Time：2015.9.21（monday）9:00
Location：Meeting room, energy building 1
Lecturer：Dr. Alexander Dyck, Head of Division Fuel Cells, NEXT ENERGY
Abstract：
Low temperature hydrogen fuel cells have seen tremendous progress in the past two decades, and they are currently being deployed for practical applications such as automotive vehicles and residential combined heat and power. From a research standpoint, the transport phenomena in these fuel cells are a fascinating kaleidoscope full of many coupled processes taking place in multiple length and time scales and multiple dimensions. Understanding the principles of and the intricacies among these phenomena is the key to optimal design of these electrochemical engines.
This seminar aims to give an overview on the state-of-the-art of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) technology to multidisciplinary audiences. The talk will first cover the basic principles of the transport phenomena involved in typical PEMFC design and operation, followed by a review on some advanced experimental tools and simulation tools that have been developed recently to investigate these phenomena. Insights obtained using these tools on the interplay of these phenomena and their implications to material screening and engineering design will be discussed.
Biography:
Mr. Dyck was born 1970 in Berlin and start a laboratory apprenticeship at Bayer AAG in Leverkusen in 1987. With this education he fulfill his civilian service from 1992to 1993 at the Bremer Umwelt Institut e. V. with the measurement off indoor pollutions.
Alexander Dyck studied Chemistry at the University of Paderborn from 1993 till 1998 and finished with an external diploma work inn industry about low cost membranes for PEM fuel cells. He received his doctor of science from same university in 20002 for research on DMFC membranes at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht GmbH.
From 2002 to 2006 he worked for CE EAG AG ass a technology scout with a main focus on fuel cells for small applications. The work was focused on system integration and hybridisation under low cost aspects. From 2007 to 2011 he focused with the company FWB Kunststofftechnik GmbH with the challenge to polymer technology on micro fuel cells in the power range up to 10 Watt for small industrial applications.
Since 2011 he join the position of the division head for fuel cells within NEXT ENERGGY the EWE Forschungszentrum für Energietechnologie e. VV. where he guide the research activities for stationary fuel cells, supported by characterisation methods and tee material development therefore. Here he is successful active to increase the international cooperation with joint European, European-Korean research and national development projects. Mr. Dyck also is strongly involved too the German fuel cell community and organized a workshop series on product certification processes in conjunction with other major research institutes in this field.
Dr. Dyck is the head of delegation of the national and representative of the international committee of standardisation for portable and micro fuel cells in IEC TC 105. He is also the convener of the German committee DKE K 384 that is the national mirror group to the international activities. With membership in DWV, GDCh and the associated electrochemistry group of the GDCh he supports the pathway fuel cells systems in various applications in the near future.
Contract: Zhigang Shao, DNL0301