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Environmental Chamber
No need transport expensive equipment and personnel to extremely remote climates – the Hydrogen Environmental Chamber (HEC) allows companies and researchers to test and evaluate their systems or products in conditions that simulate various parts of the world, from the Northwest Territories to India.
Operating from NRC-IFCI’s state-of-the-art facilities on the University of British Columbia campus, companies also have easy access to utilities, communication, transportation, and shipping.
Applications:
- Applications for energy systems developers and integrators.
- Operate a car or park a stationary power system inside, the HEC has been successfully used to test hybrid vehicles, unmanned aircraft and fuel cell technology.
- Can comfortably accommodate full-sized vehicles as large as a mid-size delivery van.
Capabilities
Temperature |
-60 to 140ºC |
Humidity |
5 to 95 % RH between |
Altitude |
0 to 3,000m (70 kPa) absolute pressure |
Vibration Table |
3,700 lbs payload from 3 to 3,500 Hz |
Dynamometer |
187 kW max. intermittent power |
100 km/h max. speed |
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Heat Rejection |
25 kW at –60ºC |
100 kW at –40ºC |
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Dimensions |
3 x 3 x 7.6 m |
Booster Pump for Leak & Test Fills |
Up to 20 k PSI (138 MPa) |
