Fuel Cell Lab Info
Department of Industrial Engineering
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Prof. Umberto Desideri
Contacts
Perugia
Via G. Duranti 67, 06125, Italy
Agenda
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Thesis
The FCLab proposes a rich sort of sperimental, modelling or bibliographic thesis based on Fuel Cell Lab activity. All thesis are developed in collaboration with Research Center (ENEA, CIMIS) and with the possibile partnership of various indutries (Ariston, SOFC-Power, Forschungs Zentrum Julich, Alstom, Proeng).
You can take a depper look asking Prof. U. Desideri or directly the FCLab. The following link brings you to the available thesis pase.
The Fuel Cell Laboratory - FCLab -, located at Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Perugia, is a dynamic and growing group working maily on:
Performance analysis, durability tests, fuel flexibility, procedure harmonization and standardization. We perform tests for performance evaluation, alternative gas evaluation, pollutants effects assessment and durability analysis
Numerical codes development (detailed models: the code developed at FC Lab is entirely written in a partial differential form. As a consequence, detailed information of all the cell components are well known; system models, simulation (cells, cogenerative and hybrid stationary systems analysis and optimization) at regimen and partial loads, exergetic analysis, cost, environmental and reliability analyses (ex. LCA - Life-Cycle-Assessment). A particular activity of simulation is scheduled for the optimization of the control strategy of battery-FC integrated system applied to vehicles. Such an analysis is also focused on the optimal H2 production system (from an energetic and exergetic point of view) in function of the fleet consistency
BoP design, alternative fuels usage, components integrated numerical/experimental activity
One of the most important topic are leaded to the field of CHP and rational use of energy in buildings. The group is active in studying the applications of small and micro CHP systems. The research group has collected a database of small and micro CHP installations in Italy updated until 2007. A current activity is in the measurement and analysis of electrical and thermal demand of residential and tertiary buildings, to determine the load profiles for different types of users where CHP systems could be installed. Moreover about studies concerning application for small and micro CHP systems we are strictly involved in modelling issues, system integration and system modelling.
To this aim also a particular activity of simulation has been scheduled to evaluate, starting from the load profiles of different types of users, the performances of micro CHP systems based on SOFC.
Testing
Performance analysis, durability tests, fuel flexibility, procedure harmonization and standardization. We perform tests for performance evaluation, alternative gas evaluation, pollutants effects assessment and durability analysis
Numerical simulations
Numerical codes development (detailed models: the code developed at FC Lab is entirely written in a partial differential form. As a consequence, detailed information of all the cell components are well known; system models, simulation (cells, cogenerative and hybrid stationary systems analysis and optimization) at regimen and partial loads, exergetic analysis, cost, environmental and reliability analyses (ex. LCA - Life-Cycle-Assessment). A particular activity of simulation is scheduled for the optimization of the control strategy of battery-FC integrated system applied to vehicles. Such an analysis is also focused on the optimal H2 production system (from an energetic and exergetic point of view) in function of the fleet consistency
System design
BoP design, alternative fuels usage, components integrated numerical/experimental activity
Research activities
Research activities are focused on high temperature fuel cells both molten carbonate and solid oxide types. The FCLAB has developed and used test benches for single cell testing and small (1kW and 2.5kWe) fuel cell stacks.One of the most important topic are leaded to the field of CHP and rational use of energy in buildings. The group is active in studying the applications of small and micro CHP systems. The research group has collected a database of small and micro CHP installations in Italy updated until 2007. A current activity is in the measurement and analysis of electrical and thermal demand of residential and tertiary buildings, to determine the load profiles for different types of users where CHP systems could be installed. Moreover about studies concerning application for small and micro CHP systems we are strictly involved in modelling issues, system integration and system modelling.
To this aim also a particular activity of simulation has been scheduled to evaluate, starting from the load profiles of different types of users, the performances of micro CHP systems based on SOFC.