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Monday, 19th April 2010 |
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INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University
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English |
| Fee |
Free |
| Capacity |
100 seats |
| Program |
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Recently, global warming and exhaustion of fossil fuels have emerged as
serious environmental problem. To establish hydrogen energy society in
terms of hydrogen fuel cells is an effective method for solving these
problems. The materials used in hydrogen fuel cell system are generally
exposed to a hydrogen environment. The studies on the influence of
hydrogen on strength properties of several kinds of metals have been
reported as hydrogen embrittlement. However, that of organic materials
such as plastics and rubbers has hardly been reported. In order to
quantify and clarify the influence of high-pressure hydrogen on the
materials, such as polymeric materials as well as stainless steel or
metal alloys for high-pressure hydrogen vessels, Kyushu University and
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology had
jointly established the research project for hydrogen energy,
HYDROGENIUS (Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage) supported by NEDO in
2006. In this symposium, we will introduce some research activities of
HYDROGENUIS on mechanics and structure of rubber materials for
high-pressure hydrogen sealing. We also have lectures by authorities of
mechanics and structure of rubber materials, Professor Alan N Gent
(University of Akron, USA), Professor Changwoon Nah (Chonbuk National
University, Korea) and Professor Yoshihide Fukahori (Universiry of
London, UK) as invited speakers. |
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