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Fuel Cell Stack Design

ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform

Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)
ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform
ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform
ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform
ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform
ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform

`Generic Stack" - Manufacturer-independent development platform for PEM fuel cell research for component development and industrial innovation:

  • Developed by ZSW within the HyFaB Research Factory in Ulm, Germany
  • Standardized PEM fuel cell stack platform for industry and research
  • Enables rapid testing and validation of MEAs, bipolar plates, coatings, seals and stack assembly technologies
  • Automotive-oriented design with high power density and realistic stack architecture
  • Open, manufacturer-independent platform that reduces development effort and accelerates innovation
  • Available for R&D projects with ZSW and collaborative funded projects with industry
  • Detailed design and operating documentation available on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/14223364

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ZSW Generic Stack – Manufacturer-Independent PEM Fuel Cell Development Platform

  • The Generic Stack is an attractive open stack design for R&D applications in stack and system development, as well as in cell component development.
  • It offers high performance over a wide operating range (temperature, pressure, turnover and stoichiometry), with a 150 kW total power output.
  • Detailed information on the stack's design, construction, and operation is available at: https://zenodo.org/records/14223364. The zip-files contain the respective CAD drawings and further contents in the widespread STEP (*.stp), DXF (*.dxf) and PDF (*.pdf) file formats.
  • The HyFaB project leading to this stack design was funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg, Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Industry under the funding reference L75 20112.

The Generic Stack platform is suitable for

  • PEM fuel cell component development
  • MEA and bipolar plate evaluation
  • Stack design optimization
  • Manufacturing process development
  • Durability and performance testing
  • Research projects and industrial cooperation

Development focus:

  • Bipolar plates
  • MEAs
  • Stack components
  • Assembly and manufacturing technologies
  • Quality assurance concepts

Technology

  • PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) Fuel Cell Stack

Application areas

  • Mobility, heavy-duty transport, stationary applications, fuel cell system development

Maximum stack power

  • Up to 150 kW (depending on configuration)

Platform type

  • Open, manufacturer-independent R&D hardware platform

Contact us

  • Interested? Please contact Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) by filling in the RFQ or Inquiry form.
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

As one of the leading independent hydrogen research institutes in Europe, ZSW’s mission is application-oriented R&D and technology transfer to industry to support the market ramp-up of new energy technologies. With decades of expertise in electrolysis, including AWE, AEM and PEM, as well as PEM fuel cell development, testing and manufacturing, we offer testing and consulting services, cooperative R&D and our own technologies/IP for product development. ZSW: 38 years of research, development and technology transfer.

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