REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

O. Burheim, P. J. S. Vie, J.G. Pharoah and S. Kjelstrup , ‘Ex-situ measurements of through-plane thermal conductivities in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell’,  Journal of Power Sources, 195(1) pp 249-256, 2010

Odne Burheim, Preben J.S. Vie, Steffen Møller-Holst, Jon Pharoah, Signe Kjelstrup, ‘A calorimetric analysis of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and the production of H2O2 at the cathode’, Electrochimica Acta, 55, pp 935-942, 2010

J.G. Pharoah, O.S. Burheim, ‘On the Temperature Distribution in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells’, Journal of Power Sources, 195, pp 5235-5245, 2010

Signe Kjelstrup, Marc-Olivier Coppens, Jon Pharoah, Peter Pfeiffer " Nature-Inspired and material efficient design of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell’, Energy & Fuels, published online August 2010,  DOI: 10.1021/ef100610w

Ying Wan, Brant Peppley, Katherine A.M. Creber, V. Tam Bui, "Anion-exchange membranes composed of quaternized-chitosan derivatives for alkaline fuel cells", Journal of Power Sources, 195, 3785-3793, 2010

Madhu S. Saha, Devproshad K. Paul, Brant A. Peppley, Kunal Karan, "Fabrication of Catalyst Coated Membrane by Modified Decal Transfer Technique," Electrochemistry Communications, Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 410-413, March 2010

R. Amin and K.Karan , "Characterization of La0.5Ba0.5CoO3− as a SOFC Cathode Material ," J. Electrochemical Society 157, 2, B285-B291, 2010

R.D. Parmar, A. Kundu, C. Thurgood, B.A. Peppley, K. Karan , "Kinetic studies of the autothermal reforming of tetradecane over Pt/Al2O3 catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor," Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 6, Pages 1212-1220, June 2010.

R.D. Parmar, A. Kundu, K. Karan., "Thermodynamic analysis of diesel reforming process: Mapping of carbon formation boundary and representative independent reactions," J. Power Sources 194, 2, 1007-1020, 2009.

B. Kenney, M. Valdmanis, C. Baker, J.G. Pharoah, and K. Karan , "Computation of TPB length, surface area and pore size from numerical reconstruction of composite SOFC electrodes," J. Power Sources 189, 2, 1051-1059, 2009.

RR Kondakindi, K Karan , "Characterization of Fe- and Mn-doped GDC for low-temperature processing of solid oxide fuel cells," Mat. Chem. Phys 115, 2-3, 728-733, 2009.

D. Malevich, E. Haliop, J Pharoah, B Peppley, K.Karan, "Investigation of Charge Transfer and Mass Transport Resistances in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Microporous Layer Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy," J. Electrochemical Society 156, B216, 2009.

CTF Lo, K Karan, BR Davis, "Kinetic Assessment of Catalysts for the Methanolysis of Sodium Borohydride for Hydrogen Generation," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res 48, 11, 5177-5184, 2009.

A. Rudrake, H. Horton and K. Karan, "A Combined QCM and XPS Investigation of Asphaltene Adsorption on Metal Surfaces," J. Colloids and Interfacial Science 332, 22-31, 2009.

P. Oosthuizen, S. Hussain, B.A. Peppley, "A numerical study of the performance of an autothermal reformer for use in a fuel cell powered auxiliary power unit for trucks", Chemcial Engineering Transactions, 18, pp.653-658, DOI: 10.3303/CET0918106

D. Malevich, E. Halliop, B. Peppley, J. Pharoah, K. Karan, "Characterization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Microporous Layer Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159, pp B216-224, 2009.

D. Malevich, E. Halliop, B.A. Peppley, J.G. Pharoah, K. Karan, "Effect of Relative Humidity on Electrochemically Active Area and Impedance Response of PEM Fuel Cell", ECS Transactions, v.16 p. 1763-1774, 2008.

A. Shaw, P.H. Oosthuizen, B. Peppley, "An Experimental Study of the Performance of an Autothermal Reformer for Use in a Fuel Cell Powered Auxiliary Power Unit for Trucks”, Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 08), Prague,

15 pages, August 24-28, 2008.

