PowerCell has developed fuel cell technology for more than a decade, and has perfected a unique design that enables the production of a lightweight, versatile and reliable power source for automotive and other applications.
The fuel cell from PowerCell is a PEM fuel cell. This is today is the most common technology used in automotive applications, owing to its reliable and dynamic characteristics which allows for quick startup and shutdown. Alternative technologies, such as SOFC are not ideally suited for transport and automotive applications due to very long start up times and high physical product temperatures.
PowerCell fuel cells stacks are of a highly efficient, unique, patented, design allowing for low pressure drop as the gas travels through the stack. This is very important because diffusion across the interface can severely affect fuel cell performance,
since the protons need to be able to diffuse across both the fuel and the oxidizing agent.
Of key importance is the fact that PowerCell fuel cells possess a high CO tolerance, and can therefore run on reformate fuel. The commercial available fuel cell platform covers a power range of 1 to 6 kW, and is robust against changes in operating conditions within a very broad range..
