Fuel Cell and Solar Test Equipment Specifications

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Type / Form Factor

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	Test Station / System		Test stations, systems or platform consist of a test controller unit or control panel and the modules required for testing.
	Test Module / Sub-system		Test modules, sub-systems or units include load banks; gas supply systems; test controllers; meters, monitors, data acquisition unit or measurement modules; ovens, chillers or other temperature controllers; and moisture or humidity controllers. Modules may be part of a test station or a component of an OEM's energy storage product or monitoring system.
	Panel / Rack Mount Tester		Tester, analyzer or monitoring system that is a cabinet, panel or rack mounted unit. Usually, these units are monitors or analyzer or diagnostic system used as standalone instruments in a lab or as part of an OEM UPS, battery power supply, or other energy storage system.
	Portable / Handheld Tester		Portable, bench, desktop or handheld instrument testers for battery, fuel cell or energy storage device testing.
	Transducer / OEM Component		Transducer, IC chip or OEM sensors for integration into battery, fuel cell, or other energy storage products or test systems.
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	Functions / Module Types:
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	Test Controller / Control Panel		Test controllers are sub-systems that control the test and/or other sub-systems. Control panels may provide a display and user interface.
	Data Collection / IO		Data acquisition or I/O modules that acquire, record, analyze, track and/or provide statistical process control reports.
	Electronic Load / Load Bank		The unit has an electronic load or DC resistive load bank. Fuel cell testing usually requires a load with a low impedance value.
	Gas Supply Module		The test equipment controls the flow, pressure and mixture of fuel gas or oxidant gas presented to the fuel cell being tested.  The unit may use mass flow controllers (MFCs) to provide gas control.
	Monitor / Meter (Measure)		Units that measure or monitor the output signal from the component being tested.  The monitor or meter may be a standalone instrument, handheld analyzer, transducer or an equipment module that is an option or component of a test station.
	Moisture / Humidity Module		The test module monitors and controls the moisture, humidity or concentration within the battery or fuel cell during testing.
	Temperature Controller (Oven / Chiller)		The module has the ability to control the temperature of the test unit using controllers, heaters, ovens, cooling units or chillers.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted, proprietary, patented or specialized test equipment type or form factor.
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Energy Storage Products Tested

	Energy Storage Products Tested
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	Fuel Cells		Fuel cell test equipment consists of specialized systems and modules for performance or endurance testing of PEM, SOFC, MCFC and other type of fuel cells.
	PV Cells / Modules		Photovoltaic (PV) solar power supplies convert light directly into electricity. They are the building blocks of photovoltaic modules.
	Super Capacitors / Ultracapacitors		Ultracapacitors, or "super capacitors," store energy electrostatically within an electrolytic solution between two nonreactive porous plates. Ultracapacitors can be charged and discharged hundreds of thousands of times.
	Materials / Components		Test equipment to evaluate or analyze membrane material, individual cells, electrodes, catalyst materials, electrolytes, reformers, hydrogen generators, contacts, conductors, fuel gases, reactant gases and other components or materials of batteries, fuel cell and energy storage systems. Testing may include electrical properties or chemical analysis techniques.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted, proprietary or specialized energy storage equipment or component types that can be tested, such as flywheel or compressed air units.
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Test Capability

	Test Capability
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	Charge / Condition		Tester or test equipment is capable of measuring the charge or condition of a battery, ultracapacitor or other energy storage device. Battery charge level is often measured in terms of cold cranking amps (CCA).
	Impedance / AC Testing		Test equipment has AC testing and impedance measurement capability.
	I-V / Tafel Measurements		Test equipment that has voltage and current measurement capability. Also, instruments that allow generation of a Tafel (voltage vs. current density) plot and determination of the Tafel constant. A variable resistance load bank allows development of the voltage-current plot. The voltage-current plot provides an indication of power and efficiency of an individual cell or fuel cell stack. The voltage-current density relationship at the electrochemical interface is predicted by the Tafel equation: I  =  I0 exp( 2.303(E-Eo)/b) where b = Tafel constant (volts/decade), I = current from reaction (amps) and E = electrode potential (volts), I0 = exchange current constant, E0 =  equilibrium potential.
	Endurance / Life Testing		Test equipment can perform life or endurance testing. Life testing may be conventional or highly accelerated to reduce test time.
	Performance / Functional Test		Functional tests simulate an operating environment and test boards against functional specification. The functional test method applies pattern vectors to a device and checks the output to determine that the device is operating according to its truth table.
	Resistance / Conductance		Test equipment has resistance or conductance measurement capability.
	Other		Other unlisted, proprietary or patented test or method.
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	Power Capacity:		The maximum or range of fuel cell power that the unit can test.
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	Voltage:		The maximum or range of fuel cell voltage that the unit can test.
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	Current:		The maximum or range of fuel cell current that the unit can test.
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Features

	Features
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	Alarm / Relay		Alarm, buzzer or annunciator provides an audible or visible indication when the energy storage system reaches a particular condition. Relays open or close a circuit based on an input signal from the system such as detection of a ground fault or condition (full charge or full discharge).
	Automated Operation		Automated testers or test equipment is capable of operating without operator intervention.
	Fault Diagnostics		Tester having fault diagnostics or debugging capability.
	Power Management / Control		Tester has the ability to provide power management, regulation or charge / discharge control capability.
	Self-calibration / Test Verification		Tester, source unit, measure unit or sub-system has the ability to perform self-calibration or test verification.
	Test Software / Computer Interface		The tester has connectivity to a computer, a library of test programs for tester control and/or the ability to generate test programs (programmable).
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted, proprietary or patented feature.
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