公开(公告)号：US09685665B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14125345

申请日：2010-08-16

申请人： Sitaram Ramaswamy ,  Paul R. Margiott ,  Paul R. Hanrahan ,  Mithun Kamat

发明人： Sitaram Ramaswamy ,  Paul R. Margiott ,  Paul R. Hanrahan ,  Mithun Kamat

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04701 ,  H01M8/086

CPC分类号： H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04059 ,  H01M8/04358 ,  H01M8/04723 ,  H01M8/086 ,  H01M2250/10 ,  Y02B90/14

摘要： A thermal priority fuel cell power plant includes a cell stack assembly for generating an electrical power output. The cell stack assembly includes an anode, a cathode, and a waste heat recovery loop. The waste heat recovery loop is configured to remove waste heat generated from the electrochemical reaction and is thermally coupled to the cell stack assembly for managing the waste heat of the cell stack assembly and for supplying thermal power to a thermal load demand. The waste heat recovery loop includes a heat exchanger in heat exchange relationship with the coolant outlet conduit and the thermal load demand. A controller is operatively associated with the cell stack assembly and the waste heat recovery loop. The controller controls the operation of the cell stack assembly by adjusting a fuel cell power plant parameter responsive to the thermal load demand.

公开(公告)号：US20150372323A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-24

申请号：US14766995

申请日：2013-02-19

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Nicholas Edward OSEPOWICZ ,  Manish KHANDELWAL ,  Sridhar V. KANURI

IPC分类号： H01M8/02 ,  H01M8/08

CPC分类号： H01M8/0271 ,  H01M8/0234 ,  H01M8/0273 ,  H01M8/0276 ,  H01M8/0284 ,  H01M8/0286 ,  H01M8/086 ,  H01M2300/0008 ,  Y02P70/56

摘要： According to an example embodiment, a method of making a fuel cell component includes permeating at least a portion of a component layer with a polymer. The portion of the component layer is adjacent an edge of the component layer. Some of the polymer is allowed to extend beyond the edge to thereby establish a flap beyond the edge of the component layer. A fuel cell component includes a component layer having a portion adjacent an edge of the layer that is impregnated with a polymer material and a flap of the polymer material extending beyond the edge.

摘要翻译： 根据示例性实施例，制造燃料电池部件的方法包括用聚合物渗透至少一部分组分层。 部件层的部分与部件层的边缘相邻。 允许一些聚合物延伸超过边缘，从而建立超过部件层边缘的折片。 燃料电池部件包括具有与浸渍有聚合物材料的层的边缘相邻的部分的部件层和延伸超过边缘的聚合物材料的折片。

公开(公告)号：US20230197978A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17552634

申请日：2021-12-16

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Benjamin SILVERMAN ,  Timothy William PATTERSON ,  Eric LIVIACH

IPC分类号： H01M8/0245 ,  H01M8/0234

CPC分类号： H01M8/0245 ,  H01M8/0234

摘要： An illustrative example embodiment of a fuel cell component includes a graphite substrate, a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) layer adjacent a portion of the graphite substrate, and a plurality of segments of acrylic adhesive between the portion of the graphite substrate and the PTFE layer. The acrylic adhesive secures the PTFE layer to the portion of the graphite substrate. There is spacing between adjacent ones of the segments.

公开(公告)号：US11621429B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US17026502

申请日：2020-09-21

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Eric Livaich ,  Ke Gong ,  Timothy William Patterson ,  Dante Misseri

IPC分类号： H01M8/026 ,  H01M8/0265

摘要： An illustrative example fuel cell component includes a plate with a plurality of flow channels in at least one side of the plate. Each of the flow channels has a length between an inlet and an outlet. Each of the flow channels has a width and a depth, which are transverse to the length. At least some of the flow channels include a portion near the inlet and the width or the depth of the portion is greater than the width or depth along a majority of the length of those flow channels.

公开(公告)号：US11322771B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US16729612

申请日：2019-12-30

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Donald Roy ,  Eric O'Brien

IPC分类号： H01M8/248 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/0271

摘要： A fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack. A pressure plate is arranged on one side of the fuel cell stack. The pressure plate includes a hole, and a tie rod assembly has a tie rod received in the hole. A nut with a conical surface is secured to the tie rod. An isolator is arranged in the hole between the tie rod assembly and the pressure plate. The isolator has a conical portion, and the conical surface engages the conical portion to provide a conical interface. The tie rod assembly applies a clamp load on the fuel cell stack via the conical interface.

