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Attachment A:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Test Station Statement of

Work

Background

The NASA Glenn Research center intends to purchase a “turn-key” research grade Solid Oxide

Fuel Cell (SOFC) Stack Test Station capable of testing a 0.1 kW to 1 kW stacks in a furnace environment at temperatures up to 900 degrees Celsius. When hydrogen alone is used, a humidification system is required. Alicat or Bronkhorst mass flow controllers (or equivalent) are required throughout for their quick response speed, accuracy throughout their flow range high turndown ration, and internal compensation for changes in pressure and temperature. The Solid

Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Test Station shall be automated for remote operation.

Description of Items Being Procured

The test station shall provide separate gas delivery systems and controls for hydrogen, hydrogen plus carbon monoxide (syngas), carbon dioxide, methane and up to 20% steam by volume.

Furthermore, the vendor shall provide a software suite for data analysis and describe all safety features in detail.

Period of Performance

Purchase Order award date through December 15, 2016.

Required Specifications for Test Station

The vendor shall deliver a 1kW SOFC Fuel Cell Test Station (Using

Alicat or Bronkhorst mass flow controllers (MFC), or equivalent) including:

1. The Test Station is to have a solid state Electronic Loadbank with the following characteristics

1.1) 1kW Air Cooled Electronic Load

1.2) Computer controlled in constant current, constant voltage, or constant power modes of operation.

1.3) Pulsed Current Operation: Adjustable amplitude, duty cycle, and frequency.

1.4) Automatic current ramp operation with user specified starting load, ending load, and ramp rate.

1.5) Maximum voltage will be provided by the purchaser at time of order in the range of 20V to

60V.

1.6) Minimum voltage will be provided by the purchaser at time order. A means to adjust maximum current through use of exchangeable shunts or other equivalent method is requested.

1.7) Voltage Accuracy: +/-0.1% Full-scale Range

1.8) A minimum of ten (10) voltage inputs for cell voltage monitoring

1.9) Front panel display to show current and voltage

1.10) Hardwired run/standby system

1.11) Rack Mountable

1.12) Pair of two (2) 1/0 power cables four feet in length, capable of carrying up to 80 amps, to connect the electronic loadbank to the fuel cell under test and a pair of two (2) 1/0 power cables six feet in length to connect the electronic loadbank to the fuel cell under test.

1.13) A screwdown cell voltage monitoring terminal board to facilitate connection of the cell voltage monitoring cable to the wiring originating from the fuel cell or equivalent.

1.14) Two (2) nickel high Temperature Power Cable. a braid of twelve 10 AWG wires, to carry up to 80 Amps per cable at temperatures up to 675ºF. Maximum temperature capability1830ºF.

Cables are to be 6 feet in length.

1.15) Two (2) High Temperature Voltage Cables (for low current applications). Cables are to be nickel (18 gauge) and six feet in length with a maximum temperature capability of 1800ºF.

2. Gas Delivery Module with Purge for H2 Delivery

2.1 One Mass Flow Controlled Gas Channel, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller (Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for maximum flow rate of 20 slpm

(H2).

2.2 Pressure regulated on inlet gas to provide the highest degree of accuracy (inlet pressure may be up to 120 psig)

2.3 Check valve on outlet to prevent backflow into source lines

2.4 Fail Safe Purge with fixed purge rate regulated by orifice or a variable purge rate controlled with a needle valve on the front panel.

2.5 Hardwired run/standby system

2.6 Rack Mountable. All rack mounting hardware included

2.7 Pneumatic valve option included. Pressurized control gas (70-100 psig) required for operation

2.8 Modules require DC power supply ranging from 26 VDC-50 VDC. Power supply sold separately

3. Gas Delivery Module for CO2

3.1 One (1) Mass Flow Controller, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller

(Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for customer specified maximum flow rate of 10 slpm (CO2).

3.2 Pressure regulated on inlet gas to provide the highest degree of accuracy (inlet pressure may be up to 120 psig)

3.3 Check valve on outlet to prevent backflow into source lines

3.4 Hardwired run/standby system

3.5 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included

4. Gas Delivery Module for CH4

4.1 One (1) Mass Flow Controller, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller

(Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for customer specified maximum flow rate of

0.8 slpm (CH4).

4.2 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included

5. Gas Delivery Module for N2

5.1 One (1) Mass Flow Controlled Gas Channel, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller (Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for customer specified maximum flow rate of 20 slpm (N2).

6. Gas Delivery Module for Syngas (54 percent Hydrogen and remainder Carbon monoxide by volume)

6.1 One (1) Mass Flow Controller, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller

(Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for a maximum flow rate 20 slpm (Syngas, 54 percent Hydrogen and remainder Carbon monoxide by volume).

