Arbin Instruments Arbin was founded over 20 years ago as a manufacturer of bat ery testing equipment and added our fuel cel product line in 1997. Our experience and expertise from these two industries have al owed us to create a new product designed for Flow Battery applications that is able to integrate with a customer’s existing Flow Battery System or with a new start-up. We are able to provide programmable electronic modules for charge/discharge control, mass flow control, temperature measurement and/or control, pressure, monitoring, and more; al with a myriad of safety features. Arbin’s design engineers are able to customize the FBTS to work with a variety of external hardware that can control or simply interact with by using a digital relay signal. Our products range from smal -scale research testing up to high powered industrial applications. Arbin’s design engineers wil work with customers’ engineers to meet any unique requirements. Over the past few years, Arbin has developed a great product and have been successful in meeting al chal enges in the industry. Arbin has already provided multiple Flow Bat ery Systems to many of the world’s top research and commercial organizations in this field. Voltage Range 0 - 800V Current Ranges Up to 4,000A Linear: 0.05% of Ful Scale Range Current & Voltage Accuracy Regenerative: 0.1% of Ful Scale Range Arbin’s FBTS is intended to provide a complete testing solution for use in R&D testing that requires advanced test schedules and protocols. Integrated Control of the Complete Flow Battery System ■ Compatible with Third Party Hardware ■ Potentiostatic/Galvanostatic Functionality ■ Modular Plug & Play Design ■ Automatic Device Simulation FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments ■ Main Current and Voltage charger and load (Electronic I/V) for testing flow bat ery stack. The system can have multiple channels and ahs ful potentiostatic/galvanostatic (pst/gst) control ■ Auxiliary Voltage Measurement which al ows users to monitor individual cel voltages ■ Valve, pump and mass flow control er integration to start, stop, and adjust flow rates; Integration of third party device such as temperature/humidity chamber, furnace, oven and etc via RS232 ■ Heater/Fan control er with power supply to control the temperature of media or bat ery ■ Other measurements such as: temperature or pressure at the inlet and outlet of the flow bat ery ■ Safety alarm and hardware interlock Arbin Instruments’ electronic circuitry is a completely programmable and automatic power supply that works directly with Arbin’s MITS Pro Software. Through the software, the user can control the current and voltage applied and drawn from the flow bat ery in any number of profile types. ■ Current capability ranges from micro-amp level up to 1000’s of amps ■ Voltage capability ranges from below 0V up to 700V ■ Automatic and programmable control for the entire system ■ Potentiostatic/Galvanostatic charge/discharge circuitry or discharge-only option ■ True Bipolar Circuitry al ows for no switching time between charge and discharge ■ Hardware-based Voltage Clamp ■ Modular plug and play, compact design ■ Multiple Current Ranges FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments ■ The Analog Input/Output module option is designed to measure and control Flow Rate or Pressure or any devices that can output 0(2)-10V as feedback signal and input 0-10V as control signal. The Analog I/0 board of ers control with closed loop (PID) or open loop communication depending on the application. There are 8 channel inputs for measurement and 8 channel outputs for control per module. ■ The Digital Input/Output module sends and receives a simple digital on/ of signal that is available in TTL and Relay. There are 8 channel inputs and 8 channels output per module. These can be used to communicate with third party hardware directly or in conjunction with a 24V DC source as stated below. ■ The DC power supply module of ers ability to turn on/of solenoid valves, pumps or other devices with a 24V DC power supply. The channels of this module are associated one-to-one with Digital Output channels and provide an on/of 24V DC power source. ■ Auxiliary Voltage Input is typical y used to measure each cel voltage in a multi-cel bat ery or to measure the reference electrode voltage in a three electrode setup. The value of voltage can be recorded in the results file or used to further control the experiment. Auxiliary Voltage boards come in groups of 8 channels. The software al ows multiple auxiliary channels to be mapped to a single main channel, or however required by the user. Voltage Range (-5V) to 5V (-10V) to 10V Accuracy 10mV 20mV Input Impedance 16M Ohm 16M Ohm ■ Temperature Measurement is used to measure the temperature of any point in the set using either our thermocouple module (E, J, K or T) or our thermistor module. The value of temperature can be recorded in the results file and/or used to further control the experiment. Minimum order quantity: 8 Channels of thermocouples or 16 channels of thermistors per module. ■ Pressure Input works in the same way as the temperature option however, it measures the pressure inside the cel using a pressure transducer. The transducer used with this option uses an operating supply voltage of 5V DC and output voltage of 0-100mV. The cel must have an opening to insert the transducer. There are 8 channels per module. FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments ■ The Heater/Fan Control er of ers integrated temperature measurement and power output control applying PID technology. This unit uses Type K thermocouple input to provide temperature feedback measurements and provides PWM style