Micheal Lankin and Kunal Karan, "Effect of Processing Conditions on Curvature of Anode/Electrolyte SOFC Half-Cells Fabricated by Electrophoretic Deposition," Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Volume 6, Issue 2, Article No. 021001, May 2009, DOI: 10.1115/1.2971044

D. Harvey, J.G. Pharoah, K. Karan, "A Comparison of different approaches to modelling the PEMFC catalyst layer", J. Power Sources 179, 1, 209-219, 2008.

S. Kundu, K. Karan, M. Fowler, L.C. Simon, B.A. Peppley, and E. Halliop, "Influence of Micro-Porous Layer and Operating Conditions on the Fluroide Release Rate and Degradation of PEMFC Membrane Electrode Assemblies", J. Power Sources 179, 2, 693-699, 2008.

M. Secanell, K. Karan, A. Suleman and N. Djilali, "Optimal design of Ultra-Low Platinum Anode Elctrodes", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155, 2, B125-B134, 2008.

M. Secanell, K. Karan, A. Suleman and N. Djilali, "Multi-variable optimization of PEMFC cathodes using an agglomerate model," Electrochimica Acta 52, 22, 6318-6337, 2007.

Chih-ting F. Lo, Kunal Karan,and Boyd R. Davis, "Kinetic Studies of Reaction Between Sodium Borohydride and Methanol, Water and Their Mixtures," Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 46, 5478-5484, 2007

C.A.Bellemare-Davis, K.Karan, J.G.Pharoah, G.Zak, "The Analysis and Design of Microchannel Reactors," Advanced Materials Research 15-17, 321-326, 2007

Ben Kenney and Kunal Karan, "B. Kenney and Kunal Karan. Engineering of microstructure and design of a planar porous composite SOFC cathode: A numerical analysis," Solid State Ionics 178, 3-4, 297-306, 2007.

Kunal Karan, "Assessment of Transport-Limited Catalyst Utilization for Engineering of Ultra-Low Pt Loading Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Anode," Electrochemistry Communications 9, 747-753, 2007.

I. Wheeldon, C. Caners, K. Karan, and B. Peppley., "Utilization of Biogas from Ontario Wastewater Treatment Plants in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems: A Process Modeling Study," International Journal of Green Energy, Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 221-231, March 2007, DOI: 10.1080/15435070601015585.

Hasan K. Atiyeh, Kunal Karan, Brant Peppley, Aaron Phoenix, Ela Halliop and Jon Pharoah "Experimental investigation of the role of a microporous layer on the water transport and performance of a PEM fuel cell" Journal of Power Sources 170 (2007) 111-121.

Rawool, AS, SK Mitra, and JG Pharoah. (2007) "An Investigation of Convective Transport in Micro-proton-exchange membrane fuel cells’, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 162, Issue 2, pages 985-991, November 2006, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.07.067.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K. "Impact of Non-Uniform Potential in SOFC Composite Cathodes on the Determination of Electrochemical Kinetic Parameters: A Numerical Analysis." Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Volume 153 (6) A1172-1180, 2006.

Sun, L., Oosthuizen, P.H., and McAuley, K.B. “Numerical Study of Pressure Distribution and Flow Cross-over through Gas Diffusion Layer in PEMFC Flow Plate Using Serpentine Channel with Trapezoidal Cross-section”,  Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, April 2006, pp. 159-166.   Journal home page: http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/oshima-jscfd/

Pharoah, J.G., Karan, K. and Sun, W. "On the Effective Transport Properties of the PEMFC Gas Diffusion Layer." J. Power Sources (June 2006).

Qi, A., Peppley, B.A. and Karan, K. "Integrated Fuel Processors for Fuel Cell Application: A Review." Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 88, Issue 1, Pages 3-22, January 2007, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2006.05.007.

