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AVL Cell Tester™
Exploring New Horizons
The AVL Cell Tester™ is a bi-directional, multi-channel DC power
supply that tests, characterizes and validates battery cells. It features an ultra-small
footprint to save space in already crowded testfields, and achieves output
currents ranging from ± 2 A to ± 1500 A. This is made possible thanks
to its multiple variants and the parallelization of its channels.
With high control and measurement accuracy and smart utilization of
multi-measurement ranges, it offers precise and repeatable measurement
capabilities. Super-fast current and voltage dynamics, high-speed data
acquisition and control are also included in this turnkey product, which
can be tailored to the specific needs of your testbed.
F I N D O U T M O R E :
www.avl.com/-/avl-cell-tester-
Fuel cell electric vehicles, which
are powered by Proton Exchange
Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, are
becoming increasingly popular as
an option for reduced emission
mobility. But optimizing them for
best performance and durability
requires a comprehensive approach
that scales from the smallest, most
detailed cell level, up to a bigger system
perspective. And it must also include
integration with other systems
into the whole vehicle.
Right-sizing ancillary systems and
components, creating your controls,
operating and cooling strategies,
and making the best choices
regarding energy split between
the fuel cell and the battery must
all be carried out with precision.
One wrong decision at the concept
stage can impact efficiency, performance,
and system lifetime, and
have a negative influence on development
costs and time to market.
AVL PEM Fuel Cell Simulation Solutions address these challenges. This
package helps you design and optimize fuel cells and stacks and their
supporting systems, and make the best decisions concerning integration.
It covers everything from the modelling of gas flow, reaction, transport
and conversion processes with AVL FIRE™ M, to system simulation using
AVL CRUISE™ M. It is designed to enable you to understand how your
concept will work under different driving conditions, to help you choose
the right Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) components for your application,
and right-size other Balance of Plant (BoP) system components
in order to make the most of your fuel cell’s potential without causing failure
or degradation phenomena.
“So, our scalable PEM Fuel Cell Simulation Solutions provide everything
you need for choosing the right components, integrating them together,
and also understanding how they will behave under all operating conditions,
such as idling or full load, or somewhere in between,” explains
Reinhard Tatschl, Research and Technology Manager at AVL Advanced
Simulation Technologies.
From developing your fuel cell controls strategy to designing your entire vehicle
cooling concept, our system lets you quickly and easily understand what
is required to meet your targets – before any hardware has even been built.
It even lets you predict system degradation. And, as with all AVL eSUITE™
solutions, it does all of this with a single user interface keeping everything
in one place, for simplicity and ease-of-use.
AVL PEM
Fuel Cell
Simulation
Solutions
Mastering
the complexity
of future mobility