{"id":6755,"date":"2023-12-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/projects\/projektstart-entwicklung-eines-mehrwege-kathodenventils-fuer-brennstoffzellensysteme\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:56:12","slug":"m-kav","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/projects\/m-kav\/","title":{"rendered":"M-KaV \u2013 Development of a Multi-port Cathode Valve for Fuel Cell Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M-KaV – Development of a Multi-port Cathode Valve for Fuel Cell Systems<\/h2>\n
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Multi-port valves could reduce the number of valves in the cathode path of fuel cell systems, with advantages for mobile applications in particular. ZBT and Rheinmetall-Pierburg want to develop such a valve in order to reduce the use of materials and resources as well as costs in fuel cell production. ZBT is focussing on simulation, material tests and functional and endurance tests.<\/p>\n

Fuel cell systems<\/b>\u00a0are complex structures and accordingly expensive to manufacture. In mobile applications, they should also be as lightweight as possible. There are still many adjustments that can be made to make fuel cell systems cheaper, lighter, and more durable. One of these adjustments has been identified by ZBT and the automotive supplier Rheinmetall-Pierburg as the\u00a0valves on the cathode side<\/b>, i.e., the oxygen side of fuel cells.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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As part of the recently started\u00a0joint project M-KaV<\/b>, a functionally integrated\u00a0multi-way valve<\/b>\u00a0for the cathode path of fuel cell systems is now being developed. Such a valve would allow a significant reduction in the number of necessary valves in the cathode path and thus bring further\u00a0advantages<\/b>:<\/p>\n