heating/cooling power source to control the heater or fan. There are 4 Heating/Cooling channels or 8 Heating channels per module. ■ The MFRI module al ows users to set mass flow rates from Arbin’s MITS Pro Software. The user needs to specify gas type and maximum flow rate when ordering. There can be up to 4 Mass Flow Control ers per module. ■ The Multiple Temperature Chamber Interface option (MTCI) al ows the system to communicate with a temperature chamber control er during testing. The MTCI module tel s the chamber control er what temperature set-point to use during each test step, al owing the user to program complex automatic temperature profiles in their tests. Consult your Sales Engineer for a ful list of supported chambers and MTCI specifications ■ The UPS option is designed to support the PC and detect a power outage to the Arbin testing system. It wil al ow a test to resume automatical y if power returns within a user-defined time period, or shut down the PC if power is not returned. The Universal Power Supply helps prevent file corruption from a sudden loss of power. The UPS option includes a 1500VA Smart UPS and proprietary cable to al ow control by the Arbin Software. FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments Arbin’s MITS Pro Software is the most comprehensive bat ery testing software solution available in the marketplace today. Over the past decade, MITS Pro has been the front end of the Arbin test stations of the BT-2000, MSTAT, SCTS, and EVTS systems. This has al owed Arbin to refine and simplify the software and user interface for improved stability and ease of use. The power of MITS Pro comes from its capacity to create and implement tests from simple to complex al with a user-friendly interface. MITS Pro 5.0 software for Flow Battery applications is a modified version of Arbin’s standard bat ery MITS Pro Testing Software. User-interface is presented in a an intuitive and Windows-friendly format. MITS Pro 5.0 is simple to use but has extremely powerful and flexible applications. Using the same software, you can write new test schedules, implement test regimes, as wel as monitor and view real-time data. ■ Independent testing of multiple devices ■ Boolean control of test parameters such as temperature, flow rate, and pressure Stoichiometric flow rate control associated with current. ■ PID Technology is applied on al temperature and pressure control channels ■ Software al ows the user to control a test using variables rather than concrete control values (Example, instead of using 4.2V for control, the system can use “Last Step Maximum Voltage” as the control type of the fol owing step. ■ “On the Fly” modification of test parameters in real time without pausing or stopping a test; benefits include being able to increase the number of cycles, fix a typo, add steps, adjust data logging, etc. ■ A vast library of variables, conditions, and formula conditions are available ■ Integrate control of third party equipment such as temperature/ humidity chamber, furnace, or oven. FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments ■ Data Watcher al ows quick and simple plot ing of your test results file. Using data watcher, the user can do simple or complex plot ing to determine whether or not the bat ery is reacting as expected. If a data point fal s outside of expectations, the user can double click on the graph and the list of data points wil appear as wel as the cycle count and step number the test is in. If modifications are required to the test schedule, the user can open the specified test schedule in MITS Pro, make the modification and continue testing with no interruption. ■ Data Pro Software is an add-on for Microsoft Of ice Excel designed for analyzing test results. Users can view data in table formation and customized graphic views. This software provides a user-friendly interface for Excel’s analysis capability and maintains the ful power of Microsoft’s software and flexibility. FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments Arbin has implemented a number of new hardware and software safety features to prevent damage on the device being tested, and the test station. Arbin’s FBTS incorporates multiple layers of safety at the module, and overal system level. These safety features listed below work together to make the FBTS extremely safe to operate and increases the robustness of the system. The Charger/Load Module incorporates the fol owing safety features: ■ Over/Under Current Alarm ■ Over/Under Voltage Alarm ■ Fuses, Circuit Breakers, and Thermo-switches ■ Thermal Protection Devices ■ Over temperature, over pressure, or flow rate alarm ■ User intervention for safety override ■ Hardware interlock alarm input (optional) ■ Alarm tower with signal lights (optional) ■ Emergency shutof switch (optional) FBTS +1 979 690 2751 www.arbin.com Arbin Instruments Arbin Instruments is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of energy-related testing equipment. Combining the global talents of electrochemists, electronic and software engineers, customer support staf , Arbin Instruments has revolutionized the automated testing instrumentation market. We of er standard and customized testing solutions for a wide variety of energy-storage devices such as bat eries, supercapacitors, and fuel cel s. Arbin’s focus is exceptional quality, performance and reliability. Our instruments provide scientists and engineers a tool for performing R&D, quality control, production, and characterization in various markets including Hybrid Electric Vehicles, medical, telecommunications, military, alternative energy, space, and consumer products. 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