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公开(公告)号:US11549635B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US15632778
申请日:2017-06-26
IPC分类号: H01M8/2475 , F16L59/02 , B32B15/08 , B32B7/027 , F16L59/07
摘要: A thermal insulation device includes a first plate, a second plate formed to nest adjacent the first plate with a gap between the first and second plates, a porous material disposed between the plates, and a sealing layer disposed between the first and second plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient. Multiple such sets of plates may be used to form an enclosure for a device that thermally insulates the device from ambient.
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公开(公告)号:US20220194579A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17603890
申请日:2020-04-23
发明人: Andrew Paul Kelly , Mathew Charles Scrace , Ronan Elliot Wilde , Geoff Mark Lawson , Iain Matheson Fraser
IPC分类号: B64C39/02 , H01M8/249 , H01M8/04537 , H01M8/04858
摘要: The present disclosure pertains to an unmanned aerial vehicle system. Some exemplary implementations may include: a mounting frame (110) onto which at least a payload (30) is affixed; a plurality of fuel cell stacks (50) operable in a predefined configuration, each of the plurality of stacks (50) being in a separate package; one or more tanks (60) configured to supply hydrogen tot the plurality of stacks; a propulsion system (70, 80) configured to receive an out put power generated from the plurality of stacks (50); and a power controller (40) configured to couple the plurality of stacks in the predefined configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US20220158206A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-19
申请号:US17441271
申请日:2020-03-19
IPC分类号: H01M8/0662 , H01M8/04225 , H01M8/04228 , H01M8/04302 , H01M8/04303 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04014
摘要: Aspects of methods and systems to reduce degradation of a fuel cell (110) during start-up and shut-down cycles are disclosed. An anode exhaust stream (201′) is periodically directed via fluid communication through an oxygen capture media (86). After shut-down of the fuel cell and before or during start-up said media (86) removes oxygen in the anode exhaust stream. Periodically, heating the oxygen capture media (86) is employed to purge the oxygen collected and regenerate the media.
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公开(公告)号:US20210359323A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-18
申请号:US17390447
申请日:2021-07-30
发明人: Scott Baird , Jonathan Cole
IPC分类号: H01M8/1006 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/0276 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/2485
摘要: The present disclosure provides fuel cell units formed from a plurality of flow plate assemblies disposed in a stack configuration, with adjacent flow plate assemblies in the stack configuration disposed at an offset angle relative to each other. Fuel cell stacks can be formed from a plurality of the fuel cell units placed into a stack aligned with each other with no offset. The present disclosure also provides for methods of forming the fuel cell units, fuel cell stacks, and fuel cell systems containing the former.
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公开(公告)号:US20210323686A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-21
申请号:US17174208
申请日:2021-02-11
发明人: David Edgar , Henri Winand
摘要: The disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein a fuel cell system component provides a structural component of the vehicle. In some instances propulsion modules affixed to wings are oriented so as to provide airflow to plates of a fuel cell via air inlets for each fuel cell provided at the forward surface of each wing, a fuel cell system component forming a portion of the body and wherein the air inlets are unblocked during flight, each propulsion module is configured to provide air as an oxidant to a fuel cell via the air inlets.
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公开(公告)号:US11101480B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16637939
申请日:2018-08-03
发明人: Scott Baird , Jonathan Cole
IPC分类号: H01M8/1006 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/0276 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/2485
摘要: The present disclosure provides fuel cell units formed from a plurality of flow plate assemblies disposed in a stack configuration, with adjacent flow plate assemblies in the stack configuration disposed at an offset angle relative to each other. Fuel cell stacks can be formed from a plurality of the fuel cell units placed into a stack aligned with each other with no offset. The present disclosure also provides for methods of forming the fuel cell units, fuel cell stacks, and fuel cell systems containing the former.
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公开(公告)号:US20210218038A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
申请号:US17048333
申请日:2019-04-16
IPC分类号: H01M8/0258 , H01M8/0254 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/04014
摘要: Separator plates (108; 300; 400; 410) for fuel cell assemblies have a first edge (110, 310) and a second, opposing edge (111, 311). The fuel cell separator plates define a series of airflow channels (112, 113, 312, 313, 401, 411) extending longitudinally between the first and second edges. The airflow channels can be non-linear airflow channels formed from a linked series of bumps (320) opposite to corresponding recesses (321) in the facing channel walls. The linked series of bumps and recesses can run the entire channel length. The linked series of bumps and recesses can be formed as a sinusoidal wave having an amplitude and a frequency.
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公开(公告)号:US20210188453A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-24
申请号:US17174237
申请日:2021-02-11
发明人: David Edgar , Henri Winand
摘要: The disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the fuel cell provides a structural component of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20210066735A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US17098223
申请日:2020-11-13
IPC分类号: H01M8/0444 , H01M8/04992 , H01M8/04537 , H01M8/249
摘要: An apparatus (10) configured to determine reactant purity comprising: a first fuel cell (11) configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between two reactants, having a first reactant inlet (13) configured to receive a test reactant comprising one of the two reactants from a first reactant source (7, 5, 16); a second fuel cell (12) configured to generate electrical current from the electrochemical reaction between the two reactants, having a second reactant inlet (14) configured to receive the test reactant from a second reactant source (5); a controller (20) configured to apply an electrical load to each fuel cell and determine an electrical output difference, ODt, between an electrical output of the first fuel cell (11) and an electrical output of the second fuel cell (12), and determine a difference between a predicted output difference and the determined electrical output difference, ODt, the predicted output difference determined based on a historical output of difference and a historical rate of change in said output difference determined at an earlier time, said controller (20) configured to provide a purity output indicative of the test reactant purity at least based on the difference between the predicted and determined output difference.
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公开(公告)号:US10923738B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US15529974
申请日:2015-11-26
发明人: Shahin Moghimi , Vince Gardner , Nathaniel Palmer , Simon Foster , Pratap Rama
IPC分类号: H01M8/0258 , H01M8/04537 , H01M8/0432 , H01M8/04701 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/04828 , H01M8/0438
摘要: A coolant injection controller for a fuel cell system, the coolant injection controller configured to actively control the flow of a coolant to a fuel cell assembly for cooling and/or hydrating the fuel cell assembly in response to a measure of fuel cell assembly performance, wherein the coolant injection controller is configured to provide for a first mode of operation if the measure of fuel cell assembly performance is below a predetermined threshold and a second mode of operation if the measure of fuel cell assembly performance is above the predetermined threshold, the first and second modes having different coolant injection profiles and wherein, in the first mode of operation, the coolant injection profile provides for control of the flow of coolant by alternating between at least two different injection flow rates.
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