Invited Speaker

Gary Hayes 

Title: Fuel Cells for power supply and storage
Fuel Cells (FC) invented by Sir William Grove in 1837 employ redox reactions to create electricity, heat and potable water when hydrogen is the fuel and oxygen is the oxidant. Today they are used in spacecraft, cars, ships, aircraft, domestic and commercial buildings.  Pure hydrogen and oxygen systems with heat recovery achieve overall efficiency north of 80% and as component nanomaterials and gas supply become ubiquitous through the hydrogen/hythane distribution networks, pricing of energy will drive investment into global infrastructure for security of supply.