Robot-Powered Reliability Testing at NREL's ESIF [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 629.890 Other branches of engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Golden, Colo. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 0:02:46 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 267215
• Chủ đề: 1. 08 hydrogen; 2. 33 advanced propulsion systems; 3. 42 engineering; 4. Hydrogen fuel cells; 5. Robots

Tóm tắt

With auto manufacturers expected to roll out fuel cell electric vehicles in the 2015 to 2017 timeframe, the need for a reliable hydrogen fueling infrastructure is greater than ever. That's why the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is using a robot in its Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) to assess the durability of hydrogen fueling hoses, a largely untested-and currently costly-component of hydrogen fueling stations. The automated machine mimics the repetitive stress of a human bending and twisting the hose to refuel a vehicle-all under the high pressure and low temperature required to deliver hydrogen to a fuel cell vehicle's onboard storage tank.