Fuel Cells

The ASU Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory is actively seeking to apply its years of experience in photovoltaic technology to fuel cell technology as it relates to actual field installations, performance and testing.
 
The Laboratory has: 

• An indoor 1.8 kW fuel cell test station

• Designed, developed, demonstrated and uses an inverter-free Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) using a PEM fuel cell and gaseous hydrogen to support DC loads up to 250 W including a computer for about 190 hours operation.

• Demonstrated an inverter-based UPS using a PEM fuel cell and compressed hydrogen to support ac loads up to 7 kW.

• Fuel cell fabrication capability for use as a teaching tool and prototype developments.

As it has done with photovoltaic testing, the ASU-PTL is also in the process of formulating an academic curriculum, based on applied research, in the alternate energy domain that includes fuel cells. To have operational fuel cells will be a core attraction to students in the academic program. It will also bolster the testing abilities of the laboratory and allow it to be a contributing entity within the fuel cell community

For more information visit PTL web site