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公开(公告)号:US11695132B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-04
申请号:US16017677
申请日:2018-06-25
发明人: Marco Cauchi , Marco Spataro
IPC分类号: H01M8/04 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04746 , H01M8/0438 , H01M8/04858 , H01M8/04992
CPC分类号: H01M8/04104 , H01M8/0441 , H01M8/04395 , H01M8/04432 , H01M8/04753 , H01M8/04776 , H01M8/04783 , H01M8/04947 , H01M8/04992
摘要: One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a fuel cell power system. The system may include one or more fuel cells configured to generate electric power and a compressor configured to supply compressed air to the one or more fuel cells. The system may further include one or more sensors. The sensors may be configured to generate a signal indicative of at least one measured parameter of air flow across the one or more fuel cells. The system may also include a controller in communication with the one or more fuel cells, the compressor, and the sensors. The controller may be configured to determine a desired pressure drop based on at least one calculated parameter, determine a control command for the compressor based on the desired pressure drop, and adjust the control command based on a feedback gain parameter and a feed forward gain parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20220093944A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17457803
申请日:2021-12-06
发明人: Scott C. Blanchet , Benjamin Lunt
IPC分类号: H01M8/04089 , H01M8/2457 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0247 , H01M8/04119 , H01M8/2475
摘要: This disclosure related to polymer electrolyte member fuel cells and components thereof, including fuel cell endplates.
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公开(公告)号:US11196060B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-07
申请号:US16103401
申请日:2018-08-14
发明人: Scott C. Blanchet , Benjamin Lunt
IPC分类号: H01M8/2475 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/2457 , H01M8/2483 , H01M8/0263 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0247 , H01M8/04119 , H01M8/241
摘要: This disclosure related to polymer electrolyte member fuel cells and components thereof, including fuel cell endplates.
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公开(公告)号:US10727501B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US16508699
申请日:2019-07-11
发明人: Roger Van Boeyen
IPC分类号: H01M8/0221 , H01M8/0267 , H01M8/0284 , H01M8/0202 , H01M8/0228 , H01M8/0273 , H01M8/0286
摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a bipolar plate of an electrochemical cell. The bipolar plate may have a frame and a base. The bipolar plate may also have a polymeric coating applied to at least one of the frame and the base. The present disclosure is also directed to a method of assembling a bipolar plate for an electrochemical cell. The method may include compressing a frame and a base of the bipolar plate, at least one of the frame and the base has a polymeric coating. The polymeric coating may be an electrical insulator for the electrochemical cell, a seal for sealing one or more zones of the electrochemical cell, and a corrosion protection later of the electrochemical cell.
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公开(公告)号:US10553886B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-04
申请号:US15208148
申请日:2016-07-12
发明人: Steve Buelte , Pierre-François Quet
IPC分类号: H01M8/0444 , H01M8/04746 , H01M8/04858 , H01M8/1007 , H01M8/1018
摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel cell system for generating oxygen depleted air. The fuel cell system may include a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte positioned between the anode and the cathode. The cathode may be configured to receive an air flow and discharge an oxygen depleted air flow. The fuel cell system may further include a sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a presence of hydrogen in the oxygen depleted air flow and a controller in communication with the sensor and the fuel cell. The controller may be configured to detect the presence of hydrogen in the oxygen depleted air flow based on the first signal, and in response to detecting the presence of hydrogen in the oxygen depleted air flow, selectively cause a current density of the fuel cell to decrease and/or increase a flow rate of the air flow to the cathode.
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公开(公告)号:US20190140293A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-09
申请号:US16173142
申请日:2018-10-29
发明人: Scott Blanchet
IPC分类号: H01M8/04746 , H01M8/04089 , H01M8/04955 , H01M8/04537 , H01M8/04664
摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a fuel cell module. The fuel cell module may include a fuel cell having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte positioned between the anode and the cathode. The fuel cell module may also include an enclosure housing the fuel cell therein. The enclosure may include an air inlet and an air outlet. The fuel cell module may further include an air pressurizing mechanism fluidly connected to the enclosure. The air pressurizing mechanism may be configured to draw air through the air inlet into the enclosure and from the enclosure to the air pressurizing mechanism through the air outlet. The air pressurizing mechanism may be configured to pressurize the air to form a pressurized air stream that is directed to the cathode.
