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Arbin’s
Fuel Cell Testing System (FCTS) has recently been refit into a new
chassis. The new chassis design simplifies tubing and electrical
connections, improves workspace usage, and overall efficiency of the
test station. |
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compartments for computer CPU and fuel cells are built into the
system; as well as flat screen monitor and keyboard mounting
hardware. The fuel cell compartment is enclosed with glass door
which can be closed during test procedure. Reactant inlets and
outlets are connected inside this compartment chamber. The chamber
is equipped with an H2 sensor, vent hood, and lighting. Different
sizes of this chassis will be designed according to power and flow
rate requirements. Shown below is the new chassis for a 50W/5slpm
PEMFCTS shipped out in August. |
Fuel cell chamber |
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Arbin
Instruments has been granted U.S. patent number 6,863,268 by
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on
March 8, 2005. The patent is issued for a method and system
for humidifying gas reactants for fuel cells or other gases,
and related temperature control and tracing of the
humidified gas. It is a continuation of the previously
awarded U.S. patent number 6,715,743. The patented
invention represents a fundamental component of Arbin’s fuel
cell testing instrumentation, especially for the testing of
proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. It addresses the
issue of proper humidification and temperature control of
the fuel cell gaseous reactants to achieve optimal fuel cell
performance. The dew point humidifier (DPH) and its related
gas temperature control provide precise humidity control
over wide dynamic temperature and flow rate ranges in an
energy-efficient, compact structure.
The technology
was developed and patented by Dr. John Zhang, chief engineer
and president of Arbin Instruments. This marks the seventh
patent awarded to Dr. Zhang in the field of energy
storage/conversion testing instrumentation in the last
twelve years. |
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Following the requirements of the European
Union countries for CE marking of electric and electronic
equipment products brought into the countries, Arbin has
secured conformity and declared compliance with applicable
laws/directives on its line of FCTS products. A CE mark is
affixed to the FCTS products and packaging to inform the EU
customers and regulatory personnel about the compliance.
Arbin teamed up with an independent test
laboratory,
Professional
Testing, Inc. (PTI), to make sure that the FCTS complied
with the essential requirements of the applicable
directives. Based on their independent testing, PTI found
that Arbin’s FCTS is in compliance with the required
criteria of the EU low voltage directive, as well as nine
other EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) directives for
electrical products. Declaration of conformity documents
describing more detail about these directives are now
included with the products shipped to European countries. |
One of
the test setups at the independent test laboratory site for
obtaining EU compliance on Arbin’s FCTS. Shown here is the
setup for surge immunity test.
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Extending its global
business network, Arbin recently signed a contract with
Micro Devices Metrohm Limited (MDML) of India to serve as
Arbin’s sales and service representative covering all Arbin
products. MDML, an ISO 9001:2000 company, is a major
supplier of scientific and analytical instruments; serving
life science, health care, chemical, environmental and
industrial customers. The company conducts businesses from
its headquarters in Chennai; as well as from the company’s
eight regional offices throughout India.
MDML will provide sales
support, system installation, customer training, and
troubleshooting support to Arbin’s customers all over
India. The company had sent an engineer to Arbin’s
headquarters this past May to receive a month-long intensive
training on Arbin’s hardware and software. Future training
sessions will be scheduled on a periodic basis to keep the
representative up-to-date on Arbin’s products and
technology. The company can be reached locally at the
following address: |
MICRO DEVICES METROHM LIMITED
NEW NO:13, OLD NO:4/1, 1st AVENUE,
INDIRA NAGAR,
ADYAR,
CHENNAI - 600 020
E-mail:
info@mdml.com
Phone: (91) 44 24452726
Web: www.mdml.com
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Mr. R. Ramaraj
(left), a product specialist from MDML, getting trained by Mr. Kevin
Duff, Arbin’s customer support manager, on various hardware modules. |
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Arbin is currently developing a new electronic load module based
on DSP and CANBus technology. The new electronic load utilizes
DSP chipset that can issue and control a series of stored
commands even in the absence of a control computer. A control
computer can be used with the new eload to transmit command and
result data in real-time via the CANBus communication protocol.
Overall system performance and reliability will be increased
with this new technology. Also in the development phase is a new
impedance measurement module with capability to automatically
scan between 10mHz to 10kHz frequency range. |
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