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Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and methanol electrolyser test bench with climatic chamber
Where:
Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Technology and Alternative Engines
Ubicación:
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales
Typology:
Infraestructura Científica
Manager: Teresa J. Leo Mena
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Test bench designed and built by PiCoHiMA with a climatic chamber making it possible to regulate the working temperature of the DMFC or the methanol electrolyser up to 80°C and to test these devices with maximum current voltage and intensity of 10 V and 10 A, respectively. It consists of a cylinder of O2 and another of N2, both gases compressed at 200 bars with a pressure reduction valve, a Bronkhorst EL-FLOW Select O2/N2 mass flow controller, a humidifier (two wash bottles connected in series, containing Milli-Q grade water), a Bronkhorst EL-PRESS pressure controller, a tank of methanol solution, a Jasco PU-4180 pump, a Julabo F33-EH circulation cryothermostat, a 120 mm fan, a DC power source for the Ayscom N6700B fan, an Ayscom 6 1/2 digit Truevolt DMM multimeter, an Autolab PGSTAT128N potentiostat-galvanostat with FRA32M and BOOSTER10A modules, a computer with an Intel Core i7 processor, and two methacrylate urns with a heat exchanger.
Development and testing of fuel cell and methanol electrolyser components.
With this bench it is possible to test single DMFCs or DMFC stacks and methanol electrolysers, with the ability to control the mass flow, pressure and temperature of the oxidant, the flow volume of the fuel (methanol) and the operating temperature of the device to be tested. Polarisation curve tests can be carried out and the through-plane conductivity of the membrane and the crossover limiting current density can be determined.
Testing DMFCs and methanol electrolysers, both single cells and stacks.
Manufacture and testing of fuel cells and methanol electrolysers.
