Mineral Insulated Heaters from Isopad for Hose Heating, Preventing Water Vapour Freexing and Preheating Fuel Cells

Based on its expertise in developing customised electrical heating solutions, Isopad has products offering significant benefits to the pioneers of fuel cell technology. These include mineral insulated (MI) heaters for faster cell stack heat-up, heated hoses for temperature and humidity conditioning of gases and also heating tapes to prevent freezing of water vapour drain lines.

Isopad exhibited these for the first time at the 10th Grove Fuel Cell Exhibition recently and generated considerable interest from the fuel cell community. The heaters can provide solutions up to 1000ºC and are available for all fuel cell types, including PEMFC, SOFC, MCFC and PAFC. Used as preheat devices, MI heaters reduce the time it takes to bring fuel cells up to their optimum temperature/efficiency in cyclic applications.

Isopad specialises in employing a full range of technologies and engineering techniques to produce application-specific customised industrial heating solutions for any profiles or conditions. It provides robust, development scale solutions that can be scaled up for volume manufacture. A leading brand of Tyco Thermal Controls, Isopad products are renowned for their durability, high quality and for delivering uniform and reliable heat with a long operating life. They are available in a wide range of power densities and with multiple safety agency certifications.