Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system having valve module between fuel cell stack and humidifier
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Application No.: US14954471Application Date: 2015-11-30
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Publication No.: US10069157B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Jung Jae Lee , Sung Gone Yoon , Sae Hoon Kim
- Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: KR10-2015-0068670 20150518
- Main IPC: H01M8/06
- IPC: H01M8/06 ; H01M8/04223 ; H01M8/04119 ; H01M8/04228 ; H01M8/04225

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes an air supply unit for supplying air containing oxygen to a fuel cell stack. A humidifier humidifies the supplied air. An air supply line is connected between a cathode inlet of the fuel cell stack and the humidifier to supply the humidified air to the fuel cell stack. A cathode-side exhaust line is connected between a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack and the humidifier to supply a cathode exhaust gas discharged from a cathode of the fuel cell stack to the humidifier for humidification in the humidifier. A unified valve module includes a bypass line connected between the air supply line and the cathode-side exhaust line and an outward discharge port discharging the cathode exhaust gas to outside, and controls a gas flow between the humidifier and the fuel cell stack and between the bypass line and the outward discharge port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160344046A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM HAVING VALVE MODULE BETWEEN FUEL CELL STACK AND HUMIDIFIER Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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