Measuring the permeability of gas diffusion media used in fuel cells
 
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About Versaperm

Versaperm manufactures gas permeability testing equipment, offers a comprehensive permeability testing service and a materials consultancy. These are used to measure gas permeability and leakage, important in medical and pharmaceutical packaging, foils and films, coatings, food and confectionery packaging and contents, and many other applications.

Instruments

Versaperm designs and manufactures instruments to meet each customer’s needs. Instruments are typically be based on a modular MkVI design.

Testing Service


Our laboratory testing service has over 30 years experience to enable us to choose the best technique to measure your sample's permeability both quickly and accurately.

 

Sensors

Our diverse and growing range of sensors are based on fundamentally different and divergent physical principals. The choice of the right sensor for an application is critical in the successful deployment of the equipment. We are not tied to a sensor manufacturer.

Gases / Vapours

At Versaperm we can measure the permeability for almost any gas / vapour including water vapour, Oxygen, CO2 Hydrogen, Helium, Nitrogen and Hydrocarbons.

Applications

Consultancy

Our Consultancy division combines our theoretical and practical Permeability skills in instrument design and manufacture. Permeability Consultancy

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Measuring the permeability of gas diffusion media used in fuel cells

The Versaperm MK VI meter is ideal for evaluating the gas permeability of battery and fuel cell components and materials. It can measure the permeability for most gases, including the methanol used in direct methanol type fuel cells, as well as for hydrogen, oxygen and hydrocarbons.

HYDROGEN CELL PERMEABILITY

The permeability of the components of a fuel cell are amongst the most critical factors relating to the use of the cell. fuel cells produce electricity from a fuel on the anode side and an oxidant on the cathode side, these react in the presence of the electrolyte.

Numerous combinations of fuel and oxidant are possible. Hydrogen cells use hydrogen as fuel as well as oxygen / air for oxidation. Other fuels include hydrocarbon, alcohol. Chlorine and CO2 are common oxidants.

Versaperm equipment can quickly and accurately measures the permeability of the components and materials in the cell against these (and other) gases.

For companies where the throughput is not high enough to warrant dedicated equipment, we provide a laboratory testing service.

Testing the permeability of fuel cell materials and components

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