Description
Fuel Cell Testing Panel
FUEL-C…/EV
FUEL-C…C/EV (computerized version)
This system enables experimental investigation of the electrochemical energy conversion taking place in a fuel cell stack fed by hydrogen and oxygen (present in atmospheric air). The equipment is manufactured using real components available on the market
Description:
The system consists of:
A) Fuel cell stack
B) Hydrogen feeding line
C) Variable electric load
D) Instrumentation
E) Data acquisition board with USB interface for PC connection
(computerized versions only)
F) Mini Electrolyzer with a set of metal hydride cartridges
Operating Principle:
Training Program:
- Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides
- PEM fuel cells
- System startup
- Evaluation of the system operating parameters
- Calculation of the produced and consumed power
- Calculation of the efficiency of energy conversion
- Drawing the fuel cell stack characteristic curves
- Data acquisition and system supervision via PC
PC Data Acquisition (computerized versions only)
- The unit includes a data acquisition board with USB interface for connection to PC.
- A specific software (developed with LabView) is supplied to monitor the different parameters of the system.
- Parameters displayed:
- Voltage, current and power generated by the stack and powering the load
- Flow rate of hydrogen feeding the stack
- Pressure of hydrogen feeding the stack
- The software enables to:
- Calculate the energy conversion efficiency
- Draw the fuel cell stack characteristic curves
- Save the exercises data for future analysis or project work
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