Fuel cell system installed in vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11634038B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16983033

    申请日:2020-08-03

    发明人: Ryosuke Oya

    摘要: A fuel cell system installed in a vehicle includes: a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a load including a drive motor and an air compressor; a fuel cell converter; a secondary battery converter; a failure detection unit; a first state determination unit; a reverse rotation detection unit; and a control unit. The control unit performs a limp-home traveling control that supplies electric power from the secondary battery to the drive motor when the secondary battery converter fails. When the vehicle is not in the first state, the control unit prohibits regeneration of the drive motor. When the vehicle is in the first state, the control unit supplies a reaction current to the air compressor. When the reaction current is applied and a reverse rotation of the air compressor is detected, the control unit does not apply the reaction current thereafter.

    AIRCRAFT FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITHOUT THE USE OF A BUFFER BATTERY

    公开(公告)号:US20230116724A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US18057182

    申请日:2022-11-18

    申请人: ZeroAvia, Inc.

    摘要: In one or more embodiments of the novel aircraft fuel cell system without the use of a buffer battery, the fuel cell and compressor would be sized sufficiently larger for the intended application, allowing the compressor to change speeds much faster. This in turn would allow power outputs to change much quicker. If power outputs can change as quickly as the application dictates, then a buffer battery is not necessary. In one or more embodiments, because the system is mostly electronically controlled, software can be written to protect the fuel cell from instantaneous power spikes. If a large power output is suddenly requested of the fuel cell, the software can smooth out the demand curve to provide an easier load profile to follow.

    Fuel cell system
    93.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11626603B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17475861

    申请日:2021-09-15

    发明人: Takumi Nunokawa

    摘要: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a supercharger, a coolant circuit, a pump controller, and a pressure regulating mechanism. The supercharger applies pressure to cathode gas and supplies the cathode gas to the fuel cell. The coolant circuit has a coolant circulation pump and a cooler and circulates a coolant to be supplied to a coolant channel in the fuel cell. The pressure regulating mechanism regulates coolant pressure in the fuel cell. The pump controller controls a rotation speed of the pump in accordance with a heat release amount required by the fuel cell and controls the pump in a range lower than or equal to an upper limit for the rotation speed set based on one or both of inlet coolant pressure of the pump or a correlation value thereof and an inlet coolant temperature of the pump or a correlation value thereof.

    Fuel cell system and method of controlling fuel cell system

    公开(公告)号:US11611094B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16269902

    申请日:2019-02-07

    摘要: A fuel cell system is equipped with a control unit that controls a rotational speed of the turbo compressor that supplies air to an air supply flow passage and an opening degree of at least one valve that adjusts a flow rate and a pressure of the air supplied to a fuel cell such that an operating point of the turbo compressor becomes a target operating point. The control unit sets the target operating point within an operating point range that is on the higher flow rate side than at least part of a first region where an amount of change in flow rate is larger than a predetermined value when a pressure ratio of the turbo compressor is changed by a predetermined amount at a same rotational speed, on a higher flow rate side than a surging region, when a predetermined condition is fulfilled.

    Flat Fuel Cell Device
    95.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230075675A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17847357

    申请日:2022-06-23

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04111 H01M8/04029

    摘要: An embodiment flat fuel cell device includes a fuel cell comprising a cell stack in which a plurality of unit cells is stacked, a junction box electrically connected to the fuel cell, an air-processing device configured to manage inflow and outflow of air containing oxygen between an outside and the fuel cell, and a hydrogen-processing device configured to manage inflow and outflow of hydrogen to and from the fuel cell. Each of the junction box, the air-processing device, and the hydrogen-processing device is disposed so as to be contiguous with the fuel cell in a horizontal direction.

    Assembly for the electrical connection of two components

    公开(公告)号:US11600933B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16682768

    申请日:2019-11-13

    申请人: BorgWarner Inc.

    摘要: An assembly (2) is described for the electrical connection of two components, in particular of a power electronics switch (58) to an electric motor (56) of a charging device (48), wherein a first component (24) has a first contact element (4) made from a conductive material and formed along a longitudinal axis (6) and designed with an outer surface (8) at least partially surrounding the longitudinal axis (6), and a second component (30) has a second contact element (14) made from a conductive material and is designed with a cavity (18) formed along the longitudinal axis (6), whose inner surface (20) corresponds to the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4), wherein either the inner surface (20) of the second contact element (14) or the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4) is provided with a profile (22) which has a plurality of projecting elements, wherein the inner surface (20) and the outer surface (8) are selected with respect to their lateral dimensions such that the projecting elements of the profile (22) penetrate in an area close to the surface during insertion of the first contact element (4) into the second contact element (14).

    SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL PLACEMENT IN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230016094A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17901347

    申请日:2022-09-01

    摘要: A flame-assisted fuel cell gas turbine hybrid system including a first combustor, a second combustor, and a flame-assisted solid oxide fuel cell configured to receive syngas from the first combustor, react the syngas with oxygen ions to yield carbon dioxide and water, and provide unreacted syngas to the second combustor. The first combustor is configured to receive heated compressed air from an aircraft engine compressor and the second combustor is configured to provide heated air to an aircraft engine gas turbine to generate mechanical power.

    COOLING ARCHITECTURE FOR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL-POWERED AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20220371741A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17662405

    申请日:2022-05-06

    申请人: ZeroAvia, Inc.

    发明人: Ritish TEJPAL

    摘要: A cooling architecture for an integrated hydrogen-electric engine having a radiator and a hydrogen fuel cell includes a t and a manifold. The turbine is disposed in fluid communication with the hydrogen fuel cell. The turbine is configured to compress a predetermined amount of air and direct a first portion of the predetermined amount of the compressed air to the fuel cell for generating electricity that powers the integrated hydrogen-electric engine. The manifold is disposed in fluid communication with the turbine and positioned to direct a second portion of the predetermined amount of compressed air to the radiator for removing heat from the radiator.