During the first period, protocols for testing of materials as well as single cells and stacks were defined. They are available as a public report and have been shared with other CleanH2 projects related to MEA or stack development. In-situ and ex-situ tests to parametrize degradation models were extensively discussed between modelers and experimentalists. A […]
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During the first project year (02/2023-01/2024), significant work was carried out. Firstly, the partners defined operation protocols for testing of materials (WP2) as well as for testing of single cells and short stack (WP4). In this context inputs from WP1 on relevant HD load cycles were provided and analyzed. The PEMTASTIC testing protocols and conditions
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PEMTASTIC is looking forward to exchange with 8 other EU projects adressing PEMFC for heavy duty applications in frame of the workshop organized by MORELife. It takes place on 09.11.2023 in Eindhoven. Several PEMTASTIC consortium members will be represented and first results from the project will be shown.
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PEMTASTIC was presented at two important fairs in 2023: at the hy-fcell in Stuttgart and at the H2Expo in Bremen. At the hy-fcell it was presented in frame of the booth of DLR-TT. At the H2Expo it was presented in frame of a talk by Dr. Pawel Gazdzicki advertising the first results which is the
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In PEMTASTIC fuel cell cell testing protocols for heavy-duty applications have been defined. A public report is available and will be uploaded on the project website soon. The protocols and the defined HD load profile enable performance and durability investigation of MEA using representative conditions for long-haul applications. The conditions are defined for PEMFC stacks
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In this work, power requirements in Long-haul HDV were derived from several representative driving cycles obtained from different sources (VECTO and DriveCAT). For this purpose, a Python software tool was developed. Using the power required in the electric motor to fulfil the cycle, different PEMFCS operation and different hybridization strategies between PEMFC and ESS were
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The approach of PEMTASTIC was communicated at the VDMA workshop on 12. and 13. July 2023 at DLR Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics with 70 participants from industry and academia. Moreover, the modelling activities ongoing in PEMTASTIC were explained in frame of the presentation by Prof. Jürgen Schumacher from ZHAW.
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PEMTASTIC M6 Meeting took place at CEA in Grenoble on 11-12.07.2023. New HD PEMFC testing protocols were discussed along with experiments needed for parametrization and validation of performance and degradation models.
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Durability is a major challenge for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) for heavy-duty (HD) applications. To meet this particular challenge for truck applications the CleanH2 project PEMTASTIC (Grant 101101433) will develop a new membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) based on a model-based design using innovative materials targeting high operation temperatures (105°C). On 07.-08.02.2023 the consortium partners met
