As part of a project work, Niko (a 6th semester automation technologies student) installed a hydrogen fuel cell for the EI department during lecture breaks. He had to read through manuals, search through a pile of individual device components provided by the department, and had to improvise occasionally utilizing the soldering bolt.
After a few days, the Nexa 1200 cell power unit was already up and running in a fully functional state. Now, the task was to conceptualize, test and document possible experiments.
In these experiments, students will be able to learn from Prof. Stetz how to operate cell power units and analyze the electrical efficiency of running systems during their phase of work experience.
One purpose of the rack, in which this module is integrated, could be the fully automatized and free-standing UPS running on batteries – perhaps as part of another project. For the time being, the cell power unit is operated via a power supply unit.
