Laboratorio di Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
- Experimental and numerical investigation on Electrochemical Storage Devices, with particular reference to Fuel Cells and Redox Flow Batteries.
- In-house development of full Vanadium Redox Flow Battery systems.
- Development of waterborne vehicles with electrical prolusion powered by batteries and Fuel Cells.
- Design of energy storage systems for microgrids.
- Routine tests: polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, losses determination, efficiency assessment.
- Numerical simulations: multi-physic multi-dimensional models of singles components and complete cells and stack of Fuel Cells and VRFBs. Automatic structural and functional optimization. Numerical material parameters identification.
- Development of components, machines and systems; technical and economic assessments.
- 4 high performance workstations, commercial and in-house packages for multiphysic and network analyses (MagNet, COMSOL Multiphysics, Simulink, LabView, …),
- IS-VRFB: a unique industrial scale 9kW/27kWh VRFB test facility, completely developed in-house.
- 2kW NEXA Ballard Fuel Cell and short stack fuel cell developed in-house.
- National Instruments data management and processing system.
- 20-channel Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS).
- 4kW bidirectional electronic power supply
- 600A variable passive load
- 2 Cinel PEMFC hydrogen generators
- 6 Ovonic hydrogen canister
- 2 electronic loads
- Gruppi di ricerca: Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Laboratory