How to choose fuel cell test system?

2024-03-11


Abstract:
Hydrogen fuel cell is a kind of power generation equipment, and electronic load is a necessary test instrument to verify its power output capacity. However, a single fuel cell can only produce a voltage of no more than 1V, for testing such low-voltage power generation equipment, most of the electronic loads on the market can't meet the needs of low-voltage and large-current pulling.
As an important way of efficient and clean production and utilization of electric energy, hydrogen energy is steadily advancing in China, and the application scenarios are constantly expanding. The "Carbon Peak Action Plan by 2030" issued by the State Council has 11 items related to the field of hydrogen energy, which indicates the way in many aspects such as transportation applications and technological research and development innovation. In 2021, hydrogen energy will grow rapidly in the field of commercial vehicles, especially heavy trucks. The Beijing Winter Olympics will demonstrate more than 1000 hydrogen energy vehicles, basically all of which are passenger vehicles, covering buses and group buses.
Hydrogen fuel cell is a kind of power generation equipment, and the electronic load is an essential test instrument to verify its power output capability. However, a single fuel cell battery can only produce a voltage of no more than 1V. For testing such low-voltage power generation equipment, most electronic loads on the market cannot meet the pull-load requirements of low-voltage and high-current. Electronic loads all have internal resistance of the load itself, so there is a minimum operating voltage. The voltage of 1V of the traditional electronic load may only reach a current pulling capacity of tens of amperes. To achieve a high current test of hundreds of thousands of amperes, the power may reach tens of kilowatts. And has a large volume, high fever, waste of energy and so on shortcomings.

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