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ANDROMEDA™ - 22807 HCS-575 PEM Fuel Cell Stack Series

Nuvera has developed an advanced fuel cell architecture called Andromeda™ in order to simplify today’s complex fuel cell power systems. In contrast to standard fuel cell system architectures, the Andromeda design allows simplifi cation of the balance of plant hardware resulting in lower parasitic losses and fewer control parameters. As one of our newest technologies, Andromeda is designed specifi cally for the stringent performance, volume, and weight requirements of the transportation market. Keeping with our strong innovative heritage, Nuvera was the original metal stack manufacturer. Nuvera is the only metal stack manufacturer that is capable of using uncoated metal plates, which is a feature of our patented approach that will offer cost advantages during manufacturing. At the present time, Andromeda is available to customers with transportation fuel cell stack integration capabilities for prototype testing, product development, and fl eet testing initiatives.

Product Features

Low Pressure Operation The Nuvera stack architecture, which has been extensively developed over the past ten years, has the ability to operate with very low pressure drop, resulting in a maximum pressure requirement for the air system of 1.6 bar. This low pressure operation allows the use of a lower cost air blower rather than a more expensive compressor. No External Humidifi cation In order to reduce the number of heat exchange loops to a minimum, Nuvera has pioneered the use of a fuel cell stack technology that uses dry air and hydrogen as inputs, which reduces the heat exchange loops from three to one. Metallic Bipolar Plates Metallic stacks are best suited for transportation applications because of their resistance to shock and vibration and are signifi cantly lower in manufacturing cost than graphite stacks.
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