Convegno Sul Progetto Idrogeno Dal Sole

BONG-HY (parallel application of Blends Of Natural Gas and Hydrogen in internal combustion engines and fuel cells) International Conference on the BONG-HY project Brescia, 16 November 2006

1. Organisation of the Conference

The Conference will be attended by all the representatives of the Italian, German and Austrian research groups. The Conference will take place in Brescia (Palazzo Loggia - Salone Vanvitelliano).

9.30 – 10.00: Registration of the participants 9.30 Introduction by the Local and Regional authorities Raffaele Cattaneo (Councillor for the Infrastructures and Mobility - Lombardy Region) Ettore Brunelli (Councillor for the Environment - Municipality of Brescia) Renzo Capra (President, ASM Brescia) 10.00 – 12.30: Morning Session. Chairman: Agostino Braga

10.00 – 10.40 BONG-HY in the REGINS framework

10.00 – 10.15 The REGINS program: objectives and European Regions Federico Lottersberger involved (General Directorate for Industry – Lombardy Region)

10.15 – 10.40 The BONG-HY project: Italian, German and Austrian Antonio Ballarin Denti objectives and activities (Catholic University of Brescia)

10.40 – 11.00 The use of blends of hydrogen and natural gas: international Giovanni Pede activities, objectives and planning of the experimental (ENEA - Rome) activities in Italy

11.00 – 11.20: Coffee Break 11.20 – 11.40 The blends of hydrogen and natural gas in internal Maria Chiesa combustion engines of industrial vehicles: energetical and (Catholic University of Brescia) environmental results 11.40 – 12.00 Model scenarios linked to the introduction of blends of Riccardo Scarcelli hydrogen and natural gas in internal combustion engines (University of Tor Vergata - Rome) 12.00 – 12.30 Regulations and homologation aspects linked to the Aldo Bassi introduction of blends of hydrogen and natural gas as a fuel (SINTESIAB - Milan) for mobility 12.30 – 14.00: Lunch 14.00– 17.00: Afternoon session. Chairman: Agostino Iacobazzi 14.00– 14.30 Experimentation of blends of hydrogen and natural gas in Dieter Meissner solid oxide fuel cells (University of Linz, Austria) 14.30 – 15.00 Microscope analysis for the study of the ageing processes Renate Hiesgen linked to the components of the solide oxide fuel cells (University of Esslingen, Germany) fuelled by blends of hydrogen and natural gas 15.00 – 15.30 Barriers to be overcome in order to make the blends of Bernhard Schaible hydrogen and natural gas marketable (KIBZ – Stuttgart, Germany ) 15.30 – 16.00 Future development of the project and new possible Adriano Alessandrini applications of the blends of hydrogen and natural gas ( University “La Sapienza” – Rome) 16.00 – 16.30 The application of blends of hydrogen and natural gas in Owe Jönsson urban buses: the case study of Malmo (Swedish Gas Center, Sweden) 16.30 – 17.00 Discussion on the project results and end of the Conference