 2: Fuels for fuel cells, fuel processing, system aspects 14:30 Coffee break 15:00 Session 3: Applications, state-of-the-art, challenges,          specificities per fc type 17:00 End of Tutorial The Tutors: Dr. Günther G. Scherer   MER Dr. Jan Van Herle       Dr. Günther G. Scherer studied Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (Diplom-Chemiker) and obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Technical University Berlin in 1975, while working with Prof. Heinz Gerischer and Prof. Frank Willig at the Fritz-Haber Institut of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. After a stay as an IBM World Trade Post-Doctoral Fellow at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California, he joined the Battelle-Institut Frankfurt (Dr. G. Sandstede) with a scholarship of the German National Science Foundation, working on electrochemical oxygen reduction. In 1980 he moved on to the Brown Boveri Research Center, Baden, Switzerland, where he was involved in an R&D project on large scale water electrolysis, and from 1986 to 1989 he continued to work at Ingold Messtechnik, Urdorf, Switzerland, heading a research group on electrochemical sensors. In 1989 he joined Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland and started PSI's activity on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs). Since 2002 he is Head of the Electrochemistry Laboratory of Paul Scherrer Institut.   Jan Van Herle obtained a chemistry degree from Basel University (Switzerland) in 1987 followed by a masters degree in Information Science in 1989. The same year he temporarily joined ABB in Baden for a SOFC demonstration project led by Dr Ulf Bossel, in preparing for his PhD. In 1993 he obtained a doctoral degree from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) with a thesis on SOFC cathode reaction mechanisms. After a postdoc 1994 – 1995 in Japan (Tsukuba, Prof. H Yokokawa, Prof. T Kawada) he returned to EPFL as scientific collaborator in SOFC research at the Chemistry Department, focusing on electrochemistry and materials. In 2000, he cofounded HTceramix, a Swiss SOFC company, and completed a masters degree in Energy Technology at EPFL, to join the Laboratory of Industrial Energy Systems (LENI, EPFL, Prof. D Favrat), as a lecturer and group leader of SOFC research, focusing on fuels and stacks. J. Van Herle has coauthored > 90 journal publications, > 50 conference papers and comanaged > 40 projects in half of which he was the main applicant. In 2008 he was promoted to MER at EPFL (Research and Teaching Responsible). The Tutorial will provide basic understanding of technical, chemical and physical principles that make fuel cells work simply, reliably and affordably. Therefore, fuel cell application requirements and practical examples of current developments will be discussed. Fuel cells will be treated as an interdisciplinary matter involving electrochemistry as well as materials science and process engineering. This year the focus will be on all types of fuel cells. The Tutorial addresses newcomers as well as those who have been working in the area of fuel cells for some time. Participants will gain a basic understanding of fuel cell technology or add expert know-how and practical experience to already existing understanding and knowledge. Moreover, fuel cells will be discussed in view of the potential applications, the fuels required and the market introduction issues related to that. The Tutorial will be held in English making it a useful introduction for newcomers to the global world of fuel cells. The Tutorial will provide an excellent kick-start into the 10th EUROPEAN SOFC FORUM, a week of exposure to the latest developments in fuel cells. During the Tutorial you will receive answers to questions before you have to ask them or you may ask questions you may not dare to voice in front of a general audience. Ample opportunity is provided for discussions. Each participant will receive a complete documentation of the Tutorial lecture with many useful illustrations, tables and curves. The Tutorial lecture will cover the following topics: Fuel cell reactions, thermodynamics, kinetics, triple-phase boundary, efficiency, different types of electrolytes, cell and stack structures, fuel and air supply, internal and external fuel reforming, fuels for fuel cells, as well as typical applications fuel cell systems and market introduction for the most popular types of fuel cells: PEFC, DMFC, AFC, PAFC, MCFC, and SOFC as well as hydrogen and fuel supply. Tutorial-only participants are welcome. Please use the Registration Form. Tutorial Fee The fee for the optional Fuel Cell Tutorial covers the lectures with complete documentation of the six hour lecture program and refreshments. The Tutorial Fee is 500 CHF. You may register for the Tutorial without participating in the entire conference. Please indicate your choice on the Registration Form.

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