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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

This study was carried out at the program of Energy Engineering and at the<br />

department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology during the years 2004-<br />

2007. The study was funded through the Department of Prime Ministry State Planning<br />

Organization<br />

I express my warmest gratitude to my supervisors Dr. Gülden Gökçen and Dr. Erol<br />

Şeker for introducing me to the promising world of <strong>hydrogen</strong> and its related applications.<br />

Their endless supports and contributions throughout the course of this thesis encourage me<br />

to pull of this work.<br />

I would like to thank Dr. Fikret Đnal, Dr. Sacide Alsoy Altınkaya, Dr. Zafer Đlken for<br />

their valuable teachings during my undergraduate and graduate.<br />

I wish to thank Güler Narin for her patience and guidance on testing my <strong>hydrogen</strong><br />

samples and wish to thank Mahir Tosun for his hard data gathering work in Iztech Weather<br />

Station and for his sharing.<br />

I am grateful to the whole stuff of Department of Mechanical and Department of<br />

Chemical Engineering for their help and technical assistance.<br />

I express my thanks to all my friends and colleagues; Serdar Özer, Özge Malay,<br />

Güler Aslan, Dane Ruscuklu, Erkin Gezgin for their friendship and for taking my mind out<br />

of the work <strong>from</strong> time to time.<br />

Finally my special thanks go to my family Kerem Aksakal, Gülser Aksakal, Burhan<br />

Aksakal, Ziya Yavuz and Pervin Yavuz for their support.<br />

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