7. Gas Delivery Module with Purge for use with Air

7.1 One (1) Mass Flow Controlled Gas Channel, Alicat MCS Series 316L Stainless Steel mass flow controller (Aggressive Gas MFC), or equivalent, calibrated for customer specified maximum flow rate of 200 slpm (Air).

7.2 Pressure regulated on inlet gas to provide the highest degree of accuracy (inlet pressure may be up to 120 psig)

7.3 Check valve on outlet to prevent backflow into source lines

7.4 Fail Safe Purge with fixed purge rate regulated by orifice or a variable purge rate controlled with a needle valve on the front panel.

7.5 Hardwired run/standby system

7.6 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included

8. Liquid Delivery Module (water used for the humidification of the ANODE)

8.1 One (1) Bronkhorst model L23 Liquid MFC, or equivalent, calibrated to a maximum up to

250 g/hr (H2O).

8.2 Turndown ratio of 50 to 1 with an accuracy of +/-1%†

8.3 Hardwired run/standby system

8.4 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included.

8.5 Bronkhorst Evaporator / Mixer (or equivalent). The evaporator / mixer is used to evaporate and mix the liquid from the Liquid Delivery Module (item 8) with the Anode gas stream. Evaporator/mixer to include 1000W evaporator which can evaporate up to 1200g/hr of water into gas streams with flow rates up to 100 slpm

8.6 Degassing Module to degas a pressurized water supply (The purchaser will provide pressurized deionized water supply to this module)

8.7 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included

9 Heat Exchanger to heat the Anode Gas, using the heat from the Cathode gas

10 6 kW Gas Heater for the Cathode Gas to heat the cathode gas flow. Heater temperature output to be used in conjunction with Temperature Control Module below. Heater over-temperature protection controlled by one channel of the Temperature Control Module below

(item 11).

11. Cathode Gas Heater 6kW Temperature Control Module

11.1 6kW temperature controller

11.2 The Heater Control module is to contain a temperature controlled switched receptacle and a over-temperature monitor to provide protection to the heater.

11.3 Temperature controller displays to be located on front of module, thermocouple inputs and switched receptacle are to be located on the rear of the unit.

11.4 Hardwired run/standby system

11.5 Rack Mountable, all rack mounting hardware included.

12. Integrated cylindrical top hat furnace with mechanical lift The SOFC Test Station shall have an integrated cylindrical top hat furnace and electric lifting mechanism. Furnace shall have a maximum operating temperature of 900 degrees Celsius or greater. Internal furnace hot zone dimensions shall be a minimum of 12” x 12” x 12 “. The furnace shall have holes in top and bottom as required along with “plugs” for holes not in us.

Thermocouples for temperature control and over-temperature monitoring are to be included. A temperature control module for the top hat furnace for heater control, over-temperature monitoring and temperature display is required.

13. Stack Operating Temperature Reactant Inhibit Module to monitor an input temperature and to provide override control of reactants.

13.1 Include front panel display of monitoring temperature and front panel LED status of

Normal/Inhibit state.

13.2 Include a minimum of two means of stopping reactant gas when the fuel cell temperature is below a preset minimum. Acceptable examples are:

12.2.1) Pneumatic outputs to force inlet isolation valves to their closed position

12.2.2) Run/standby interlock relay to force reactants to their standby state (inlet valve closed, MFC power removed).

14. Exhaust Cooling Pigtails

14.1 Air cooled pigtails with condensate drain or other means to cool exhaust gases.

14.2 Include touch-guard safety protection

14.3 Over-temperature switch

15. Leak test system

15.1 As configured, the system shall be capable of performing a pressure decay leak test.

15.2 The system shall have additional leak test capacity for fixed pressure / mass flow meter measured leak rate to measure:

a) Anode to Cathode

b) Cathode to Anode

c) Anode overboard

d) Cathode overboard

15.3 Leak test controller (MFM and control valves) including two hot gas, and two cool gas isolation valves.

15.4 Leak test system shall include carbon monoxide and hydrogen detectors.

16. Voltage, Temperature, and Pressure Monitoring Module, a data acquisition system with the following:

16.1 Twenty (20) DC Voltage Inputs (Cabling between fuel cell and terminal panel provided by customer)

16.2 Range of +/- 2V†

16.3 Accuracy of +/- (0.05% of reading +5mV)

16.4 Twenty (20) Type K Temperature Inputs, cabling and Thermocouples provided by customer.

16.5 Two (2) independent single-ended pressure ports with maximum pressure of each transducer: 350 mbar.

16.6 Four (4) DC Current Inputs.

16.7 Rack mounted, all rack mounting hardware included.

17. External Interface Module

17.1 Front Panel Emergency Stop mushroom button and key switch

17.2 Hardwired Emergency Stop digital inputs and digital outputs for laboratory interface.

17.3 'Single Feed' connection of mains to Test Station with mains distribution to sub modules

17.4 Expansion I/O daughterboard.

17.5 Stack light

17.6 750 W integrated power supply to power quote items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and

15.

