The laboratory is equipped with plants for the characterisation of key systems components for Adsorbtion heat pumps, such as heat exchangers, the abdsorber and the evaporator, as well as reactors with phase change materials for the energy storage. This plant is used to measure the adsorption dynamic efficiency under real...
Synthesis of Electrocatalysts
Research and development of cathode and anode electrocatalysts for direct methanol (DMFC) and polymer electrolyte membrane (PEMFC) fuel cells, regenerative cells (RFC) and polymer electrolyte electrolysers (PEM). Chemical and physical characterisation of Electrocatalysts. Scale-up of Electrocatalysts production. Quality Control of the different developed materials. The following equipment is available in...
Energy Systems
The laboratory is divided into several departments that are related to each accessory activity, such as development, prototyping, and test of energy systems for the energy production and storage from renewable and non-renewable sources. The departments deals with the following activities: Development and test of materials and components for vanadium...
Integrating renewable energy sources
The laboratory activity aims at developing and evaluating management protocols of energy flows deriving from one or more renewable sources (wind power, PV) together with storage systems (batteries, supercapacitors) and other systems of electric power (fuel cells, conventional generators) that are both off-grid and connected to the electricity network. The...
Supercapacitors
The laboratory is used for carrying out research on materials and components for supercapacitors, and it provides an isolation chamber under inert gas atmosphere (Glove Box) and characterisation systems for electrochemical systems. The available equipment is a support for the research activity that are centred on lead batteries, lithium batteries, and...
