Individual Information
Naveed Akhtar
AFC Energy
Educational Qualification
From 01/94 to 08/98, B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) , Pakistan
From 10/04 to 01/06, M.Sc. (Renewable Energy) , Germany
From 12/06 to 11/09, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) , United Kingdom
Research Interests
Energy Storage Applications (Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides)
Conventional/Single-Chamber, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Modelling and Experiments)
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (Two-Phase Flow Modelling/Experiments)
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (Electrochemical Investigations)
Alkaline Fuel Cells (Modelling and Experiments)
Cost and Life Cycle Analysis of Alkaline Fuel Cell Stacks
Multiphysics Modelling of Coupled Thermo-Fluid-Structural Systems using COMSOL
Work Experience
From 02/2015 to till now, Fuel Cell Stack Manager , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12/2013 to 02/2015, Team Leader- Fuel Cell Stack R&D , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12.2012 to 11/2013, Senior Scientist , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12/2011 to 11/2012, Fuel Cell Modeller/Scientist , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 11/2009 to 11/2011, Postdoctoral Fellow , Chemical Engineering, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
From 12/2006 to 11/2009, Postgraduate Research Fellow , Chemical Engineering/Maths, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
From 04/2006 to 11/2006, Wiss. Mitarbeiter/ Scientific Co-Worker , Institute of Materials Processing, University of Bayreuth, Germany
From 07/2005 to 03/2006, Student Assistant , German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
From 02/2005 to 04/2005, Internship , Institute of Energy Research, Research Center Juelich, Germany
From 05/2001 to 07/2004, Research Assistant , NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Selected Publications
From 01/94 to 08/98, B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) , Pakistan
From 10/04 to 01/06, M.Sc. (Renewable Energy) , Germany
From 12/06 to 11/09, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) , United Kingdom
Research Interests
Energy Storage Applications (Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides)
Conventional/Single-Chamber, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Modelling and Experiments)
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (Two-Phase Flow Modelling/Experiments)
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (Electrochemical Investigations)
Alkaline Fuel Cells (Modelling and Experiments)
Cost and Life Cycle Analysis of Alkaline Fuel Cell Stacks
Multiphysics Modelling of Coupled Thermo-Fluid-Structural Systems using COMSOL
Work Experience
From 02/2015 to till now, Fuel Cell Stack Manager , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12/2013 to 02/2015, Team Leader- Fuel Cell Stack R&D , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12.2012 to 11/2013, Senior Scientist , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 12/2011 to 11/2012, Fuel Cell Modeller/Scientist , AFC Energy plc, UK
From 11/2009 to 11/2011, Postdoctoral Fellow , Chemical Engineering, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
From 12/2006 to 11/2009, Postgraduate Research Fellow , Chemical Engineering/Maths, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
From 04/2006 to 11/2006, Wiss. Mitarbeiter/ Scientific Co-Worker , Institute of Materials Processing, University of Bayreuth, Germany
From 07/2005 to 03/2006, Student Assistant , German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
From 02/2005 to 04/2005, Internship , Institute of Energy Research, Research Center Juelich, Germany
From 05/2001 to 07/2004, Research Assistant , NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
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Akhtar N*, Austin JA, Thomas M. 2013. Fuel Cell System. WO/2013/167868, filed April 29, 2013, and issued November 14, 2013. |
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Akhtar N*, Austin JA, Sutherland HL. Fuel Cells and Method of Operation. WO/2014/096793, filed Dec 16, 2013, and issued June 26, 2014. |
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Akhtar N*. Fuel Cell System.WO/2014/111686, filed Jan 03, 2014, and issued July 24, 2014. |
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Akhtar N*. Fuel Cell.WO/2014/174303, filed April 24, 2014, and issued Oct 30, 2014. |
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Akhtar N*. Operation of a Fuel Cell System.WO/2014/174301, filed April 24, 2014, and issued Oct 30, 2014. |
| 6. |
Akhtar N*. Fuel Cell System and Method of Operating said Fuel Cell. WO/2015/008031, filed July 07, 2014, and issued Jan 22, 2015. |
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Sutherland H* , Reynolds C, Lewis G, Akhtar N, Maynard N, Fuel Cells, Electrodes and Method of Manufacture. WO/2015/033123, filed Sept 02, 2014, and issued Mar 12, 2015. |
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Akhtar N*, Fuel Cell System.GB 2511615, filed Jan 02, 2014, and issued Sept 10, 2014. |
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N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, A three-dimensional numerical model of a single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Hydrogen Energy, 34 (2009) 8645-8663. |
| 2. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, K.Kendall, Structural stability of silver under single-chamber, solid oxide fuel cell conditions, International Journal of Hydrogen Hydrogen Energy, 34 (2009) 7807-7810. |
