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Hybrid Energy Lab – System

A Fuel Cell – Battery Hybrid System that enables users to understand & research individual components and system behavior under various hybrid set-ups. Designed as a lab to support engineering courses focussed on the application of fuel cells, battery technology, hybrid systems, energy management and energy storage. Critical to today’s engineering students is a deep understanding of the application of electrical chemical energy conversion & storage. Especially as it relates to fast growing markets of stationary, portable and mobile hybrid power systems.

Ideal for Courses Focused On

  • Battery Technology (Modeling)
  • Battery Systems & Control
  • Applied Fuel Cell Technology
  • Battery- Fuel Cell Hybrids
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion
  • Renewable Energy Storage
  • Electrical & Hybrid Vehicles (HEV/FCEV)
  • Backup Power Systems
  • Micro-Grids & Smart Grids

Understand and research components and behaviour under various hybrid setups including, solar, battery, fuel cell, hydrogen generation.

Key Features

The system provides an experimental platform for advanced training to applied research:

  • Fuel Cell – Battery Hybrids
  •  Battery Charging/Discharging
  • Battery & Fuel Cell Model Analysis & Comparison
  • Calculation & Evaluation of Electrical Characteristics
  •  Energy Management
  • User Developed Control Algorithms
  • Validation of Models Against a Real System
  • Hybrid Power System Set-ups: UPS, Autonomous Power Supply, Back-up Power System, HEV/FCEV

Software

Our LabVIEW™ based software allows users to control the hardware, system operation & set-up, gather & display data in various formats and perform data fitting for research and experimentation. Users can validate their models against a real system by using their control algorithms to set system parameters and then run real-time simulations. Acquired data can be exported to external applications such as MATLAB™ & MS Excel and many more.

NEW:

  • Battery Modeling & Data Fitting
  • Hybrid Energy Management
  • Application Programming Interface (API)

Instruction and Experimantation Material

Extensive training material assists the teacher in creating a more interactive and specialized classroom experience. Prepared experiments and software-supported exercises simplify the use of the system.

Experimentation manual with:

  • Learning goals and content: Instructions for the execution of experiments & Topic-specific questions and sample answers
  • Evaluation templates
  • Detailed operating manual

Experiments including:

  • System design for special applications: Backup, Emergency power supply (UPS), Autonomous power supply,Boost, range extender
  • Examination of the operating behavior of: Battery module, Fuel cell module, DC converter
  • Determination of the efficiency and energy conversion
  • Examination of load step changes of up to 1.5 kW
  • Generation of characteristic curves
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