The Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre (FCRC) is Canada's leading university-based research and development organization in partnership with industry dedicated to advancing the knowledge base for addressing the key technology challenges to the commercialisation of fuel cell applications.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference,

October 23-26, 2011. London, ON, London Convention Centre.

Alexandru Sonoc, Christopher Thurgood, and Brant Peppley "Thermal Decomposition of Polydimethylsiloxanes on Activated Gamma Alumina"

Jillian Lackey, Allison Maier, Pascale Champagne and Brant Peppley "AD-Derived Biogas Variability and Use in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in North America"

R.D. Parmar, D. Shekhawat, B.A. Peppley, K. Karan "Gas phase and surface kinetics of diesel surrogate reforming"

Mayur Mundhwa, Brant Peppley, Christopher Thurgood "Detail Heat, Mass and Transport Study in Catalytic Plate Fuel Reformer using Microkinetics"

Trevor Wartman, Christopher Thurgood, and Brant Peppley “Thermodynamic Model Development of an Integrated AD-SOFC System for the Determination of Optimal Operating Conditions”

220th ECS Meeting and Electrochemical Energy Summit, October 9-14, 2011, Boston, MA

Dzmitry Malevich, Jaka Suyana, Ela Halliop, Brant Peppley, Jon Pharoah, and Kunal Karan "Platinum Utilization in Thickness Controlled Catalyst Layers Prepared by Piezoelectric Printer"

Devproshad K. Paul and Kunal Karan "Understanding the Ionomer Structure and the Proton Conduction Mechanism in PEFC Catalyst Layer: Absorbed Nafion on Model Substrate"

ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY ONTARIO FUNDING ANNOUNCED

The Honorable John Gerretsen on behalf of the Ministry of Research and Innovation announced $1,503,600 in funding from the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence program for the Energy Storage and Recovery Ontario (ESARO) project, which will develop technologies to help in managing the variability of solar and wind power generation. 

The project team is led by Dr. Brant Peppley, Queen's University and includes researchers from Queen's University (Dr. Dominik Barz, Dr. Pascale Champagne, Dr. Boyd Davis, Dr. Philip Jessop, Dr. Kunal Karan, Dr. Warren Mabee, Dr. Jon Pharoah), Royal Military College of Canada (Dr. Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Dr. Chris Thurgood), the University of Waterloo (Dr. Michael Fowler), and the University of Western Ontario (Dr. Andy Sun).

“Our project will allow society to use renewable energy more effectively and will create an opportunity for Ontario to manufacture energy systems that complement renewable energy. These energy systems could then be exported to many countries in the world, increasing the global use of intermittent wind and solar energy,” says Dr. Peppley, Director of the Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre and the Canada Research Chair in Fuel Cells.

The Hon. John Gerretson, MPP Kingston and the Islands

Dr. Steven Liss, Vice-Principal (Research) Queen's University

Dr. Brant Peppley, Director, Queen's-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre and ESARO Project Leader

Hon. John Gerretsen and Dr. Brant Peppley

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