2002 13-18January2002 26th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics 61Composites (inc. Material Technologies for Fuel Cells & Power Electronics) Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA Contact: American Ceramic Society, PO Box 6136, Westerville, OH 430866136, USA. Tel: +1 614 794 5890 Fax: +I 614 794 5892 Email:
[email protected] http:l/www.ceramics.org/meetings/ ECD2002/finaLasp
17-18Januaty2002
6-7 February2002
Conference on the Commercialization of Energy Technologies NewYork City, USA
(rescheduledfrom OctoberkW1) Fuel Cell Dynamics 2002
Contact: Glen Manseau, The Center for Business Intelligence, 500 W. Cummings Park, Suite 5100, Wobum, MA 01801, USA. Tek i-1 781 939 2513 Fax: +I 781 939 2466 Email: glenmQcbinet.com http://wwwcbinet.com/wconnect/ wc.dll?CBEvent-GetMorelnfo-PB209
4-7 February2002
Fuel Cell Vehicle Workshop
4th Annual tnternational Colloquium on Envhonmentally Preferred Advanced Power Generation (ICEPAG)
Washington, DC, USA Contact: Linda Hill, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8762, USA. Tel: +l 530 752 6548 Fax: +I 530 752 6572 Email:
[email protected] http:lAvwwits.ucdavis.edu/events.html
Newport Beach, California, USA Contact: ICEPAG 2002, Kim Bergland, Advanced Power & Energy Program, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3550, USA, Tel: +1 949 824 1999 ext. 118 Fax: +I 949 824 7423 Email:
[email protected] http://wwwparcon.uci.edu/colloquium
17-18Januaty2002
New York City USA Contact: Allied Business intelligence Inc, 69 Hamilton Avenue, Oyster Bay, NY 11771,USA. Tel:+1 5166243113ext.32 Fax:+1 5166243115 Email: conferencesBalliedworld,com http://fcd20Q2com
12-14Februaty2002 Global Alternative Fuels Forum 2002 Stuttgart, Germany Contart: Claire Pallen, The Energy Exchange Ltd, 25 St George’s Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 3DT, UK. Tel: +44 1242 529090 Fax: +44 1242 529060 Email:
[email protected] http:/lwww.theenergyexchange.co.oW conferencecalendarhtm
27February2002 Workshop on ‘Fuel Celfs Generate Future Products’ Berlin, Germany Contact: DipL-lno. Marco Voiot,
Integrated hydrogen generation/ fuel cell operation using low-cost hydrogen generation zone
Applicant: Plug Power, USA
Applicant: UOP, USA
Pntentnumber: US 6280870
Combined fuel cell flow plate and gas diffusion layer
Patent number: US 6280864
Fuel cell with hydrogen
purification
Applicant: Plug Power, USA Patent number: US 6280865
Flow distributor for improved durability and performance Applicant: Northern Research & Engineering Corporation,
USA
Patent number: US 6280866
Pumping fluid in a fuel cell system Applicants: Griff Consulting Inc, USA; Thomas Pfeiffer (Germany)
Patent number: US 6280867
Electrical interconnect for planar SOFC with oxidation-resistant coating on anode
Gas diffusion electrodes containing carbon particles modified with functional groups Applicants: Cabot Corporation, Termoelettrica
USA; and
SPA, Italy
Patent number: US 6280871
Double-layer for improved collection
gas diffusion structure electrode electrical
Applicant: Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan Patent number: US 6280872
Applicant: Nexant Inc, USA Patent number: US 6280869
Fuel Cells Bulletin No. 40
Detroit, Michigan, USA Contaet: SAE InternationaL, Mee&gs & Exhibits Promotion, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 150869905, USA. Tel: +I 724 772 4027 (1877 SAE CONG) Fax: +I 724 776 0790 http:/lwww.s ;ae.on$congress
17-21March2002 7th EPRI Distributed Resources
Conference & Exhibition Dallas, Texas, USA Contact: EPRI DR Conference, Laura Goldie, EPRI, 3412 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA~94304,USA. Tel: +I 650 FI55 2560 Fax: +I 650 855 2287 Email: IgofdieDeprLcom htto://wwweori.com
Applicant: IFC, USA Patent number: WO
01163682
Compact selective oxidizer assembly for fuel cell power plant Applicant: IFC, USA Patent number: US 6284206
Improved rotary piston blower to supply oxidant stream to fuel cell Patent number: US 6284397
Methanol reformer making effective use of entire catalytic layer Applicant: K. Kiryu (Japan) Patent number: US 6284398
Scanning measurement of stack cell voltages using different ground references Applicant: Plug Power, USA
Fuel cell system with humidification membranes that prevent contamination of reactant gas stream
Patent number: US 628 1684
Applicant: Plug Power, USA Patent number: US 6284399
Fuel processing with desulfurization Applicant: IFC, USA
Simple, reliable stack with no gas leakage and minimized cell cracking
4-7March2002 SAE 2002 World Congress
Applicant: Ballard Power Systems, Canada
Applicant: Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd, Australia Patent number: US 6280868
VDINDE-Technologiezentrum Informationstechnik GmbH, Rheinstrasse IOB, D-14513 Teltow, Germany. Tel: +49 3328 435277 Fax: +49 3328 435105 Email: voigt@vdivde-itde h~://~.vdivd~it.de
Patent number: WO
Metal alloy electrocatalysts for highly efficient fuel cell electrodes
OllG2871
Integrated selective stack manifold
oxidizer
in
Applicants: Pennsylvania State University and Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Patent number: US 6284402
0