• History and status quo of fuel cell research, Jan Pieter Ouweltjes
• Status quo of biomass research, Jürgen Karl
• Ceramic membrane technologies and processing, Jadran Macek

Session 1: SOFC fundamentals

• Thermodynamic and electrochemical fundamentals, Ulrich Hohenwarter
• Cell modelling, Andreas Gubner
• Cell and stack concepts, Anke Hagen
• Fuel cell materials, Marjan Marinsek
• Cell and stack testing, Bert de Haart

Session 2: System integration

• Modelling of biomass gasifier – SOFC systems, Mathilde Saule
• Degradation mechanisms: influence of hydrocarbons, Jan Pieter Ouweltjes
• Degradation mechanisms: influence of chlorine, sulphur, alkali, and other pollutants, Mathilde Saule

Session 3: Gas cleaning

• Gas analysis, Fritz Lettner
• Tar removal, Serge Biollaz
• Sulphur, chlorine, dust, alkali, and heavy metal removal, Andreas Schweiger
• Carbon deposition mechanisms: thermodynamics, experiments, and analysis, Kyriakos Panopoulos

Discussion forum in 6 workshops

• carbon formation
• gasification and system integration
• innovative and sulphur tolerant materials
• gas analysis for sulphur and tars
• gas cleaning technologies
• SOFC modelling

Excursion to biomass gasifier in Güssing, Austria

Presentation of European projects and fuel cell industries

Research funding and financing

Presentation of the results obtained in the different workshops

Optional post-conference tour to Postojna Cave, Slovenia

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