Intelligent Energy led Archer, building the fuel cell around its own existing stack design.
Gems (General Engine Management Systems) Performance Electronics developed an electronic control unit for the fuel cell, designed with cybersecurty and functional safety intended to be certified to ISO 26262.
“The XCU8 ECU builds on our EM80-M controller,” said GEMS director Peter Bannister.
The DC-DC converter, which combines the outputs of two fuel cell stacks and regulates them, came from Drive Systems Design. This unit is rated at 300kW and also monitors fuel cell health through AC electro-chemical impedance spectroscopy, as well as providing local system power rails.
See DSD, Intelligent Energy and GEMS on the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Stand (C3-702) at Cenex Expo this Wednesday and Thursday at Millbrook.
DSD is part of the Hinduja Tech Group, which has 200,000 employees in 38 countries.
