Lectures and screenings from May 9 to November 7, 2019
May 9, 2019: Without It, No Moon: The Fuel Cell
at 5:30 p.m. (90 min) – UTBM Belfort – Lecture Hall I102
Lecture presented by David BOUQUAIN.
Fuel cells: their early applications in astronautics, their development, and their contemporary uses
• The principle of fuel cells and related technologies.
• History of fuel cells, first space application, the Gemini program.
• Fuel cells and the Apollo service module.
• “Houston, we’ve had a problem…”—without fuel cells, it’s more complicated.
• Current developments in fuel cells, applications in transportation.
• Focus on automotive applications.
• Summary: strengths and weaknesses of the technology
