公开(公告)号：US07207405B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-24

申请号：US10684622

申请日：2003-10-14

申请人： Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Adrian J. Corless ,  David LeBoe ,  Carolyn Lawrence ,  Kenneth W. Kratschmar

发明人： Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Adrian J. Corless ,  David LeBoe ,  Carolyn Lawrence ,  Kenneth W. Kratschmar

IPC分类号： B60K1/00

CPC分类号： H01M16/006 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K2001/005 ,  B60K2001/0455 ,  B60L11/005 ,  B60L11/1822 ,  B60L11/1877 ,  B60L11/1883 ,  B60L11/1887 ,  B60L11/1892 ,  B60L11/1894 ,  B60L2200/42 ,  B60Y2200/15 ,  B66F9/07572 ,  B66F9/07595 ,  H01M2/1083 ,  H01M8/00 ,  H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/04373 ,  H01M8/04417 ,  H01M8/04567 ,  H01M8/04597 ,  H01M8/04701 ,  H01M8/04768 ,  H01M8/0491 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  H01M8/2475 ,  H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/6563 ,  H01M10/6565 ,  H01M10/66 ,  Y02P90/60 ,  Y02T10/7016 ,  Y02T10/7022 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T90/124 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/34

摘要： This application relates to a hybrid power supply apparatus including a fuel cell and an energy storage device for use in off-road electric vehicles, such as lift trucks. The apparatus is a substitute for conventional lead acid batteries and is sized to fit within a conventional lift truck battery receptacle tray. The fuel cell and fuel processor systems are designed to meet the average load requirements of the vehicle, while the batteries and power control hardware are capable of responding to very high instantaneous load demands. The invention has a similar electrical interface as conventional battery systems and does not require vehicle modification. The apparatus is air-cooled to ensure that the hybrid power components operate within a preferred temperature range and to maintain the external surfaces of the apparatus and exhaust gases within safe temperature limits. Apart from vehicular applications, low power hybrid fuel cell products as exemplified by the present invention may also find application in uninterruptable power supply systems, recreational power, off-grid power generation and other analogous applications.

摘要翻译： 本申请涉及一种混合动力供应装置，其包括燃料电池和用于越野电动车辆例如起重车辆的能量存储装置。 该设备是常规铅酸电池的替代品，其尺寸适于装配在传统的提升车电池插座托盘内。 燃料电池和燃料处理器系统被设计为满足车辆的平均负载要求，而电池和功率控制硬件能够响应非常高的瞬时负载需求。 本发明具有与常规电池系统类似的电接口，并且不需要车辆修改。 该装置是空气冷却的，以确保混合动力部件在优选的温度范围内运行，并将装置的外表面和废气保持在安全的温度范围内。 除了车辆应用之外，本发明示例的低功率混合燃料电池产品还可以应用于不间断电源系统，休闲电源，离网发电和其他类似应用中。

公开(公告)号：US06544681B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09749489

申请日：2000-12-26

申请人： Gerard F. McLean ,  Nedjib Djilali ,  Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Jeremy Lindstrom ,  Walter Roberto Mérida Donis

发明人： Gerard F. McLean ,  Nedjib Djilali ,  Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Jeremy Lindstrom ,  Walter Roberto Mérida Donis

IPC分类号： H01M810

CPC分类号： H01M8/0254 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/026 ,  H01M8/0263 ,  H01M8/0273 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/242

摘要： Corrugated flow field plates for use in fuel cells typically comprise a plurality of parallel open-faced fluid flow channels for the fuel cell reactants. Complex flow paths, such as serpentine flow paths, may be created in such corrugated flow field plates by incorporating channel couplings within the plate or by attaching coupling subassemblies to the plate. The plates are particularly suitable for use in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells.

公开(公告)号：US06332323B1

公开(公告)日：2001-12-25

申请号：US09513163

申请日：2000-02-25

申请人： Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Kenneth W. Kratschmar ,  John A. Barclay ,  Adrian J. Corless

发明人： Christopher E. J. Reid ,  Kenneth W. Kratschmar ,  John A. Barclay ,  Adrian J. Corless

IPC分类号： F25B900

CPC分类号： F25B30/02 ,  F24V99/00 ,  F25B29/003

摘要： This application relates to a heat transfer apparatus and method employing an active regenerative cycle. The invention employs a working or “active” fluid and a heat transfer fluid which are physically separated. The working fluid is contained in an array of refrigeration elements that are distributed over the temperature gradient of a regenerative bed. The work for the refrigeration cycle is provided by alternative compression and expansion of the working fluid in each of the refrigeration elements at a temperature corresponding to the element's location in the temperature gradient. The compression and expansion strokes may be coupled together for optimum work recovery. The heat transfer fluid is circulated relative to the working fluid between a thermal load and a heat sink to enact a refrigeration cycle having improved energy efficiency.

摘要翻译： 本申请涉及采用主动再生循环​​的传热装置和方法。 本发明采用物理分离的工作或“活性”流体和传热流体。 工作流体包含在分布在再生床的温度梯度上的制冷元件阵列中。 制冷循环的工作是通过在与温度梯度中的元件位置对应的温度下的各个制冷元件中的工作流体的替代压缩和膨胀来提供的。 压缩和膨胀冲程可以联接在一起以实现最佳的工作恢复。 传热流体相对于热负荷和散热器之间的工作流体循环，以实现具有提高的能量效率的制冷循环。