| A comprehensive list of the capabilities of UK academic and contract research organisations active in the fuel cell and hydrogen arena. To put your organisation on this list, or to update your organisation's entry, please contact us: info@fuelcellsuk.org. |
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 | CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Lab, Energy Research Unit | The Energy Research Unit (ERU) has supported R&D in sustainable energy systems for more than 25 years. The ERU's principle role has been to research in alternative energy and to provide appropriate facilities for use by the academic sector, but increasingly it collaborates with industry and allows access to its facilities for a wider range of technology transfer and industry-supported projects.
| Energy Research Unit | Yes | | City Univ, London, CEE | The Centre for Energy and Environment groups research in areas such as: Internal Combustion Engines, Transportation Fuels, Laser Diagnostics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Continuum Dynamics, Positive Displacement Compressors, Machine Design and Fuel Cells.
| Centre for Energy & Environment | Yes | | Coventry Univ, Design Institute | Focusing on transport related themes, the work of the Design Institute aims to improve current understanding of design processes, develop better design methods, create new and improve existing design tools, and produce novel design products and concept solutions.
| Design Institute | Yes | | Imperial College, Dept Mechanical Engineering | System analyses of hybrid gas turbine/solid oxide fuel cells for enhanced energy usage and sustainability, and detailed fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer in solid oxide fuel cells.
| Dept Mechanical Engineering | Yes | | Loughborough Univ, Dept Aeronautical & Automotive Engineering | The dept maintains close links with industry and research establishments through its research and consultancy activities, and contains a custom-built Fuel Cell and Electric Vehicle Laboratory, with 4 wall-mounted stations for the supply of hydrogen, oxygen, compressed air and other gases. This facility accommodates the testing of both fuel cell stacks and fuel cell sub-systems.
| Dept Aeronautical & Automotive Engineering | Yes | | Univ of Strathclyde, Centre for Economic Renewable Power Delivery | Core activities include development of fuel cell systems for electric vehicles (via the Scottish Fuel Cell Consortium), a demonstration project on the island of Islay, a similar study producing 'organic' electricity from local waste streams on Mull, CERPD has a dedicated fuel cell laboratory capable of testing systems up to 15kWe, including CHP mode of operation. Also an associated electric vehicle laboratory allows ongoing testing and study of vehicular fuel cell systems.
| Centre for Economic Renewable Power Delivery | Yes |
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