Fuel Cell Control Laboratory
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.
- 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.
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.