A DEVICE FOR TESTING ONE OF A SINGLE CELL AND A MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA) CONSTITUTING ONE OF A LOW TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC), A HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC), AND PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELL (PAFC)

摘要

The invention relates to a device for testing a single cell (a membrane electrode assembly - MEA), which may be a low temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell PEMFC or a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT PEMFC) or phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC), the MEA (5) being disposed and securely held on the device during testing, the device comprising: a top and a bottom pressure plate (1A,1B); one each top and bottom insulating plates (2A,2B); one each top and bottom collector plates (3A,3B); one each half bipolar plates (4A,4B); wherein the top plates (1A,2A,3A), the bottom plates (1B,2B,3B), the collector plates (3A,3B), and the half bipolar plates (4A,4B) are sub-assembled together by fastening means; the pair of heating pad assembly (4A,4B) having flow field capable of supplying reactant gases to the MEA (5), and in that one each heating pad (10) configured to generate cell temperature between 60 �C to 210 �C is disposed in a spaced-apart manner to cover the MEA (5) being connected through a temperature controller.