Monday, February 8, 2010
Location: National Fuel Cell
Research Center
(Building 323
on the UC Irvine campus)
Download map: NFCRC Map (pdf)
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
| 1 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions | Scott Samuelsen |
| 1:10 p.m. | Fuel Cell Fundamentals | Jack Brouwer |
| 2 p.m. | Hybrid Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Concept / Introduction | Scott Samuelsen |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3 p.m. | Hybrid Systems Fundamentals / Design and Analysis | Ashok Rao |
| 3:35 p.m. | Steady
State Performance Characteristics
of Hybrid Systems Natural Gas-based Systems and Coal-based Systems |
Ashok Rao |
| 4:15 p.m. | Dynamic Hybrid Systems Analyses and Control | Jack Brouwer |
| 4:45 p.m. | Questions and Answers | Jack Brouwer, Moderator |
| 5 p.m. | Adjourn |
Instructors
Jack Brouwer, Ph.D.
- Associate Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- More than 15 years experience in fuel cell and advanced energy conversion science and engineering
Ashok D. Rao, Ph.D.
- Chief Scientist, Advanced Power and Energy Program
- More than 30 years experience in chemical process engineering
- Previously Director, Process Engineering, and Senior Fellow, Power Systems at Fluor, Inc.
G. Scott Samuelsen, Ph.D.
- Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program and National Fuel Cell Research Center
- More than 35 years experience in advanced energy conversion technologies