Mann, R.F., Amphlett, J.C., Peppley, B.A. and Thurgood, C.P. "Application of Butler-Volmer equations in the modelling of activation polarization for PEM fuel Cells." J. Power Sources, 161 (2), 27 775-781 (2006)

"A Numerical Study of Channel to Channel Flow Cross Over through the Gas Diffusion Layer in a PEM-fuel-Cell Flow System Using a Serpentine Channel with a Trapezoidal Cross –Sectional Shape”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 1021-1026, 2006. (Authors: Lan Sun, P.H. Oosthuizen, Kim B. McAuley

Mann, R.F., Amphlett, J.C., Peppley, B.A. and Thurgood, C.P. "Application of Butler–Volmer equations in the modelling of activation polarization for PEM fuel cells." J. Power Sources, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 23 June 2006

Peppley, B.A. "Biomass for Fuel Cells: A Technical and Economic Assessment." International Journal of Green Energy,  3(2) 201-218 (2006)

Wan, Y., Creber, K.A.M., Peppley, B.A., and Bui, V.T. "Chitosan-based solid electrolyte composite membranes: I. Preparation and characterization." J. Membrane Science, 280(1-2), 666-674 (2006)

J.G. Pharoah, W. Sun, and K. Karan, "On Effective Transport Coefficients in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes: Anisotropy of the Porous Transport layers," Journal of Power Sources 161, 1, 214-224, 2006.

M. Zougari, S. Jacobs, J.Ratulowski, A. Hammami, G. Broze, M. Flannery, A. Stankiewicz and K. Karan, "A Novel Organic Solids Deposition and Control Device for Live Oils: Design and Applications," Energy and Fuels 20, 4, 1656 -1663, 2006.

C. Qi, J.C. Amphlett and B.A. Peppley, "Methanol Steam Reforming over NiAl and NiAl(Au, Rh, Ir)-Layered Double Hydroxide Derived Catalysts" Catalysis Letters, Volume 104, Nos. 1-2, 57-62, 2005, DOI: 10.1007/s10562-005-7436-z (Funding: provided by NSERC Industrial Research Chair)

“An improved two-dimensional agglomerate cathode model to study the influence of catalyst layer structural parameters.”, W. Sun, B.A. Peppley and K. Karan, Electrochimica Acta, 50 (16-17), 3359- 3374 (2005) (Funding: NSERC – Du Pont

Ying Wan, Katherine A.M. Creber, Brant A. Peppley, V. Tam Bui, Ela Halliop, "A new crosslinked chitosan composite membrane for alkaline fuel cells”, Polymer International, 54, 5-10, 2005 (Funding: NSERC Discovery)

J.G. Pharoah, "Fluid Mechanics of Serpentine Flow Fields on a Porous Media", International Journal of Green Energy, 2(4), 2005

J.D.J. VanderSteen, J.G. Pharoah, "Modelling Radiation Heat Transfer with Participating Media in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Volume 3, Issue 1, 62, February 2006, DOI: 10.1115/1.2134738

S. Litster, J.G. Pharoah, G. McLean, N. Djilali, "Computational analysis of heat and mass transfer in a micro-structured PEMFC cathode", Journal of Power Sources, Available online 22 July 2005

J.G. Pharoah, "On the Permeability of Gas Diffusion Media used in PEM fuel cells", Journal of Power Sources, 144, pp77-82, 2005

Kenney, B. and Karan, K. “Influence of Microstructural Parameters of a SOFC Composite Cathode on the Collection of Reliable Experimental Data: A Modelling Analysis”. Proceedings of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies Symposium, Conference of Metallurgists COM-2005, Calgary, Alberta. August 2005.

Reddy, K.R. and Karan, K. “Sinterability, Mechanical, Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Gadolinium-Doped Ceria Electrolyte for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.” Journal of Electroceramics. 15(1), 45-56.

