The laboratory develops traceable measurement systems for power and electrical efficiency in electric mobility infrastructures, both rail and road, and participates in dedicated research projects. It also provides calibration and characterisation services for DC power and energy measurement chains for on-board train applications up to 4 kV – 3600 A DC and 25 kV (16.7 Hz and 50 Hz) – 1000 A. Characterisation can be performed in the presence of arbitrarily distorted electrical signals.

The laboratory has a reference system for the characterisation and efficiency measurement of power conversion and charging systems up to 200 kW.

It is also capable of electrically emulating a fuel cell–based generation chain with power up to 12 kW.

Regarding energy storage, the laboratory is equipped with galvanostats/potentiostats and two-quadrant generators that can be paralleled up to 45 kW. To date, charging and discharging measurements have been performed up to 27 kW, or 440 A and 62 V, for charging current and voltage. The studies conducted were primarily part of research projects, and focused in particular on supercapacitor technology.

The laboratory develops and identifies integer and fractional-order circuit models using identification techniques based on galvanostatic measurements, cyclic voltammetry, and impedance spectroscopy. The laboratory is engaged in predictive studies of the state-of-charge (SoC) and state-of-health (SoH) of storage devices, with particular reference to supercapacitors. To this end, it has climatic chambers for observing temperature behavior and accelerated device aging.