Recovering heat from fuel cell exhaust
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    发明授权
    Recovering heat from fuel cell exhaust 失效
    从燃料电池排气回收热量

    公开(公告)号:US06370878B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-16

    申请号:US09727921

    申请日:2000-11-30

    IPC分类号: F01K2506

    摘要: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, which during operation generates electrical energy by reacting a first stream of reactant gas and a second stream of reactant gas. The fuel cell stack also produces a fuel cell exhaust stream. An oxidizer unit is positioned to receive the fuel cell exhaust stream and oxidize at least a part of the fuel cell exhaust stream during operation, to produce an oxidizer exhaust stream. A heat recovery system is positioned to receive the oxidizer exhaust stream. The heat recovery system transfers at least some heat from the oxidizer exhaust stream to an input stream to generate a heated stream of water. In some embodiments, a temperature sensor is positioned to sense the temperature of the heated input stream. A control system maintains the heated stream of water at a target temperature based on the sensed temperature by controlling the amount of the heat from the oxidizer exhaust stream that is transferred to the input stream.

    摘要翻译: 燃料电池系统包括燃料电池堆,其在操作期间通过使第一反应气流和第二反应气流反应而产生电能。 燃料电池堆还产生燃料电池排气流。 定位氧化器单元以接收燃料电池排气流并在操作期间氧化至少一部分燃料电池排气流,以产生氧化剂废气流。 定位热回收系统以接收氧化剂排气流。 热回收系统将来自氧化剂排气流的至少一些热量输送到输入流以产生加热的水流。 在一些实施例中,温度传感器被定位成感测加热的输入流的温度。 控制系统通过控制来自转移到输入流的氧化剂排出流的热量,基于感测到的温度将加热的水流维持在目标温度。