L. Sun, P.H. Oosthuizen, K.B. McAuley: "A Numerical Study of Channel-to-Channel Flow Cross-Over through the Gas Diffusion Layer in a PEM Fuel Cell Type Flow System using a Serpentine Flow Channel with a Trapezoidal Cross-Sectional Shape”, Proceedings, ICMM2005- the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, ASME, Toronto, Paper ICMM2005-75077,

6 pages, June 13-15, 2005,

L. Sun, P.H. Oosthuizen and K.B. McAuley: "Effect of Channel Arrangement on Fluid Flow in PEMFC flow Field Using Serpentine Channel System with Trapezoidal Cross-Section”, Proceedings of the Conf. of Metallurgists 1st Int. Symp on Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Tech., COM-2005, Paper 34B.2, Calgary AB, Aug 21-24, 2005.

C. Caners, C. McIntyre, B. Peppley, C. Thurgood, S.J. Harrison, P. H. Oosthuizen, "Performance Improvement of an Auto-Thermal Gasoline Reformer”, Proceedings of the Conf. of Metallurgists 1st Int. Symp on Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Tech., COM-2005, Paper 33A.5, Calgary AB, Aug 21-24, 2005.

C. Caners, B. Peppley, S.J. Harrison, P.H. Oosthuizen and C.S. McIntyre: "Experimental Analysis of an Autothermal Gasoline Reformer for Automotive Purposes”, Paper: FUELCELL2005-74105, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, (FUEL CELL 2005), 5 pages, Ypsilanti MI, May 23-25, 2005.

Sun, W., Peppley, B.A. and Karan, K. "Influence of Gas Diffusion Layer and Channel Geometry Parameters on Catalyst Performance: Investigation using a 2-D Model", J. Power Sources, 2005

Ying Wan, Katherine A.M. Creber, Brant A. Peppley, V. Tam Bui,"Ionic Conductivity and Tensile Properties of Hydroxyethyl and Hydroxypropyl Chitosan Membranes”, J. Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 42, 1379-1397, 2004 (Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant)

Patrick H. Oosthuizen, “Flow and Heat Transfer in a Simple Trapezoidal Minichannel Flow System”, Proceedings on CD of CFD 2004, 12th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Heat Transfer II, Ottawa, pp 775-782, May 9-11, 2004

K. Z. Yao, K. Karan, K. B. McAuley, P. Oosthuizen, B.A. Peppley, T. Xie, "A Review of Mathematical Models for Hydrogen and Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”, Fuel Cells - From Fundamentals to Systems, 4(1) 3-29, 2004 (Funding: NSERC CRD, DuPont Canada Ltd.)

R.F. Mann, J.C. Amphlett, M.W. Fowler, B.A. Peppley, C.P. Thurgood,“Modelling of PEM Fuel Cells”, Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications, Chapter 8, Elsevier, Editor Rob Thring, 2004. (Funding: Defence Research and Development Canada

Wan, Y., Creber, K.A.M. Peppley, B.A., Bui, V.T., and Halliop, E. "New solid polymer electrolyte membranes for alkaline fuel cells." Polymer Int’l, 54(1) 5-10 2004.

Wan, Y., Creber, K.A.M. Peppley, B.A., and Bui, V.T. "Ionic conductivity and tensile properties of hydroxyethyl and hydroxypropyl chitosan membranes." Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 42(8) 1379-1397, 2004.

Mann. R.F., Amphlett, J.C., Peppley, B.A., and Thurgood, C.P. "A Mechanistic Model for the Water Gas Shift Reaction Over Commercial Catalysts Containing CuO/ZnO."  International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 2 A5, 2004. http://www.bepress.com/ijcre/vol2/A5

Sun, L., Oosthuizen, P.H., and McAuley, K.B. "A Numerical Study of the Effect of Flow Cross-over through the Gas Diffusion Layer on the Pressure Distribution in PEMFC Flow Plates."  Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004

P.H. Oosthuizen, Lan Sun and Kim McAuley, "The Effect of Channel-to-channel gas crossover on the pressure and temperature distribution in PEM fuel cell flow plates”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 25, 2005, Issue 7, Elsevier, pp. 1083-1096, May 2005.

