摘要:
The present invention provides improved, low-cost fuel cells having reduced fuel crossover, reduced sensitivity to metal ion impurities and ability to operate under a broad range of temperatures. Additionally, new effective organic fuels are described for use in such fuel cells. The invention further provides improved methods for catalyst preparation and a new integrated flow field system for use in H2/O2 fuel cells. The fuel cell includes a proton conducting membrane having pore diameters which are essentially smaller than 30 nanometers.
摘要翻译:本发明提供了改进的低成本燃料电池,其具有减少的燃料交叉,降低对金属离子杂质的敏感性和在宽的温度范围内操作的能力。 另外,描述了用于这种燃料电池的新的有效的有机燃料。 本发明进一步提供用于催化剂制备的改进方法和用于H 2 / O 2燃料电池的新的集成流场系统。 燃料电池包括具有基本上小于30纳米的孔径的质子传导膜。
摘要:
When a current value is not greater than a reference value, a control unit estimates a discharge amount of a fuel gas based on a lost amount of the fuel gas and a consumed amount by electrical generation of the fuel gas, the lost amount being calculated based on a decrease rate of pressure in a supply passage during an opening period of a discharge valve, the consumed amount by electrical generation being calculated based on the current value during the opening period, and when the current value is greater than the reference value, the control unit estimates the discharge amount based on the differential pressure during the opening period.
摘要:
A control method of an operation pressure of a fuel cell system maintains a differential pressure between a hydrogen side and an air side of a fuel cell stack to minimize a crossover amount of hydrogen while allowing hydrogen purge and reduces an exhausted hydrogen amount when a purge valve is opened at the time of purging hydrogen using a differential pressure of an anode outlet and a cathode outlet to improve a hydrogen utilization rate and system efficiency. According to the control method, pressures of a cathode inlet and a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack and a pressure of an anode outlet are controlled such that the pressure of the anode outlet of the fuel cell stack is lower than the pressure of the cathode inlet and higher than the pressure of the cathode outlet.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes a target pressure setting unit configured to periodically and repeatedly set a target upper limit pressure and a target lower limit pressure as a target pressure of anode gas. An upper limit pressure setting unit is configured to set the smaller one of an upper limit value based on durability performance and an upper limit value based on output performance as an upper limit pressure of the anode gas. The target pressure setting unit sets a value smaller than the upper limit value as the target upper limit pressure when the upper limit value based on the durability performance of the fuel cell is selected as the upper limit pressure of the anode gas, and sets a pressure higher than the upper limit value as the target upper limit pressure when the upper limit value based on the output performance is selected.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes a supply unit configured to supply cathode gas to a fuel cell, a bypass valve configured to bypass the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell by the supply unit, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell without being bypassed by the bypass valve, a pressure adjusting unit configured to adjust a pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell, a calculation unit configured to calculate a target flow rate and a target pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell according to an operating state of the fuel cell, an operating state control unit configured to control an operation amount of at least one of the pressure adjusting unit and the supply unit on the basis of a flow rate and the pressure of the cathode gas detected by the detection unit and the target flow rate and the target pressure calculated by the calculation unit, a bypass valve control unit configured to open and close the bypass valve on the basis of the flow rate of the cathode gas detected by the detection unit and the target flow rate calculated by the calculation unit, and a pressure compensation unit configured to compensate for the pressure of the cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell by increasing the at least one operation amount controlled by the operating state control unit or by decreasing an opening speed of the bypass valve when the bypass valve is opened.
摘要:
A method for performing one or more proactive remedial actions to prevent anode flow-field flooding in an anode side of a fuel cell stack at low stack current density. The method includes identifying one or more trigger conditions that could cause the anode flow-field to flood with water, and performing the one or more proactive remedial actions in response to the identified trigger conditions that removes water from the anode side flow-field prior to the anode flooding occurring.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes: a cathode pressure control unit configured to control a pressure of a cathode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack on the basis of a load of the fuel cell stack; and an anode pressure control unit configured to control a pressure of an anode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack to become higher than the pressure of the cathode gas so that a differential pressure between the pressure of the anode gas and the pressure of the cathode gas becomes a predetermined differential pressure or lower. The anode pressure control unit controls, at a time of recovery from idle stop, the pressure of the anode gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack to a recovery-time pressure, the recovery-time pressure being obtained by adding the predetermined differential pressure to a predetermined pressure corresponding to an atmosphere pressure.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a method of detecting defects of a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which comprises a gas diffusion layer, a catalyst layer and an electrolyte membrane. The method includes steps of: supplying gas to a first side of the membrane-electrode assembly; deducing a pressure of the supplied gas and a permeation rate of the gas permeating to a second side of the membrane-electrode assembly and then deducing an interface pressure between the electrolyte membrane and the gas diffusion layer of the membrane-electrode assembly using the deduced pressure of the supplied gas and the permeation rate; calculating a gas permeability of the electrolyte membrane using the deduced values of the pressure of the supplied gas and the permeation rate and a predetermined outlet pressure at the second side of the membrane-electrode assembly; and determining a defect state of the electrolyte membrane using a variation in the calculated gas permeability according to a change in the pressure of the supplied gas.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes: a reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas through a reforming reaction by using a raw material and steam; a raw material supply device configured to supply the raw material to the reformer; a steam supply device configured to supply the steam to the reformer; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the reformer; a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by using the hydrogen-containing gas; a combustor configured to combust the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell to heat the reformer; and a controller configured to, while controlling the raw material supply device such that the temperature detected by the temperature detector becomes a target temperature, control the steam supply device such that a change rate of a steam supply amount to the reformer becomes less than a change rate of a raw material supply amount to the reformer.
摘要:
Disclosed is a fuel cell provided with a membrane electrode structure having a frame, two separators that sandwich the membrane electrode structure therebetween, and gas seals between the end portion of the frame and the end portions of respective separators, and diffuser sections for distributing a reacting gas to between the frame and respective separators. In the diffuser section on the cathode side, the frame is provided with a protruding section in contact with the separator, and in the diffuser section on the anode side, the frame and the separator are disposed by being spaced apart from each other, thereby excellently maintaining contact surface pressure between the membrane electrode structure and the separators, and preventing contact resistance from being increased.