MES Fuel Cell Technology

At the beginning of the 2002 MES-DEA (being member of CEBI Networks) decided to come into the fuel cell field. MES-DEA kept in contact with different FC technology providers worldwide for the best technology choice. In May 2002 MES-DEA finalized an agreement with NOVARS in order to realize its own PEMFC technology. Starting from NOVARS’s experience and CEBI group potential, MES-DEA was able to create its own competence and know-how in PEM fuel cell technology realizing in a short period of time the first MES-DEA fuel cell system prototypes.

At the beginning of the 2010 MES, which is one of the biggest companies of the CEBI group, has incorporated the MES-DEA fuel cell department inside its structure.

Since then to nowadays the core competence of the R&D Fuel Cells department is the development, production and commercialization of PEM Fuel Cell Stack Systems with a small up to medium nominal power output (0.1 – 3 kW) ideal for portable, light mobile and UPS applications.

To cover both the power range and the relevant application needs MES has realized two different kind of PEMFC Systems: one based on a 61 cm^2 cell active area, the other based on a smaller one (31 cm^2 cell active area ).

The main advantages of both systems is their simplicity, which means:

- no humidification of the reactant gases (no complex humidifiers)

- close to ambient pressure on the cathode (no heavy air compressor)

- a forced air cooling (no elaborate liquid cooling of the stack)

- a modular layout (wide power range with the same cell design)

- possibility to replace the single damaged cell without any problem.
and their light weight due to:
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graphite based cell components

- very simplified stack design

- very reduced balance of plant

By means of these features we have reached a high global efficiency, specific power and power density.

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