Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrogen supply device
- Patent Title (中): 供氢装置
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Application No.: US09975925Application Date: 2001-10-12
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Publication No.: US06861168B2Publication Date: 2005-03-01
- Inventor: Toshiaki Shimada , Yoshio Nuiya
- Applicant: Toshiaki Shimada , Yoshio Nuiya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP
- Agent Anthony A. Laurentano, Esq.
- Priority: JP2000-312551 20001012
- Main IPC: F17C11/00
- IPC: F17C11/00 ; C01B3/00 ; C22C38/40 ; H01M8/04 ; H01M8/06

Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a hydrogen supply device having a simple constitution which can be made small and light. In the present invention, a hydrogen occlusion tank is provided in a duct. A heat exchange tube is provided upstream from the hydrogen occlusion tank inside the duct. A first fan leads outside air into the duct, and cooling water, which has cooled a fuel cell, is led into the heat exchange tube. A hydrogen occluding alloy is accommodated in the hydrogen occlusion tank, and hydrogen released from the hydrogen occluding alloy is supplied via hydrogen supply pipes and a flow control valve to the fuel cell. Outside air passes through the heat exchange tube and is thereby heated; the heated outside air passes around the perimeter of the hydrogen occlusion tank, thereby heating the hydrogen occlusion tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020045079A1 Hydrogen supply device Public/Granted day:2002-04-18
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