17.7 External interface module is rack mountable, all rack mounting hardware included

18. Gas Sampling Valve

18.1 Two (2) 3-way pneumatically controlled gas sampling valves to be utilized to sample the anode exhaust and the reformer output gases

18.2 For use with gases up to 150ºC

18.3 Controlled with a pneumatic output channel from the External Interface

19. The following minimum Gas Leak Detection equipment is required

19.1 Two (2) detectors for detection of gas leaks

19.1.1 One detector will detect leaks to the area surrounding the stack

19.1.2 One detector will detect leaks in the exhaust air stream

19.1.3 Include sample pump and analog output to auxiliary I/O module

20. Rack Mountable Ethernet Switch to connect the quote items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 15 communications connector to computer.

20.1 The system is packaged at the factory, with cables to connect modules to the internet included.

21. Rack Assembly

21.1 Double wide, standard 19" rack units with solid side panels and top. Empty rack slots are to be covered with panels.

22 The system shall have a Redundant Rackmount Computer System to include:

22.1 Two- 2U Rackmount Chassis with four 1TB hot-swappable HDD configured as RAID 6 to protect against double drive failure.

22.2 Redundant power supplies.

22.3 Each computer is to have a minimum 3.1 GHz Processor, DVD burner and 8GB or RAM.

22.4 One- desktop keyboard and one monitor, minimum 27". A KVM switch is to switch the monitor between the two computers

23 Control Software (site license). Intuitive and comprehensive software with the following minimum properties:

23.1 Free Software Upgrades.

23.2 Software site license permitting a minimum of four users permitting downloading of software on multiple computers. Software must permit the scripts to be programmed and tested, allow custom monitors, and additional customization to be completed without consuming Test

Station time.

23.3 Drive cycle programming. Easily imports drive cycles to allow all Test Station variables to be automatically controlled to follow drive cycle conditions.

23.4 Polarization curve acquisition. Fully automated (through scripting which may be modified by the purchaser) polarization curves including data averaging, variable data rate logging. The software should provide means to warn operators if programmed limits are approached or exceeded.

23.5 Network Wide Control and Monitoring

23.6 Remote Operation & Monitoring: remotely operate and monitor the Test Station

23.7 Remote Diagnosis: ability for offsite Test Station debugging

23.8 Programmable Data Logging: Control data logging, as well as data specified by user defined triggers, can be logged. File Format:

CSV/ACSII Format or MDB Format, SQL Server, and Oracle database

23.9 Programmable Alarm Levels: different programmable alarm levels for warning, soft shutdown and emergency stop. May require additional hardware. Feature not available on all models.

23.10 Facility Alarm Monitoring: facility alarm inputs to Test Station. May require additional hardware. Feature not available on all models.

23.11 Graphing Capability: Real time graphing for plotting any number of variables versus any single variable or time. Feature is used to develop polarization curves and tracking cell performance. Strip Charts and Bar Graphs included in graphing options.

23.12 Automated Test Protocols: Software Scripts can be written in order to manipulate components in order to make custom test routines.

23.13 Safety Features include programmable fuel cell shutdown voltage and an oversight program to monitor testing and initiate various alarm levels or shutdown.

23.14 Event Manager: Based on user defined triggers, and e-mail or page can be sent to the user when a specified condition or event occurs.

23.15 Alarm Manager: Provides a means of contacting individuals through email, numeric pagers, or the telephone.

23.16 System recording of status at the time of event to enhance the researcher’s ability to obtain status information of the system should a hardware or software shutdown occur.

23.17 Third Party Hardware Interface: allows the SOFC Test Station software to seamlessly integrate with commonly used instrumentation.

23.18 User-defined communications interface: allows users to define and utilize a communication protocol to communicate and integrate SOFC Test Station control software with serial, CAN, OPC, and GPIB devices.

24. The vendor shall provide Site Installation/Acceptance for the SOFC Stack Test Station and on-site training.

24.1 Includes complete equipment installation and five days of training at NASA Glenn

Research Center immediately following installation.

25. The system must comply with the following standard:

25.1 Hydrogen Safe Room: Class 1 Division 2 Group B

Addendum: Please provide a price for the following items. NASA is under no obligation to purchase these items. Any optional items may be purchased at a later date at the discretion of the government. The above 24 items constitutes the base quote. Please provide a cost estimate for these additional features for future reference provided they can be added to the base system at a later date.

A1. Please provide a description of means of incorporating all equipment needed to perform electrical impedance spectroscopy. This is to include the impedance spectrometer and analytical software.