Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger
    1.
    发明授权
    Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger 失效
    具有直接接触热交换器的耐冷燃料电池发电厂

    公开(公告)号:US07090940B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-15

    申请号:US10701988

    申请日:2003-11-05

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) includes at least one fuel cell (12), a coolant loop (18) including a freeze tolerant accumulator (22) for storing and separating a water immiscible fluid and water coolant, a direct contact heat exchanger (56) for mixing the water immiscible fluid and the water coolant within a mixing region (72) of the heat exchanger (56), a coolant pump (21) for circulating the coolant through the coolant loop (18), a radiator loop (84) for circulating the water immiscible fluid through the heat exchanger (56), and a radiator (86) for removing heat from the coolant. The plant (10) utilizes the water immiscible fluid during steady-state operation to cool the fuel cell and during shut down of the plant to displace water from the fuel cell (12) to the freeze tolerant accumulator (22).

    摘要翻译: 一种耐冻燃料电池发电厂(10)包括至少一个燃料电池(12),冷却剂回路(18),其包括用于储存和分离水不混溶流体和水冷却剂的冷冻容积(22),直接接触热 在所述热交换器(56)的混合区域(72)内混合水不混溶流体和所述水冷却剂的热交换器(56),用于使所述冷却剂循环通过所述冷却剂回路(18)的冷却剂泵(21) (84),用于使水不混溶流体循环通过热交换器(56),以及用于从冷却剂中除去热量的散热器(86)。 工厂(10)在稳态操作期间利用水不混溶流体来冷却燃料电池并且在关闭工厂期间将水从燃料电池(12)移动到容许冷凝器(22)。

    Performance enhancing break-in method for a PEM fuel cell
    2.
    发明授权
    Performance enhancing break-in method for a PEM fuel cell 有权
    用于PEM燃料电池的性能提高突破方法

    公开(公告)号:US07078118B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-18

    申请号:US10702181

    申请日:2003-11-05

    摘要: A performance enhancing break-in method for a proton exchange membrane (“PEM”) fuel cell (12) includes cycling potentials of an anode electrode (14) and a cathode electrode (16) from a first potential to a second potential and back to the first potential, and repeating the cycling for each electrode (14, 16) for at least two electrode cycles. The potential cycling may be achieved in a first embodiment by applying a direct current from a programmable direct current power source (80) to the electrodes. Alternatively the potential cycling may be achieved by varying reactants to which the anode and cathode electrodes (14, 16) are exposed.

    摘要翻译: 质子交换膜(“PEM”)燃料电池(12)的性能提高突破方法包括将阳极电极(14)和阴极电极(16)从第一电位到第二电位的循环电位并返回到 并且对每个电极(14,16)重复循环至少两个电极周期。 可以在第一实施例中通过将来自可编程直流电源(80)的直流施加到电极来实现电位循环。 或者,可以通过改变阳极和阴极电极(14,16)暴露的反应物来实现电位循环。

    Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger
    3.
    发明授权
    Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a direct contact heat exchanger 失效
    具有直接接触热交换器的耐冷燃料电池发电厂

    公开(公告)号:US07282290B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-16

    申请号:US10750347

    申请日:2003-12-31

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A power plant (10) includes at least one fuel cell (12), a coolant loop (18) including a freeze tolerant accumulator (22) for storing and separating a water immiscible fluid and water coolant, a direct contact heat exchanger (56) for mixing the water immiscible fluid and the water coolant within a mixing region (72) of the heat exchanger (56), a coolant pump (21) for circulating the coolant through the coolant loop (18), a radiator loop (84) for circulating the water immiscible fluid through the heat exchanger (56), a radiator (86) for removing heat from the coolant, and a direct contact heat exchanger by-pass system (200). The plant (10) utilizes the water immiscible fluid during steady-state operation to cool the fuel cell and during shut down of the plant to displace water from the fuel cell (12) to the freeze tolerant accumulator (22).

    摘要翻译: 发电厂(10)包括至少一个燃料电池(12),冷却剂回路(18),其包括用于储存和分离水不混溶的流体和水冷却剂的耐冻储存器(22),直接接触式热交换器(56) 用于在热交换器(56)的混合区域(72)内混合水不混溶流体和水冷却剂,用于使冷却剂循环通过冷却剂回路(18)的冷却剂泵(21),用于 使水不混溶的液体循环通过热交换器(56),用于从冷却剂除去热量的散热器(86)和直接接触热交换器旁通系统(200)。 工厂(10)在稳态操作期间利用水不混溶流体来冷却燃料电池并且在关闭工厂期间将水从燃料电池(12)移动到容许冷凝器(22)。

    Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a two-component mixed coolant
    4.
    发明授权
    Freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant with a two-component mixed coolant 失效
    具有双组分混合冷却剂的耐冷燃料电池发电厂

    公开(公告)号:US06979509B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-27

    申请号:US10701987

    申请日:2003-11-05

    CPC分类号: H01M8/04029

    摘要: A freeze tolerant fuel cell power plant (10) includes at least one fuel cell (12), a coolant loop (42) having a porous water transport plate (44) secured in a heat and mass exchange relationship with the fuel cell (12) and a coolant pump (46) for circulating a coolant through the plate (44) and for transferring water into or out of the plate (44) with the coolant. A coolant heat exchanger (52) removes heat from the coolant, and an accumulator (66) stores the coolant and fuel cell product water and directs the product water out of the accumulator (66). The coolant is a two-component mixed coolant liquid circulating through the coolant loop (42) consisting of between 80 and 95 volume percent of a low freezing temperature water immiscible fluid component and between 5 and 20 volume percent of a water component.

    摘要翻译: 一种耐冷燃料电池发电厂(10)包括至少一个燃料电池(12),具有与燃料电池(12)以热交换关系固定的多孔水输送板(44)的冷却剂回路(42) 以及冷却剂泵(46),用于使冷却剂循环通过所述板(44)并且用冷却剂将水输送进出所述板(44)。 冷却剂热交换器(52)从冷却剂中除去热量,蓄能器(66)存储冷却剂和燃料电池产品水,并将产品水引导出蓄能器(66)。 冷却剂是循环通过冷却剂回路(42)的双组分混合冷却剂液体,其由80至95体积%的低冷冻温度水不混溶流体组分和5至20体积%的水组分组成。