公开(公告)号：US20210202974A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16729612

申请日：2019-12-30

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Donald Roy ,  Eric O'Brien

IPC分类号： H01M8/248 ,  H01M8/0271 ,  H01M8/0258

摘要： A fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack. A pressure plate is arranged on one side of the fuel cell stack. The pressure plate includes a hole, and a tie rod assembly has a tie rod received in the hole. A nut with a conical surface is secured to the tie rod. An isolator is arranged in the hole between the tie rod assembly and the pressure plate. The isolator has a conical portion, and the conical surface engages the conical portion to provide a conical interface. The tie rod assembly applies a clamp load on the fuel cell stack via the conical interface.

公开(公告)号：US11050069B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16548053

申请日：2019-08-22

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Donald J. L. Roy

IPC分类号： H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/0263 ,  H01M8/0265 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/2465 ,  H01M8/0267 ,  F28F3/02 ,  F28D21/00

摘要： An illustrative example fuel cell cooler plate includes a first side configured to be received adjacent a fuel cell component and a second side facing opposite the first side. The first side defines a first surface area of the plate. An edge is transverse to the first side and the second side. The edge has a surface area that is less than the first surface area. A first coolant passage within the plate is closer to the second side than the first side. A second coolant passage is between the first side and the first coolant passage. The second coolant passage is in a heat exchange relationship with the first coolant passage.

公开(公告)号：US20210104763A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16595783

申请日：2019-10-08

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Fatih CINGOZ

IPC分类号： H01M8/04992 ,  H01M8/04858

摘要： An illustrative example controller for a fuel cell power plant includes at least one processor and memory associated with the processor. The processor is configured to control operation of the fuel cell power plant during an islanded mode of operation wherein the fuel cell power plant provides output power to a load. The processor is configured to control the operation of the fuel cell power plant in the islanded mode by adjusting a droop gain of the controller to change the output power of the fuel cell power plant in response to a change in demand from the load. While adjusting the droop gain, the processor is configured to maintain a portion of the demand from the load met by the output power of the fuel cell power plant within a predetermined allocation of islanded mode load sharing assigned to the fuel cell power plant, maintain a ramp up rate of the output power of the fuel cell power plant within a predetermined maximum ramp up capability of the fuel cell power plant, and maintain a frequency of the output power of the fuel cell power plant within a predetermined range.

公开(公告)号：US10903514B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16197881

申请日：2018-11-21

申请人： DOOSAN FUEL CELL AMERICA, INC.

发明人： Timothy William Patterson, Jr. ,  Kristoffer H. Ridgeway ,  Chandrasekhar V. Nori ,  Eric J. O'Brien

IPC分类号： H01M8/2484 ,  H01M8/086 ,  H01M8/04082

摘要： An illustrative example fuel cell manifold assembly includes a metal manifold pan. A polymer material liner that is self-supporting includes a primary wall situated adjacent an interior of the manifold pan. The liner has a channel around a periphery of the liner and a portion of the manifold is received in the channel. A reactant conduit adapter is received through respective openings in the manifold pan and the liner. The reactant conduit adaptor includes a flange that is received against an interior surface on the primary wall of the liner with an interface between the flange and the interior surface being sealed. Another portion of the reactant conduit adaptor is adjacent an exterior of the manifold pan that faces in an opposite direction from the interior surface on the primary wall.

公开(公告)号：US08920991B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US13353147

申请日：2012-01-18

申请人： Brian Sonnichsen ,  Bob Sorensen

发明人： Brian Sonnichsen ,  Bob Sorensen

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  B01J8/02 ,  C01B3/38

CPC分类号： C01B3/384 ,  B01J8/0257 ,  B01J8/0285 ,  B01J2208/00212 ,  B01J2208/00221 ,  B01J2208/00504 ,  C01B2203/0233 ,  C01B2203/0283 ,  C01B2203/066 ,  C01B2203/0805 ,  C01B2203/0822 ,  C01B2203/0827 ,  C01B2203/1058 ,  C01B2203/1241 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  Y02P20/128

摘要： Embodiments are disclosed that relate to increasing heat transfer in a steam reformer. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a steam reformer including an outer wall and an inner wall which includes a step extending outward toward the outer wall and downward toward a bottom of the steam reformer at a position between a top of the steam reformer and the bottom of the steam reformer. The steam reformer further includes a reaction chamber disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall.

摘要翻译： 公开了涉及在蒸汽重整器中增加热传递的实施例。 例如，一个公开的实施例提供了一种蒸汽重整器，其包括外壁和内壁，该蒸汽重整器包括在蒸汽重整器的顶部与底部之间的位置处朝向外壁向外延伸并朝向蒸汽重整器的底部向下延伸的台阶 的蒸汽重整器。 蒸汽重整器还包括设置在外壁和内壁之间的反应室。