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Green Energy >> Fuel Cells

Bureau Veritas, example of a fuel cellBureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services has many years of experience in assisting with fuel cell energy projects. contact us now to see how we can be of assistance.











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Training Bespoke training: Available covering all aspects of compliance for fuel cell energy suppliers (whole system, inverter, back-up system, controller, etc…)
Consultancy International Approvals: From market research advising of target market requirements to full homologation services ensuring fast and effective compliance for all your wind energy products
Testing and Analysis Regulatory EMC & Safety Testing: against International, European and North American requirements. Other country requirements also available on request.
Testing and Analysis Environmental/Performance Testing: We can provide full testing for wind energy products against climatic and mechanical criteria, heloping advise on problems at prototype stage before your product is released to the market.
Certification GS certification: Certification against GS requirements for inverters
NRTL certification: Certification against US requirements for inverters
Inspection, Audit & Assessment Pre-Shipment Inspection:Available for all components within a Fuel Cell Energy system.

Fuel Cell Energy Facts

  • Fuel cells and their ability to cleanly produce electricity from hydrogen and oxygen are what make hydrogen attractive as a "fuel":
    • For transportation use particularly
    • As a general energy carrier for homes and other uses, and for
    • For storing and transporting otherwise intermittent renewable energy.
  • Fuel cells function somewhat like a battery—with external fuel being supplied rather than stored electricity—to generate power by chemical reaction rather than combustion.
  • They typically consist of numerous small cells in layers though, rather than a single large one.
  • There are several different types of fuel cells using different catalysts (chemicals, in this case probably metals, that trigger a chemical reaction without themselves being used up by it) and electrolytes (non-metallic conductors of electrical ions, classically in a solution, but for fuel cells more likely in a solid membrane).
  • In one type for example:
    • hydrogen fed to one catalyst-containing electrode splits to a positively charge hydrogen ion (proton) and a negatively charged electron.
    • The positive ions travel through the electrolyte to the other catalyst electrode where they combine with oxygen fed to that electrode—and electrons—to produce water and heat. The necessary electrons are drawn through an electric circuit external to the cell, creating the electrical generation.

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