Hydrogen and Fuel Cell

Dr. Töpler is Vice-Chairman of the Managerial Board at the German Hydrogen andFuel Cell Association (DWV). He has 30 years of experience in the area of hydrogen formobile applications and was more than 25 years lecturer for Renewable Energies at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen.Prof. Lehmann is a respected expert for hydrogen technologies. After having served as a professor at the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences from 1991 to 2010, he is now a member of the Managerial Board at the DWV. His research activities currently focus on the use of regenerative energies and hydrogen-based energy.

• Hydrogen as a strategic energy carrier.- Role of hydrogen in industrial energy storage for power grids.- Safety in hydrogen-based applications.- Mobile applications.- Mobile aerospace applications.- Fuel cells in household power supplies.- Uninterruptible power supplies.- Security-relevant applications.- Portable fuel cells.- Uses of conventional and green hydrogen in the chemical industry.- Electrolysis methods.- Industrial electrolysis.- Costs of providing hydrogen for power supplies based on renewable energies.- Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEFCs): state of the art and outlook.