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，燃料电池技术具有真实的潜力，以减少整个运输部门的温室气体排放。氢燃料电池还具有快速加油（通常<5分钟）和比电池电动汽车更长的车辆范围的优点。因此，在特定的应用场合，轻型汽车领域对燃料电池汽车的需求很大。与其他任何燃料电池制造商不同，Bramble设计了一种印刷电路板内的质子交换膜燃料电池。印刷电路板燃料电池（PCBFC（tm））具有一系列优势，包括设计更简单，材料成本更低，以及利用现有PCB供应链扩大燃料电池生产规模的制造工艺。中试规模PCBFC制造项目将在英国安装一条半自动化燃料电池组组装线，每年可制造2，000个燃料电池组。这将加速低成本燃料电池堆的制造规模，支持APC确定的从2030年起为轻型汽车行业每年生产高达10 GW燃料电池堆的机会。中试规模的多氯联苯燃料电池生产线将使低成本的氢燃料电池在英国生产，支持绿色技术的高价值工作。

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.