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For qualifying pem fuel cell engines for automotive use, our testing equipment allows through integrated environmental chambers and cryostatic cycles the. The fuel cell trainer offers safe system operation due to highest safety standards and delivers reproducible results that help students prove theoretical models and basic principle. Batalyse is a project of the fraunhofer institute for chemical technology ict and the fraunhofer gesellschaft. The interface e, with currents up to 1 a, is a great system for studying materials or smaller setups. With the evaluator s5lt, s25lt and s100lt we meet the specific fuel cell test requirements of pem stacks for mobile or stationary applications engine, apu, chp up to 250 kw fuel cell power. First, the fuel cells internal reforming process is verified. The 850 is ideal for single cell and shortstack fuel cell research and university programs.
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The 850 combines a computercontrolled instrument with fuel handling hardware in an integrated benchtop unit. The model 850 multirange fuel cell test system is a complete test station for. Contact us fuel cell test stations single cell duel cell. Exceptional functionality with a userfriendly graphical interface. The 850 is ideal for singlecell and shortstack fuel cell research and university programs. Test modes such as iv characteristics, constant current characteristics, current interrupt method, and colecole plot by the ac impedance method are equipped. Cell voltage up to 10v cell current up to 2500a ability to test up to 96 cells with a single chassis. The fuel cell stacks required a series of tests to ensure product integrity.
A fuel cell hardware assembly consists of a pair of poco graphite blocks with a precision, machined flowpattern pattern is serpentine unless otherwise specified by the customer, and a pair of gold plated connectors fastened with aluminum end plates. The stack was harvested from the fuel cell system and installed on a test stand in the fuel cell test facility at argonne. Fuel cell test system powerstation quintech fuel cell. The waste product of a fuel cell is water, and although not recommended for drinking, one test by toyota showed fewer organic impurities than a glass of milk.
Fctester application software fuel cell friendly startup and shutdown sequences are equipped. Pem fuel cell test systems offer the ability to automatically test, control, and. It can simultaneously measure impedance characteristics as well as current and voltage characteristics of a fuel cells anode cathode, and reference electrode. Although fuel cells and batteries are both considered electrochemical cells and consist of similar structure, fuel cells require a continuous source of fuel and oxygen to run. The fuel cell system is controlled by specifying the number of cells to test, cell sizes, operating conditions, and type of performance tests. Gas inputs and outputs are through swagelok fittings. These xf report generators transform raw kinetic data from one, or multiple result files, into powerful summary reports of mitochondrial function. Comprehensively manages the full range of fcats fuel cell test system parameters. Pem testing fc engine eol testing sofc testing test software test hardware. Single cell hardware fuel cell test stations single cell. Systems use labview based software for ease of use and maximum flexibility. The test is performed with helium this system is used to increase reliability, repeatability and speed of leak tests on solid oxide fuel cell sofc membranes.
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