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公开(公告)号:US10260157B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-16
申请号:US15879049
申请日:2018-01-24
IPC分类号: C25B1/02 , C25B1/08 , C25B1/10 , C25B9/20 , C25B15/02 , H01M8/0432 , H01M8/04223 , H01M8/04537 , H01M8/04664 , H01M8/04701 , H01M8/04858 , H01M8/04955
摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a method for tuning the performance of at least one electrochemical cell of an electrochemical cell stack. The method includes supplying power to an electrochemical cell stack. The electrochemical cell stack includes a plurality of electrochemical cells. The method further includes monitoring a parameter of at least one electrochemical cell and determining if an electrochemical cell becomes impaired. The method also includes diverting a fraction of the current flow from the impaired electrochemical cell during operation of the electrochemical cell stack.
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公开(公告)号:US10201775B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US15208255
申请日:2016-07-12
发明人: Zhijiang Li , Kyle Vanzandt
IPC分类号: B01D53/047 , B01D53/04 , B01D53/06
摘要: A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system for purifying a feed gas is provided. The PSA system may have a first adsorber bed and a second adsorber bed, each having a feed port, a product port, and adsorbent material designed to adsorb one or more impurities from the feed gas to produce a product gas. The PSA system may also have a first valve configured to direct flows of the feed gas and the product gas through a network of piping. The PSA system may further have a first orifice configured to regulate a flow rate of gas between the first adsorber bed and the second adsorber bed during the pressure equalization step and a second orifice configured to regulate a flow rate of gas between the first adsorber bed and the second adsorber bed during the purge step.
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公开(公告)号:US20190015805A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-17
申请号:US16133799
申请日:2018-09-18
发明人: Jian L. Zhao , Changsik Kim , Yanlong Shi
摘要: The present disclosure is directed to steam reformers for the production of a hydrogen rich reformate, comprising a shell having a first end, a second end, and a passage extending generally between the first end and the second end of the shell, and at least one heat source disposed about the second end of the shell. The shell comprises at least one conduit member comprising at least one thermally emissive and high radiant emissivity material, at least partially disposed within the shell cavity. The shell further comprises at least one reactor module at least a portion of which is disposed within the shell cavity and about the at least one conduit member and comprises at least one reforming catalyst. The disclosure is also directed to methods of producing a hydrogen reformate utilizing the steam reformers, comprising the steps of combusting a combustible mixture in a burner to produce a combustion exhaust that interacts with the steam reactor module(s) through surface to surface radiation and convection heat transfer, and reforming a hydrocarbon fuel mixed with steam in the steam reformers to produce a hydrogen-containing reformate. The present disclosure is further directed to reactor modules for use with the above steam reformers and methods of producing a hydrogen reformate.
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公开(公告)号:US20170082097A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-23
申请号:US15270277
申请日:2016-09-20
发明人: Roger Van Boeyen
IPC分类号: F04B37/18
CPC分类号: F04B37/18 , C25B9/20 , C25B9/206 , C25B11/035 , C25B11/0415 , C25B13/04 , H01M8/0247 , H01M8/0273 , H01M8/0284 , H01M8/1004 , H01M14/00
摘要: Embodiments of present disclosure are directed to a bipolar plate assembly. The bipolar plate assembly has a frame and a base. At least one of the frame and the base has a shape of a force concentrator pattern or has a first surface having a force concentrator pattern, the force concentrator pattern including a raised surface extending partially across the first surface. A surface area of the force concentrator pattern across the length of the frame or base is generally constant, thereby producing a uniform compressive pressure along the length of the frame or base when the bipolar plate assembly is under compression.
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