公开(公告)号：US20190305341A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16448106

申请日：2019-06-21

申请人： Tsinghua University ,  HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

发明人： LI-NA ZHANG ,  KAI-LI JIANG ,  SHOU-SHAN FAN

IPC分类号： H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/16 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M4/92 ,  H01M8/1039

摘要： The disclosure relates to a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. The fuel cell includes: a container, wherein the container includes a reacting room, a fuel room connected to the reacting room through a fuel inputting hole, a fuel inputting door located on the fuel inputting hole, a waste collecting room connected to the reacting room through a waste outputting hole, a waste outputting door located on the waste outputting hole; a membrane electrode assembly located in the reacting room, wherein the membrane electrode assembly device defines a bellows and a pipe connected to the bellows and extending out of the reacting room, the reacting room is divided into a first electrode space outside the bellows and a second electrode space inside the bellows, the volume of the first electrode space and the second electrode space can be changed by deforming the bellows.

公开(公告)号：US10431835B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US14939795

申请日：2015-11-12

申请人： TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Keitaro Yamamori

IPC分类号： H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04828 ,  H01M8/04492 ,  H01M8/04302

摘要： The present disclosure provides a fuel cell system which comprises: a target output reaching time estimation unit configured to estimate a target output reaching time that requires for a fuel cell after start-up at a below-freezing temperature to become capable of providing an expected output desired or expected by a user of the fuel cell system or a predetermined output according to the expected output, based on the water content in the fuel cell and the temperature inside the fuel cell at the time of start-up at a below-freezing temperature; and a target output reaching time notification unit that notifies the user of the time estimated by the target output reaching time estimation unit.

公开(公告)号：US20190280317A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16288412

申请日：2019-02-28

申请人： TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Satoshi SHIOKAWA ,  Takahiko HASEGAWA ,  Kohei ODA ,  Satoshi WATANABE ,  Shuhei NAKAMURA ,  Norihiro FUKAYA

IPC分类号： H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/2404 ,  H01M8/242 ,  H01M8/04858 ,  H01M4/90

摘要： A fuel cell system includes a removal treatment execution unit configured to execute an oxide layer removal treatment that removes an oxide layer generated on a catalyst of a fuel cell. The removal treatment execution unit is configured to execute the oxide layer removal treatment by adjusting a voltage of the fuel cell to be within a predetermined second voltage range lower than a predetermined first voltage range that is lower than an open-circuit voltage, when an operation of the fuel cell system shifts from a first operation, where a current value of the fuel cell is zero and the flow rate is controlled to maintain the voltage of the fuel cell within the first voltage range, to a second operation, where the current value is larger than zero and the flow rate is controlled in response to an output request to the fuel cell.

公开(公告)号：US20190275899A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16287534

申请日：2019-02-27

申请人： TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Junichi MATSUO

IPC分类号： B60L15/20 ,  B60L7/14 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60T7/04 ,  B60L58/32 ,  H01M16/00 ,  H01M8/04223

摘要： A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle comprises a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a drive motor configured to serve as a motor to generate a driving force and as a generator to generate regenerative power; an auxiliary machine configured to consume the regenerative power; an accelerator pedal sensor; a shift position sensor; a vehicle speed sensor; and a controller. The controller determines that the vehicle is in a first state when the vehicle has a negative vehicle speed, a move forward request is given to the vehicle and an accelerator pedal is depressed or when the vehicle has a positive vehicle speed, the move backward request is given to the vehicle and the accelerator pedal is depressed. When a predetermined first condition including a condition that the vehicle is in the first state is satisfied, the controller performs an auxiliary machine consumption process that causes the auxiliary machine to consume the regenerative power that includes a required power for the drive motor calculated by using a depression amount of the accelerator pedal.

公开(公告)号：US10403912B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15268882

申请日：2016-09-19

申请人： Hyundai Motor Company

发明人： Bu Kil Kwon ,  Se Kwon Jung ,  Hyun Joon Lee ,  Hyo Sub Shim

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  F16K17/04 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  F16K31/122 ,  F16K31/50 ,  F16K1/04

摘要： An anode discharge valve for a fuel cell system includes a valve main body which is installed in a hydrogen recirculation line of a fuel cell stack; a drive shaft which is rotatably installed in the valve main body, and coupled to an opening member which selectively opens a hydrogen discharge port by being rotated; and a mechanism which is connected to a hydrogen inlet port of the valve main body so as to form a hydrogen inflow path, and operates to rotate the drive shaft as a pressure of hydrogen inflowing through the hydrogen inflow path increases.

