Apparatus Equipment


High Temperature Fuel Cell Test Stand

  • Characterization of SOFC's and SOEC's
  • Single cells and short stacks up to 1 kW electric
  • Operation at temperatures up to 1100 °C
  • Gas supply: CH4, H2, CO, CO2, N2, O2, H2O
  • Supplemented by gas analysis (gas chromatography)

Electrochemical Test System

  • Impedance spectroscopy
  • Cyclovoltammetry
  • Current interrupt

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Test Stand

  • Determination of two-phase heat transfer coefficients on the tube (evaporation/condensation)
  • Determination of single-phase heat transfer coefficients in the tube
  • Single pipe and pipe bundle surveys (horizontal)
  • max. operating pressure 11 bar absolute
  • max. power: 28 kW

Plate Heat Exchanger Test Stand

  • Determination of local and integral two-phase heat transfer coefficients during evaporation and condensation in plate heat exchanger (PHE)
  • Determination of local and integral single-phase heat transfer coefficients in PHE
  • Determination of pressure drop with single-phase and two-phase flow in PHE
  • max. operating pressure: 15 bar absolute (condensation), 10 bar absolute (evaporation)
  • max. therm. power: 100 kW

Calibration and Comparison Measurements of Measurement Technology

  • Temperature
  • Pressure
  • Flow Rate
  • Humidity

Fluid Properties Measurements

  • Phase equilibrium of fluid mixtures
  • Sound velocity of liquids
  • Heat capacity of solids and liquids