Intertek offers a wide range of consultancy and advisory services for fuel cell components and systems, and works with developers, manufactures and applications experts
About Fuel Cells
A fuel cell is the generic term for an electrochemical conversion device which continuously converts chemical energy bound in a fuel and oxidant into electricity. A fuel cell produces electricity on demand continuously as long as the fuel and oxidant are supplied. The fuel technology offers the benefits of high efficiency, low or zero emissions, multi-fuel capability, scalability and ease of maintenance. In portable application, fuel cells may offer far higher energy densities than today’s lithium-ion batteries.
The fuel cell stack is the key component in a fuel cell system. Other components include:
- Oxidant and Fuel Processing Systems
- Thermal Management System
- Water Treatment System
- Power Conditioning System
- Automatic Control System
- Ventilation System
- Bridging Power System, e.g. Battery or supercapacitor
Our expertise covers batteries, fuel cells and super capacitors. Consultancy services include:
- Feasibility Studies
- Test program development
- Regulatory Consulting of all Safety Aspects and Assessment of Conformity to Regulations and Standards
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- CE Marking
- Specification development
- Prototype Evaluations
- Selection of Optimal Power Source
- Technical Due Diligence
- Modeling and Simulation of Components and Systems
- Warranty investigations
- Supplier assessments
- Technical Forecasts/Roadmapping
- Training and Courses
- On-Site Expert Resource
- Manufacturing plant audits
- Reliability, safety and failure analysis
Fuel Cell Case Studies
- Evaluation of stationary fuel cells for UPS applications - Installation, permits applications, training and performance testing for a global supplier of telecommunication solutions
- Fuel cell powering industrial vehicles – feasibility study for a major forklift truck manufacturer
- Residential SOFC fuel cells – technology procurement project for a major metropolitan area
- Modeling and simulations of PEM fuel cells – virtual prototyping for a major vehicle manufacturer
- Review of the standardization development status of fuel cell technology worldwide
- Requirement analysis and compliance reviews towards IEC 62282-6-100 - Market access study for a micro fuel cell developing company
- Road mapping for the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) - Performance testing and evaluation of PEMFC and DMFC systems
- Member of steering group for founding national stationary fuel cell projects
- Review of technology trends and developers/suppliers worldwide of portable fuel cells
- Courses in the area of fuel cells are carried out on a continual basis
*Intertek consulting services provided for Transportation Technologies are carried out by consulting experts of a separate legal entity who have no influence over any aspect of Intertek Notified Body activities.
