Scientific domain
PE7: Systems and Communication Engineering
Keywords
energy systems control
fuel cells
hydrogen cells
Home partner institution
(UPC) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Website
Technical staff available
Yes
Remote access details
No
Remote access available
No
Open to external users
Yes
Equipment
- Workstation 1: It is used to characterize simple single cells as well as low and medium-power fuel cell stacks.
- Workstation 2: is based on a 1,200 watts fuel cell and is used to connect electrical converters and energy storage systems to validate control strategies and levels of hybridization.
- Workstation 3: Its main element is a climate chamber, which controls relative humidity, temperature and oxygen concentration.
- Workstation 4: It is built on a vertical panel and has all the components of a standard automotive system based on fuel cells. It is primarily used to validate fault-tolerant control monitoring systems.
- Workstation 5: It is based on a 100-watt fuel cell and metal hydride hydrogen storage tanks, so it is a portable demonstration-focused station.
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
No
Online booking system available
No
Description
The The Fuel Cell Laboratory at the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics (IRI) has five test stations, provided with oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and synthetic air. Depending on the type of experiment, each station is designed with a specific functionality. The laboratory is equipped with a monitoring system that controls the necessary safety conditions based on electrical failure alarm management, automatic air extraction and routines for safe shutdown of test stations in case of emergency.
The laboratory is used to test and validate controllers for fuel cell-based systems, hydrogen systems and other electrochemical devices used for energy storage.