| 3. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, Mixed-Reactant, Micro-Tubular, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: An Experimental Study, Journal of Power Sources, 193 (2009) 39-48. |
| 4. |
N.Akhtar*, A.Rosin, M.Willert-Porada, Modelling of the Coupled Thermo-electric Fluid Flow Effects in a Compact Glass Melting Tank, European Journal of Glass Science and Technology, 51 (2010) 31-34. |
| 5. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, K.Kendall, Numerical modelling of methane-powered micro-tubular, single-chamber, solid oxide fuel cell (MT-SC-SOFC), Journal of Power Sources, 195 (2010) 7796-7807. |
| 6. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, K.Kendall, Cell temperature measurements in micro-tubular, single-chamber, solid oxide fuel cells (MT-SC-SOFCs), Journal of Power Sources Journal of Power Sources, 195 (2010) 7818-7824. |
| 7. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, Modelling of Co-Planar type Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SC-SOFCs), Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 8 (2011) 041014. |
| 8. |
N.Akhtar*, K.Kendall, Silver modified cathode for a micro-tubular, single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 773-778. |
| 9. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, K.Kendall, A parametric analysis of a micro-tubular, single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (MT-SC-SOFC), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 765-772. |
| 10. |
N.Akhtar*, P.J.A.M Kerkhof, Dynamic Behavior of Liquid Water Transport in a Tapered Channel of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Cathode, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 3076-86. |
| 11. |
N.Akhtar*, P.J.A.M Kerkhof, Effect of Channel and Rib Width on Transport Phenomena within the Cathode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 5536-49. |
| 12. |
N.Akhtar*, K.Kendall, Micro-tubular, solid oxide fuel cell stack operated under single-chamber conditions, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 13083-88. |
| 13. |
N.Akhtar*, Modelling of novel porous inserted micro-tubular, single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells (MT-SC-SOFCs), Chemical Engineering Journal, 179 (2012) 277-84. |
| 14. |
N.Akhtar*, Micro-tubular, single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (MT-SC-SOFC) stacks: Model development, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 6 (2012) 814-24. |
| 15. |
N.Akhtar*, P.J.A.M Kerkhof, Predicting Liquid Water Saturation Through Differently Structured Cathode Gas Diffusion Media of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, 9 (2012) 021010. |
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N.Vojkovi?*, N.Akhtar, Technologies of Sustainable Development that were feed by Hydrogen or Hydrogen Compounds as a Fuel, Proceedings of the ELECTRA IV Conference, 2006, Tara Resort. |
| 2. |
N.Akhtar*, P.Schumann, C.Graf, Modeling of the heat transfer in Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells within Matlab/Simulink, Proceedings, International Hydrogen Energy Congress, 13-15 July, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 3. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, Modelling of Gas Flow and Electrochemical Effects in a Single Chamber-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SC-SOFC), ECS Transactions, 13 (28) 107-124 (2008). |
| 4. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, Computational Analysis of Transport Phenomena in a Single-Chamber-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SC-SOFC), Proceedings of the International Conference and Trade Fair on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, 22-23 Oct., 2008, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 5. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent, D.Loghin and K.Kendall, An isothermal numerical model of single chamber solid oxide fuel cells, 8th European SOFC forum, 2008, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
| 6. |
N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent and K.Kendall, Cycling performance of micro-tubular, single-chamber, solid oxide fuel cells (MT-SC-SOFCs), European Fuel Cell Forum, 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
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N.Akhtar*, S.P.Decent and K.Kendall, Single chamber, micro-tubular, solid oxide fuel cells: a short-term degradation study, 9th European SOFC forum, 2010, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
| 8. |
N.Akhtar*, Water Droplet Dynamics in a Micro-Tubular, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, International European Fuel Cell Forum, 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
| 9. |
N.Akhtar*, P.J.A.M Kerkhof, A Numerical Model Predicting Liquid Water Saturation within the Cathode Electrode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, European Fuel Cell Forum, 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
| 10. |
N.Akhtar*, A CFD Model Predicting Liquid Water Exhaust Through Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Channels, 9th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conference, 2011, Washington DC, USA. |
| 11. |
N.Akhtar*, G. Lewis, Extending lifetime of alkaline fuel cells via efficient water management strategies, 4th European PEFC & H2 Forum, 2013, Lucerne, Switzerland. |
| 12. |
G. Lewis, M.Boland, J. McIntyre, N. Akhtar, C. Huetten, F. Kunz, J. Roes, A. Heinzel, Development of an alkaline fuel cell simulation model-electrochemistry and mass transfer, European Fuel Cell Forum, 2014, Lucerne, Switzerland. |