FTC-5 / FGD-X

Fuel Cell Test Controller + Fuel Cell Gas Delivery System

fuel cell test system

Explore the possibilities of your fuel cell unit without any limitation in your gas management system!

The incredibly compact ,yet powerful, system from Materials Mates offers unmatched flexibility in both configuring and running your experiments on SOFC or PEMFC, with all the safety precautions needed in handling dangerous gases.

Born from a group of specialists for demanding users these two units can run full electrical and gas working point exploration mixing easily different experiment’s step like electrodes’ forming, load curves, testing vs. gas composition and stability tests.

The top unit, FTC-5, takes care of managing all the devices, included the gas flow and the electronic load and oven, interfacing a PC environment with full safety procedures and datalogging capability even under computer system’s crash.

Up to 5 gases + humidifier can be driven by this unit.

On the bottom, the FGD-X unit is a fully modular unit on 19” rack that collects all the needed functions in a compact system.

Gas mixing, humidifiers, water cutoffs, safety flush systems, dryers and other parts can be mixed for fixing your specific needs.

Contact us to find out more on the features of this device for your own applications.

FTC-5   (typical configuration)
Gas flow managed Up to 5 gases+ safety flush
Other devices driven by Electrovalves (24 V) , modbus rs232 devices
Physical measurements Up to 5 voltages (fully differential and mutually insulated) and 4 thermocouples, 1 current, a flow channel for each gas
Oven interface Rs232 modbus + panic button chain
Interface vs PC USB 1.1 (up to 500Kbit/s)
Internal electronic load 5 A 5 V zero volt capable,(up to 10 KW external loads driven)
Internal structure Multiple processors with safety procedures on failed communications
Memory capability Up to 32 Mbyte memory (about 10 days of datalogging)
Control software Cell Assist , Windows based with real time graphics and settings
FGD-X available features (all features to be specified on order)
Gases up to 5 mass-flow controllers any gas , flow rates to be specified at order time, accuracy and repeteability within 0.5% f.s.
Humidification bubbler or Nafion membrane humidifier to 95% , bypass valve for dry operation
Inert flush flushing nitrogen (or argon) injected trough the lines with separate flows on anode and cathode for safety procedure
dryer patented dry and hot gas flush for water removal from lines and cell
Mixing reconfigurable flow-trough structure trough semi-flexible stainless steel piping (compression, double ferrule)
transfer line heated transfer line for low condensation
safety panic button chain for gas cutoff and flush of reactive gases with no dead end volumes. Gas detectors with forced air flow to prevent internal leakage buildup
Measuring Systems and Sample Holders in controlled environment from 10 to 1500 K° Materials Mates is partner of Flexible Concepts® “engineering for a new millennium”
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