公开(公告)号：US20190237784A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16276441

申请日：2019-02-14

申请人： INTELLIGENT ENERGY LIMITED

发明人： Pratap Rama ,  Paul Leonard Adcock ,  Jignesh Karsan Devshi Patel

IPC分类号： H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M8/04119 ,  H01M8/04223

CPC分类号： H01M8/04753 ,  H01M8/04097 ,  H01M8/04164 ,  H01M8/04179 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04328 ,  H01M8/04388 ,  H01M8/04447 ,  H01M8/045 ,  H01M8/04552 ,  H01M8/04559 ,  H01M8/04641 ,  H01M8/04649 ,  H01M8/04761 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M2008/1095

摘要： An electrochemical fuel cell assembly comprises a fuel cell stack having a fuel delivery inlet and a fuel delivery outlet. The fuel cell stack further includes a number of fuel cells each having a membrane-electrode assembly and a fluid flow path coupled between the fuel delivery inlet and the fuel delivery outlet for delivery of fuel to the membrane electrode assembly. A fuel delivery conduit is coupled to the fuel delivery inlet for 10 delivery of fluid fuel to the stack. A bleed conduit is coupled to the fuel delivery outlet for venting fluid out of the stack. A variable orifice flow control device coupled to the bleed conduit configured to dynamically vary an amount of fluid from the fuel delivery outlet passing into the bleed conduit as a function of one or more of the control parameters: (i) measured fuel concentration; (ii) measured humidity; (iii) cell voltages of fuel cells in the 15 stack; (iv) impedance of fuel cells in the stack; (v) resistance of fuel cells in the stack. The variable orifice flow control device may be coupled to a recirculation conduit and may be configured to dynamically vary a proportion of fluid from the fuel delivery outlet passing into the bleed conduit as a function of the control parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20190221870A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16319210

申请日：2017-05-17

申请人： Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

发明人： Kiyoaki Moriuchi ,  Ryojun Sekine ,  Takayasu Sugihara

IPC分类号： H01M8/04186 ,  H01M8/18 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/04223

CPC分类号： H01M8/04186 ,  H01M8/02 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/18 ,  H01M8/188 ,  Y02E60/528

摘要： Provided is an electrolyte flow battery system including a gas supply mechanism that always continuously supplies a flow gas containing an inert gas to a gas phase in a tank that stores an electrolyte. In the electrolyte, the total concentration of ions of elements in groups 1 to 8 and 13 to 16 in the fifth period and groups 1, 2, 4 to 8, and 13 to 15 in the sixth period of a periodic table is 2,500 mg/L or less. The generation rate of hydrogen is less than 95 cc/h/m2 when a charge and discharge test is performed while the electrolyte is circulated and supplied to an electrolyte flow battery. The flow rate of the flow gas is 1.0 L/min or more and 50 L/min or less.

公开(公告)号：US10347928B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15158650

申请日：2016-05-19

申请人： Ford Global Technologies, LLC

发明人： Martin Pryor

IPC分类号： H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M8/04225 ,  H01M8/04302 ,  H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04111 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/0438 ,  H01M8/04537 ,  H01M8/1018 ,  H01M8/241 ,  B60L58/32

摘要： An airflow control method of an air control system for a fuel cell stack (FCS) includes opening a recirculation valve by a controller to recirculate air through a compressor to increase a temperature of the air prior to entering the FCS to offset a FCS temperature below a predetermined threshold in response to identification to a cold-start event. The recirculation valve may be arranged with the compressor to recirculate air therethrough. The FCS may be arranged with the compressor and recirculation valve to selectively receive air therefrom. A sensor may measure thermal conditions of the FCS. The controller may be programmed to receive signals from the sensor indicating thermal conditions of the FCS, and to operate the recirculation valve based on the signals to recirculate air through the compressor to increase a temperature of the air prior to entering the FCS.

公开(公告)号：US20190207236A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16295546

申请日：2019-03-07

申请人： Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC

发明人： Steven Y. Reece ,  Paravastu Badrinarayanan ,  Nitin Tyagi ,  Timothy B. Grejtak

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  H01M8/1053 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M4/90 ,  H01M8/18 ,  H01M8/20 ,  H01M8/1051 ,  H01M8/1039 ,  H01M8/1023

CPC分类号： H01M8/0693 ,  H01M4/9016 ,  H01M8/04238 ,  H01M8/1023 ,  H01M8/1039 ,  H01M8/1051 ,  H01M8/1053 ,  H01M8/188 ,  H01M8/20 ,  Y02E60/528

摘要： The present invention is directed to a redox flow battery comprising at least one electrochemical cell in fluid communication with a balancing cell, said balancing cell comprising: a first and second half-cell chamber, wherein the first half-cell chamber comprises a first electrode in contact with a first aqueous electrolyte of the redox flow battery; and wherein the second half-cell chamber comprises a second electrode comprising a catalyst for the generation of O2; and wherein the second half-cell chamber does not contain an aqueous electrolyte.

公开(公告)号：US10333152B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15234688

申请日：2016-08-11

申请人： UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI

发明人： Makoto Uchida ,  Katsuyoshi Kakinuma ,  Masahiro Watanabe ,  Akihiro Iiyama

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M4/92 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04225

摘要： A fuel cell system and a method of operating the same is provided that is capable of reducing degradation of a cathode catalyst of a fuel cell. A fuel cell system is provided that includes a fuel cell having a catalyst used for an anode, wherein a carrier of the catalyst is composed of a material with a property where electric resistance in an oxygen containing atmosphere is greater than electric resistance in a hydrogen atmosphere; and a control device configured to control the fuel cell, when supply of fuel gas is stopped during stoppage of operation of the fuel cell, to consume all or part of the fuel gas in a fuel gas chamber, followed by introducing oxygen containing gas into the fuel gas chamber.