Emona Sustainable Energy Trainer ETT-411
EMONA HELEx Trainer: Solar Cell & Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trainer board for the popular NI ELVIS™
Designed specifically for 1st & 2nd Year University and Community College courses
The Emona ‘HELEx’ extends the functionality of your NI ELVIS I and II/+ Workstation and LabVIEW interface with a sustainable energy trainer to teach the fundamentals of solar cells, electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cell theory. With HELEx, students will enter the fascinating world of generating electrical energy from sunlight, storing that energy as hydrogen gas, and then regenerating electricity from hydrogen and oxygen in an electrochemical reaction.
MANIPULATION & OBSERVATION SKILLS
Students are guided through experiments which develop skills of scientific methodology associated with the setting up of equipment, scientific safety and method, taking of measurements, as well as interpreting results and critical response skills.
EMONA HELEx Solar-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trainer Experiment Capabilities
INTRODUCTION
- Fully Self contained trainer boards for NI Elvis
- Students build many experiments with one system
- Hands-on experience with PV Solar Cells
- Hands-on experience with high quality Heliocentris hydrogen fuel cells
- Focus on teaching students good engineering practice and experimental skills
SECTION A – SOLAR ENERGY: light to electricity
- The visible spectrum and photometry
- Measuring solar energy, intensity & angle of incidence
- Maximum Power Point & Fill Factor measurements
- Photovoltaic cell internal characteristics measurement
- Multiple solar cell configurations & performance
SECTION B – ELECTROLYSIS: water to gases
- Electrolysis in action
- Electrolyser decomposition voltage & load matching
- Avogadro’s number & Faraday efficiency measurements
SECTION C – HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: gases to electricity
- Electrolysis in action
- Electrolyser decomposition voltage & load matching
- Avogadro’s number & Faraday efficiency measurements
- Introducing the Hydrogen Fuel Cell: reversing the electrolytic process
- Faraday’s 1st Law using fuel cells and consumption measurement
- System efficiency and fuel cell characteristic curves
- Dismantlable fuel cells: impact of oxidant supply & catalyst
- Modeling a fuel cell power plant
- Mathematically modeling a fuel cell using LabVIEW & MULTISIM
- Stacking multiple fuel cells in series & parallel
* Experiments include optional NI LabVIEW programming tasks for student’s projects
# NI ELVIS unit and NI LabVIEW software not included with the EMONA HELEx ETT-411 kit
NI, NI ELVIS & LabVIEW are registered trademarks of the National Instruments Corporation. TIMS logo, HELEx are trademarks of Emona TIMS Pty Ltd.