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Validation and testing at industrial scale
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Low temperature testing for hydrogen technologies
Testing of PEM electrolysis cells and short stack
Our facility is equipped with test benches allowing the test of proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis cell:
- single cell test bench
active area from 4 to 25 cm2
tested at 60-80°C
with H2 pressure up to 25 bar.
The test bench is equipped with a gas spectrometer for in-line gas analysis and a potentiometer for EIS analysis. - single cell test bench (active area up to 2000 cm2) and short stack up to 5 cells tested at 60-80°C
with H2 pressure up to 25 bar.
The test bench is equipped with a gas spectrometer for in-line gas analysis.
Testing of AEM electrolysis cells and short stack
Our facility is equipped with test benches allowing the characterization and validation of Anion Exchange Membrane water electrolysis cells and short-stacks under a wide range of operating conditions:
- one single cell test bench
active areas from 25 cm² (5 × 5 cm²)
operated up to 0.5 bar(g) using KOH/NaOH electrolytes up to 1 M concentration. The platform is dedicated to preliminary electrochemical characterization and materials screening. - one double-line test bench for single-cell testing
active areas of 25 cm²
operated up to 60 bar(g)
with electrolyte concentrations up to 1 M KOH/NaOH.
The platform enables parallel testing activities, including comparative validation and durability studies.
The test bench will be available starting from Q1 2027. - one test bench for single cells (active area up to 4000 cm²) and short-stacks up to 5 cells (50 kW),
operated up to 60 bar(g)
electrolyte
concentrations up to 10 M KOH/NaOH.
The platform is dedicated to stack-level validation and scale-up activities.
The test bench will be available starting from Q2 2027. - one high-pressure test bench for stack testing
up to 500 kW
operated up to 100 bar(g)
with electrolyte concentrations up to 10 M KOH/NaOH.
Dedicated to advanced high-pressure operation and component qualification.
The test bench will be available starting from Q1 2028.
High temperature testing for hydrogen technologies
- single cell test bench: cell dimensions up to 5×5 cm2 (active area up to 4×4 cm2); temperature up to 850 °C; direct gas feed of H2, N2, N2-H2, H2O, NH3, CO2, and air; reversible power unit/electronic load (± 50 A, ± 5 V) with EIS (1 mHz – 100 kHz)
- short stack test bench: cell dimensions up to 8×12 cm2 (active area 80 cm2); temperature up to 850 °C; direct gas feed of H2, N2, N2-H2, H2O (with steamer), NH3, and air; reversible power unit/electronic load (± 50 A, ± 5 V) with EIS (1 mHz – 100 kHz) equipped with 6 reading channels
- stack test bench: temperature up to 850 °C; § gas feed of H2, N2, N2-H2, H2O, and air; balance of plant equipped with steamer, reformer, and fuel and air pre-heaters; reversible power unit and electronic load (± 50 A, ± 5 V)
Testing of lithium-ion and next-generation batteries
Our laboratories are equipped with several cyclers capable of cycling from coin cells to battery packs.
- Cell Cycling from 1 mA to 800 A with EIS in climatic chamber
- Module Cycling up to 80 V and 240 A in climatic chamber
- Battery Pack Cycling up to 1600 V and 140 A
Most of these cyclers can run in climatic chambers or cabinets equipped with inertization and automatic fire-extinguishing devices. This is particularly important when testing newly prototyped, end-of-life or recycled cells.
Safety testing
Our laboratories are equipped with a pressure tight device for testing of battery thermal runaway on Li-ion and next generation chemistries cells and small modules. The device has an internal volume of 340 L and can handle large cells used for stationary storage (>600 Ah) as well medium sized battery modules/cell stack sub-assembly.
- Mechanical abuse test: nail penetration
- Electrical abuse test: over current, over voltage, short-circuit
- Thermal abuse test: internal overheating, external overheating
Testing of redox-flow battery prototypes
Our laboratories are equipped with several test benches to validate flow battery
technologies based on different chemistries.
- Test benches for cells from 10 to 600 cm2 active area
- Test benches for stacks from 100 to 1000 cm2 active area
Lab-scale micro-grid for EMS and storage testing
Development and testing of control logic and optimisation algorithms for energy management systems as well as energy storage testing in a 25kW microgrid equipped with PV production, load and source generators and grid simulator.