Fuel cell shutdown and startup purge using a stoichiometric staged combustor
    91.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell shutdown and startup purge using a stoichiometric staged combustor 有权
    使用化学计量分级燃烧器进行燃料电池关闭和启动清洗

    公开(公告)号:US07291411B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-06

    申请号:US10739463

    申请日:2003-12-18

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A device and method for operating a fuel cell system. The device includes a combustor that is configured to combine reactants used in the fuel cell in such a way as to produce an inert fluid used to inert electrodes within the fuel cell. The device also includes componentry to permit purging of the electrodes subsequent to their inerting. In one form, the combustor is of such thermal mass that heat generated by combustion of the reactants is substantially absorbed by the combustor such that recourse to supplemental cooling apparatus is not required. The combustor may also be configured to promote staged mixing and subsequent reaction of the fuel cell reactants to further limit excess heat generated by the reaction. While the device of the present invention is usable during any period of system operation, it is especially valuable for operational conditions associated with starting up and shutting down a fuel cell system to inhibit the formation of high voltage potentials that could otherwise damage fuel cell catalysts or catalyst supports.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于操作燃料电池系统的装置和方法。 该装置包括燃烧器,该燃烧器被配置为结合在燃料电池中使用的反应物,以便产生用于燃料电池内的惰性电极的惰性流体。 该装置还包括组件,以允许电极在其惰化之后清洗。 在一种形式中,燃烧器具有这样的热质量,使得由燃烧器燃烧产生的热量被燃烧器基本上吸收,从而不需要追求补充冷却装置。 燃烧器还可以被配置为促进燃料电池反应物的分级混合和随后的反应,以进一步限制由反应产生的多余的热量。 虽然本发明的装置在系统操作的任何时期都是可用的,但是对于与启动和关闭燃料电池系统相关联的操作条件特别有价值,所述操作条件可以抑制形成可能损坏燃料电池催化剂的高电压电位, 催化剂载体。

    Flow translocator
    93.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US06615872B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US09897335

    申请日:2001-07-03

    IPC分类号: B01F506

    摘要: A flow translocator disposed within a conduit for transferring and separating laminar fluid flow during translocation of the fluid core to the outer perimeter of the conduit and the outer perimeter flow to the center of the conduit. The flow translocator includes a disk disposed transverse the length of a conduit and having an outer profile conforming to the inner profile of a conduit to form a sealed fit. Arrays of slots extend about the disk for simultaneously directing the fluid core to the inner profile of a conduit and the outer perimeter flow toward the fluid core. The slots are staggered to maintain separation of the fluid core and the outer perimeter fluid during translocation.

    Micro-grooved heat transfer wall
    94.
    发明授权
    Micro-grooved heat transfer wall 失效
    微沟槽传热墙

    公开(公告)号:US5337568A

    公开(公告)日:1994-08-16

    申请号:US43167

    申请日:1993-04-05

    IPC分类号: F01D5/18 F23R3/00 F23R3/16

    摘要: A gas turbine engine hot section component such as a turbine blade or vane having an airfoil is provided a non-film cooled portion of a heat transfer wall having a hot surface and a plurality of longitudinally extending micro-grooves disposed in the portion of the wall along the hot surface in a direction parallel to the direction of the hot gas flow. The depth of the micro-grooves is very small and on the order of magnitude of a predetermined laminar sublayer of a turbulent boundary layer. The grooves are sized so as to alter the boundary layer thickness near the leading edge of the airfoil to reduce heat transfer from the hot gas flow to the airfoil near the leading edge. In one embodiment the micro-grooves are about 0.001 inches deep and have a preferred depth range of from about 0.001 inches to 0.005 inches and which are square, rectangular, or triangular in cross-section and the micro-grooves are spaced about one width apart.

    摘要翻译: 具有翼型的涡轮机叶片或叶片的燃气涡轮发动机热段部件设置有具有热表面的传热壁的非薄膜冷却部分和设置在壁的部分中的多个纵向延伸的微槽 沿着热表面平行于热气流的方向。 微槽的深度非常小,并且在湍流边界层的预定层状亚层的数量级上。 这些槽的尺寸被设计成改变靠近翼型的前缘附近的边界层厚度,以减少从热气流到靠近前缘的翼型件的热传递。 在一个实施例中,微槽约为0.001英寸深,并且具有约0.001英寸至0.005英寸的优选深度范围,并且其横截面为正方形,矩形或三角形,并且微槽间隔约一分之一宽度 。

    Operational method for a simplified fuel cell system
    95.
    发明授权
    Operational method for a simplified fuel cell system 有权
    简化燃料电池系统的运行方法

    公开(公告)号:US09537160B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US13397458

    申请日:2012-02-15

    申请人: Steven G. Goebel

    发明人: Steven G. Goebel

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/06 H01M8/24

    摘要: A system and method for reducing the corrosive effects of an air/hydrogen front in a fuel cell stack. The method includes shutting down the fuel cell stack and then initiating a hydrogen sustaining process where hydrogen is periodically injected into an anode side of the fuel cell stack while the stack is shut down for a predetermined period of time. The method determines that the hydrogen sustaining process has ended, and then purges the anode side and a cathode side of the fuel cell stack with air after the hydrogen sustaining process has ended and the stack is still shut-down.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于降低燃料电池堆中空气/氢气前沿的腐蚀作用的系统和方法。 该方法包括关闭燃料电池堆,然后启动氢气维持过程,其中在将堆叠关闭的同时将燃料电池堆的阳极侧周期性地注入氢气一段预定的时间。 该方法确定氢持续处理已经结束,然后在氢维持处理结束并且堆栈仍然停止之后用空气吹扫燃料电池堆的阳极侧和阴极侧。

    Anode water separator for a fuel cell system
    99.
    发明授权
    Anode water separator for a fuel cell system 有权
    用于燃料电池系统的阳极水分离器

    公开(公告)号:US08563182B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-22

    申请号:US13544589

    申请日:2012-07-09

    IPC分类号: H01M8/06

    摘要: An anode reactant recycling system for a fuel cell is disclosed, the system including a hollow main body, a bleed conduit, an injector, a water separator, and a hydrophilic porous media. The anode reactant recycling system for a fuel cell is configured to minimize a required number of components, eliminate the need for the anode heat exchanger, use a single valve for removal of condensate and reactant byproducts from the anode reactant recycling system, and provide an upstream volume for startup pressurization.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于燃料电池的阳极反应物再循环系统,该系统包括中空主体,排​​放导管,注射器,水分离器和亲水性多孔介质。 用于燃料电池的阳极反应物再循环系统被配置为最小化所需数量的部件,消除对阳极热交换器的需要,使用单个阀来从阳极反应物再循环系统去除冷凝物和反应物副产物,并提供上游 启动加压量。