Facilities and Capabilities

Experimental Fuel Cell Diagnostics Capabilities:

• Current Density Distribution with high temporal and spatial resolution

• Species Distribution including water and CO with On-line Gas Chromatography 

• Thermal Property Measurements

• Gas Diffusion Layer Characterization, hydrophobic/hydrophilic quantification for gas diffusion layer water transport characterization  

• Membrane-Electrode Assembly Fabrication

• High-Frequency Resistance (HFR) Distribution

• AC Impedance Spectroscopy

• Accelerated Degradation Testing

Additional Experimental Facilities Includes:

• 1 kW Fuel Cell Research Engine

• Micro Fuel Cells for Portable Power

• Thermal-Electrochemical Testing Facility of Advanced Batteries

• In-Vehicle Testing Facility

• Field Testing Facility

Modeling Capabilities:

• Fuel Cell Modeling using CFD Packages, Fluent and Star-CD

• In-house, high performance  algotithm development for fuel cells and advanced battery systems

Computational Facilities:

• 50-node Beowulf cluster

• 32-node high-performance Beowulf cluster

• Top of the line stand alone workstations and personal terminals