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SUMMARY:The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economy - Nigel B
 randon\, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy - Imperial College
DTSTART:20090304T170000Z
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CONTACT:Omer Music
DESCRIPTION:Fuel cells are now available commercially in niche markets\, a
 nd are emerging into mass market applications\, particularly for the resid
 ential scale co-generation of electricity and heat. In this guise fuel cel
 l products can reduce carbon emissions from hydrocarbon fuels such as natu
 ral gas and\, in some variants\, offer the potential to be coupled with fu
 els arising from green waste or biomass. In transport applications\, when 
 coupled with low carbon sources of hydrogen fuel\, fuel cell powered cars 
 and buses offer one route by which carbon emissions from the transport sec
 tor can be significantly reduced. This lecture will discuss these issues\,
  highlighting some of the science and engineering challenges that remain t
 o be addressed\, and will draw on some of the presenters current research 
 in fuel cell engineering.\n\nProfessor Nigel Brandon FREng holds an engine
 ering degree and PhD from Imperial College London. His research interests 
 are focussed on energy systems\, and in particular the development and app
 lication of fuel cell technologies. Following research positions with BP a
 nd Rolls-Royce he returned to Imperial College as a faculty member in 1998
 . In 2004 he was appointed to the Shell Chair in Sustainable Development i
 n Energy\, in 2005 as Executive Director of the Imperial College Energy Fu
 tures Lab\, and in 2006 as Senior Research Fellow to the UK Research Counc
 ils Energy programme and the UK Government Office of Science Focal Point i
 n Energy with China. He leads the EPSRC funded Supergen fuel cell consorti
 a\, and is a founder and Chief Scientist of Ceres Power\, an AIM listed fu
 el cell company spun out from Imperial College in 2001. He was awarded the
  2007 Silver Medal from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering for his contri
 bution to fuel cell engineering leading to commercial exploitation. He is 
 a chartered engineer\, a Fellow of the Energy Institute\, a Fellow of the 
 Institute of Materials\, Minerals and Mining\, and Fellow of The City and 
 Guilds of London Institute. He sits on the Editorial Boards of the Journal
 s of Renewable Power Generation\, Chemistry and Sustainability: Energy and
  Materials\, and Power and Energy. 
LOCATION:LR2\, Engineering Department\, Inglis Building
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