1. CNR- IENI, Istituto per l’Energetica e le Interfasi (Milano, Padova)
GDR-E
Energetics and Safety of Hydrogen
Kick-off meeting
Orléans, 10 November 2005
Contribution of
CNR- IENI, Istituto per l’Energetica e le Interfasi
(Milano, Padova)
CNR “commessa” IENI
Combustion & diagnostics +
Electrochemistry groups
CNR - Project “Hydrogen”
CNR-CNRS collaboration agreement
INTAS project
LCSR, IENI
French Institutions
Institutions of the former Soviet Union
Italy: CNR: IENI, IFP

2. For the GDR-E we agree to contribute on the following topics:
Flame structure of hydrogen and hydrogen added flames (MI)
Control of hydrogen flames (MI)
Assessment of hydrogen and hydrogen enriched fuels utilization in engines (MI)
Photo-catalytic water dissociation (MI)
Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides (PD)
Combustion
HYDROGEN GENERATION & STORAGE

3. Flames & combustion systems Flame diagnostics
laminar premixed
laminar diffusion
turbulent
sprays
combustion bomb
Flame diagnostics
Emission
Rayleigh Scattering
Spontaneous Raman Scattering
LIF
Soot diagnostics
extinction (2D)
scattering (multiwavelength, multiangular)
LII (2C-LII)

4. McKenna burner
(ethylene-air flame)
Extinction
Scattering

5. SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION
Long term perspective: photo-assisted electrolysis of water
synthesis of nanoparticles with photocatalytic activity (TiO2)
realization of electrodes
realization of a photoelectrochemical cell
study of the process

6. Nanoparticles syhthesis in flames (TiO2)
H2O
anatase
rutile

7. Solar-Hydrogen ?! Electrochemical sudies Realization of electrodes
Photoelectrochemical cell (PEC)
Solar-Hydrogen ?!

8. Growth of thin hydrocarbon films and hydrogen production in a cusp plasma device