Pilot scale PCBFC manufacturing

Bramble开发了一种颠覆性的创新方法来设计和制造氢燃料电池。氢燃料电池是零排放技术，利用绿色氢气，燃料电池技术在减少整个运输部门的温室气体排放方面具有真正的潜力。与电池电动汽车相比，氢燃料电池还具有加油速度快(通常为5分钟)和续航里程更长的优点。与任何其他燃料电池制造商不同的是，Bramble在印刷电路板内设计了一种质子交换膜燃料电池。印刷电路板燃料电池(PCBFC(Tm))具有一系列优点，包括设计更简单、材料成本更低，以及利用现有的印刷电路板供应链扩大燃料电池生产的制造工艺。试点规模的PCBFC制造项目将在英国安装一条燃料电池组的半自动装配线，每年可生产2000个燃料电池组。这将加快低成本燃料电池组的制造规模，支持APC确定的从2030年起为轻型汽车行业每年生产高达10千兆瓦的燃料电池组的机会。试点规模的PCBFC生产线将使低成本氢燃料电池能够在英国制造，支持绿色技术中的高价值工作。

Bramble has developed a disruptive and innovative approach to designing and manufacturing hydrogen fuel cells. Hydrogen fuel cells are zero emission technology, utilising green hydrogen, fuel cell technology has a real potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the transport sector. Hydrogen fuel cells also offer advantages of quick refuelling (typically <5 minutes) and longer vehicle ranges than battery electric vehicles. In particular use cases there is therefore a demand for fuel cell vehicles in the light duty vehicle sector.Different to any other fuel cell manufacturer, Bramble has designed a proton exchange membrane fuel cell within a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board fuel cell (PCBFC(tm)) has a series of advantages, including a simpler design, lower bill of materials cost and a manufacturing process which leverages the existing PCB supply chain to scale-up fuel cell production.The Pilot Scale PCBFC Manufacturing project will install a semi-automated assembly line for fuel cell stacks in the UK, with capacity to manufacture 2,000 fuel cell stacks per year. This will accelerate the manufacturing scale-up of low-cost fuel cell stacks, supporting the opportunity the APC has identified to produce up to 10 GW of fuel cell stacks/year from 2030 for the light duty vehicle sector. The Pilot Scale PCBFC Manufacturing line will enable low-cost hydrogen fuel cells to be manufactured in the UK, supporting high-value jobs in green technologies.