P.H. Oosthuizen, Lan Sun and Kim McAuley, "A Numerical Study of the Effect of Flow Plate Geometry on the Pressure Distribution and Channel-to-Channel Flow Cross-Over in a PEM Fuel Cell Using a Serpentine Flow channel”, Proc. 2004 ASME IMECE, Paper IMECE2004-61386, Anaheim, November 2004.

Pharoah, J.G., Karan, K. and Sun, W. "On the Effective Diffusivity in PEMFC Electrodes." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004.

Harvey, D., Pharoah, J.G., Sun, W., and Karan, K. "Effect of Catalyst Layer Models in 3-D CFD Modelling." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004.

Austin, M.E., Pharoah, J.G, and Vandersteen J.D.J., "Thermal Radiation Modelling in a Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004

Ajersch, M. J., Fowler, M.W., Karan, K. and Peppley, B.A. (2003) “PEM Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate Reliability and Material Selection.” Proceedings First International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Rochester, NY, USA, April 21-23, 2003.

Caners, C., Wheeldon, I., Peppley, B.A.P. and Karan, K.  “Potential for Utilization of Wastewater Treatment Plant Biogas as Fuel for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell.”  Proceedings of 10th Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, Montréal, Québec, Canada, August 29 - September 2, 2004.

Wan, Y., Creber, K.A.M., Peppley, B.A., and Bui, V.T. "Ionic conductivity of Chitosan membranes." Polymer, 44(4) 1057-1065, 2003.

Thurgood, C.P., Amphlett, J.C., Mann, R.F., and Peppley, B.A. "Deactivation of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalyst: Evolution of Site Concentrations with Time." Topics in Catalysis, 2, 261, 2003.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"Characterization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy ", 55th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, August 9-12, 2009, Kingston, ON, Canada (Author: D. Malevich)

"A Method for Determining the Effective Transport Co-efficients of Composite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes", Hydrogen and Fuel Cell 2009 Conference, May 31-June 3, 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Authors: Hae-Won Choi, Arganthaël Berson, Ben Kenney, Jon G. Pharoah, and Steven Beale).

"Effect of Relative Humidity on Electrochemical Active Area and Impedance Response of PEM Fuel Cell", 214th Meeting of Electrochemical Society, October 12-17, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, Abstract #1062 (Authors: D. Malevich, E. Halliop, B.A. Peppley, J.G. Pharoah, K. Karan)

"An Experimental Study of the Performance of an Autothermal Reformer for Use in a Fuel Cell Powered Auxiliary Power Unit for Trucks”, Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 08), Prague, August 24-28, 2008. 15 pages.

(Authors: A. Shaw, P.H. Oosthuizen, and B. Peppley)

"Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Studies of the Influence of Microporous Layer on Performance and Durability of PEM Fuel Cell", 212th Meeting of Electrochemical Society, October 7-12, 2007, Washington, DC, Abstract #594 (Authors: D. Malevich, B.A. Peppley, K. Karan, E. Halliop)

“Effect of Channel Length on the Flow Cross-Over through Gas Diffusion Layer and Pressure Distribution in a PEM Fuel Cell Flow Plate with Serpentine Channels”, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (ICNMM2007), June 18-20, 2007, Puebla, Mexico, Paper ICNMM2007-30073, 8 pages.(Authors: L. Sun, P.H. Oosthuizen and K.B. McAuley

“Validation of a Numerical Model for Prediction of the Pressure Distribution in PEMFC Flow Field Plates with a Serpentine Channel”, Proceedings on CD of ICNMM2006, Fourth International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, June 19-21, 2006, Limerick, Ireland. 8 pages.(Authors: L. Sun, H. Atiyeh, P.H. Oosthuizen, K.B. McAuley and B. Peppley)

Karan, K, Pharoah, J.G., and Peppley, B.A. “Towards the Development of a Mechanistic Model of PEMFCs.” Gordon Conference on Fuel Cells, Bryant University, Rhode Island, July 23-27, 2006.

Pharoah, J.G., Harvey, D. and Karan, K. “FUELCELL 2006-97236 Comparison of Catalyst Treatments for PEM Fuel Cell Modelling.”  The Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Irvine, California, June 19-21, 2006.

