Patent ID: 8333125
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An environmentally friendly, fuel-economic system for testing a fuel cell, the system comprising: a system control unit comprising a controller, a signal acquisition device, an industrial computer and a signal-and-power line; a temperature control unit being connected to the system control unit, and comprising a temperature sensor and a temperature controller; a fluid supply unit for providing fluid comprising a fuel, an oxidizer and water, the fluid supply unit being connected to the system control unit, and comprising mass flow controllers, a gas humidifier and a piping; a heat recovery unit being connected to the system control unit, the fluid supply unit and the fuel cell, and comprising a rear-part heat exchanger for recovering heat of hot gas released from the fuel cell; a gas-preheating and reforming unit being connected to the fuel cell, and comprising: a furnace and compressive load unit being connected to the temperature control unit, and comprising: an electrical load and performance measurement unit being connected to the system control unit and the fuel cell, and comprising an electrical load machine and an AC impedance analyzer for measuring performance of the fuel cell; a gas/pressure analysis unit being connected to the system control unit, the fluid supply unit, the heat recovery unit, the preheating and reforming unit and the fuel cell, and comprising: a gas-cooling and vapor-condensing unit being connected to the fluid supply unit and the gas/pressure analysis unit, and comprising: a security unit for monitoring security in the system and triggering a security procedure in the system control unit, the security unit being connected to the system control unit, and comprising a programmable logic controller operable independent of the system control unit, a hazardous gas sensor and an uninterruptible power supply; a human-machine interface being connected to the system control unit, and comprising: wherein the controller of the system control unit is used as a control center for the temperature control unit, the fluid supply unit, the heat recovery unit, the load control and performance measurement unit, the gas/pressure analysis unit, the security unit and the human-machine interface.