Designed Specifically for 1st & 2nd Year University and Community College courses

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• Fully self contained trainer board for NI ELVIS
• Students build many experiments with one system
• Hands-on experience with PV Solar Cells
• Hands-on experience with high quality Heliocentris™ hydrogen fuel cells
• Focus on teaching students good engineering practice and experimental skills

THE EMONA HELEx TRAINER
The Emona HELEx trainer extends the functionality of your NI ELVIS™ I/II/II+ to incorporate a graded series of hands-on experiments in sustainable energy technologies. SELF CONTAINED, COMPLETE SOLUTION The Emona ETT-411 kit is a complete solution, including all equipment, accessories, NI LabVIEW™-based application software, user and experiment manuals. Experiments fully utilize the NI ELVIS instrumentation for manual AND automated control, data acquisition as well as data analysis, using NI LabVIEW. The HELEx Soft Front Panel (SFP) incorporates both the custom NI ELVIS based instrumentation in the top half of the SFP window, while the lower half of the window includes a pre-defined experiment layout for each of the 17 experiments.	Each experiment screen is accessible by a tab. These pre-defined experiment screens assist the student in quickly getting involved with the essential experiment activities and minimising tedious data computation chores. Experiments are dynamic and highly interactive, as the HELEx SFP utilizes the powerful functionality of NI LabVIEW. Measurements are plotted and processed as they are entered, so that students are able to better understand and interpret the data. MANIPULATION & OBSERVATION SKILLS Students are guided through experiments which develop skills of scientific methodology associated with the setting up of equipment, scientific safety and method, taking of measurements, as well as interpreting results and critical response skills.

Emona HELEx Solar-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trainer Experiment Capabilities
INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction to the NI ELVIS II/II+ 2. Introduction to the EMONA HELEx add-on board SECTION A - SOLAR ENERGY: light to electricity 3. The visible spectrum and photometry 4. Measuring solar energy, intensity & angle of incidence 5. Maximum Power Point & Fill Factor measurements 6. Photovoltaic cell internal characteristics measurement 7. Multiple solar cell configurations & performance SECTION B - ELECTROLYSIS: water to gases 8. Electrolysis in action 9. Electrolyser decomposition voltage & load matching 10. Avogadro's number & Faraday efficiency measurements	SECTION C - HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: gases to electricity 11. Introducing the Hydrogen Fuel Cell: reversing the electrolytic process 12. Faraday's 1st Law using fuel cells and consumption measurement 13. System efficiency and fuel cell characteristic curves 14. Dismantlable fuel cells: impact of oxidant supply & catalyst 15. Modeling a fuel cell power plant 16. Mathematically modeling a fuel cell using LabVIEW & MULTISIM 17. Stacking multiple fuel cells in series & parallel * Experiments include optional NI LabVIEW programming tasks for students projects # NI ELVIS unit and NI LabVIEW software not included with the EMONA HELEx ETT-411 kit

Storing and moving NI ELVIS boards between class sessions is easily achieved with the EMONA "SFEL" storage box

These boxes are stackable, ESD-safe and provide easy access and inventory control for the many varied add-on boards used in different classes. Contact EMONA for availability and pricing to protect your lab equipment.

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