Peppley, B.A., Atiyeh, H., Halliop, E., Karan, K., Pharoah, J.G., and Phoenix, A. “S18-631 Influence of Microporous Layer on Water Balance in PEM Fuel Cells.” 16th World Hydrogen Conference, Lyon, France June 16-19, 2006.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K. "Mathematical Micro-Model of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Composite Cathode." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004

Vandersteen, J.D.J., Kenney, B., Pharoah, J.G. and Karan, K. "Mathematical Modelling of the Transport Phenomena and the Chemical/ Electrochemical Reactions in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Review." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004

Hamilton, D.J. and Pharoah, J.G. "An Effective Transport Property Model for Fibrous Porous Media." Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, September 2004

Karan, K.  “Mechanistic Modeling of PEMFCs.” (Presentation as a substitute for Plenary Lecture on SOFC Modeling) 2005 Canadian Fuel Cell Symposium, Banff, Canada. October 2005.

Karan, K. Sun, W., Harvey, D., and J.G. Pharoah.   “Understanding the Role of Ion Transport and Porous Transport Layer (PTL) on Reaction Rate Distribution in PEM Fuel Cell Cathode.” Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies Symposium, Conference of Metallurgists COM-2005, Calgary, Alberta. August 2005.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K.  “Numerical Analysis of Potential and Species Distributions in an SOFC Composite Cathode: Implications on Electrochemical Measurements.”  207th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Quebec City, Quebec. May 2005.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K.  “Mathematical Modeling of Current Density Distribution in Composite Cathode of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.” International Green Energy Conference, Waterloo, ON. June, 2005.

Lankin, M. and Karan, K. “Fabrication of Thin Electrolyte Film by Electrophoretic Deposition for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.” International Green Energy Conference, Waterloo, ON. June 2005.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K.  “Comparison of LSM and LSCF Cathodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by AC Impedance Spectroscopy.” International Green Energy Conference, Waterloo, ON. June 2005.

Wheeldon, I., Caners, C., Karan, K., and Peppley, B.A. “Process Modeling of Wastewater-Biogas Fueled SOFC System Based on a Survey of WWTP in Ontario.” International Green Energy Conference, Waterloo, ON. June 2005.

Peppley, B.A., Pharoah, J.G., Karan, K., Harvey, D., Hamilton, D., and Sun, W.  “Mechanistic Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells: Application to Serpentine Flow Fields.” 3rd European PEFC Forum, July 4-8, 2005. Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (Lucerne).

Karan, K., Sun, W., and Peppley, B.A.  “An Improved Two-Dimensional Agglomerate PEMFC Cathode Model: Application to a Study of the Influence of Catalyst Layer Parameters.” 54th CSChE Conference, Calgary, Canada Oct 3-6, 2004.

Karan, K, Sun, W., and Pharoah, J.G. “On the Effective Transport Coefficient of Gas Diffusion Layer of a PEM Fuel Cell.”   54th CSChE Conference, Calgary, Canada Oct 3-6, 2004.

Reddy, K.R., and Karan, K.  “Development and Characterization of Copper-Anode Based Lower-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabricated by Single-Step Sintering.” 54th CSChE Conference, Calgary, Oct 3-6, 2004.

Kenney, B. and Karan, K. “A Mathematical Micro-model of Composite Cathodes of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,” Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference, Toronto, Canada, September 25-28, 2004.

Harvey, D., Sun. W., Karan, K., and Pharoah, J.G. “Three-Dimensional PEM Fuel Cell Cathode Half-Cell Model Based on Agglomerate Catalyst Layer.”  Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference, Toronto, September 25-28, 2004.

Vandersteen, J., Kenney, B., Pharoah, J.G., and Karan, K.  “Mathematical Modelling of the Transport Phenomena and the Chemical/Electrochemical Reactions in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Review.”  Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference, Toronto, Canada, September 25-28, 2004.

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Karan, K. Agricultural Waste Fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Technical Economic Analysis of Alternative Processes. Report submitted to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF), December 2005.