Innovation Webinar: Solid Oxide Cells Technologies
Speaker: Dr. Nguyen Q. Minh, University of California - San Diego, Center for Energy Research.
When: Friday, July 28, 2023; 10:30am ~ 11:30am
Where: Virtually on ABH2's YouTube webpage or in person at Avenida Horácio Macedo 2030, Centro de Tecnologia BLOCO G, Sala G-122, Cidade Universitária- Ilha do Fundão (limited seats).
Dr. Nguyen Minh is an internationally well known expert on fuel cell technologies, especially solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), reversible SOFCs (RSOFCs), solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), and related technologies. He has been involved in the development of fuel cells, SOFCs and new energy systems in the last thirty years. His experience covers a full spectrum of industrial/product R&D areas, ranging from technology assessment, strategy and roadmap formulation, fundamental and engineering study to processes and manufacturing development, system design and operation, prototype demonstration, and cost/market analysis. He is currently with Center for Energy Research at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Before joining UCSD, he was Chief Scientist/Manager, Fuel Cells at GE and before that, Senior Manager, Fuel Cells at Honeywell/AlliedSignal.
On the 28th of July, Dr. Minh will will provide an overview of recent activities in the U.S. to develop clean hydrogen as an effective decarbonization tool and summarize the R&D work at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to develop a superior-performance, high-durability and low-cost solid oxide cell technology for production and use of hydrogen.
In the U.S., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently produced a National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for facilitating large-scale production processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. The Department has significantly increased support and funding in clean hydrogen areas, especially clean hydrogen electrolysis, has developed the Hydrogen Energy Earthshot goal (”1 1 1”: $1 per 1 kilogram in one decade) and has planned to establish Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs around the country. At UCSD, the effort on solid oxide cell technology has focused on the development of electrolysis cells (SOECs) for hydrogen production and fuel cells (SOFCs) for power generation. This effort aims at addressing several technological issues in current SOEC/SOFC design, engineering, manufacturing, and operation and developing advanced innovative concepts. Selected results of this R&D work at UCSD on SOEC/SOFC technology will be presented.
The event will be open to the public (while the seats last!) but also available online at ABH2's YouTube page. Don't miss it!
