Cascaded stack with gas flow recycle in the first stage
    1.
    发明申请
    Cascaded stack with gas flow recycle in the first stage 有权
    在第一阶段采用气流回收的级联叠层

    公开(公告)号:US20070099037A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11266605

    申请日:2005-11-03

    申请人: Ralf Senner

    发明人: Ralf Senner

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/24

    摘要: A fuel cell system including a humidification system is described. The humidification system employs a recycling system that recycles relatively humid gas exhausted from a multistage fuel cell stack, either on the anode and/or cathode side, and sends this relatively humid gas back to be combined with relatively dry supply gas, such as but not limited to hydrogen and/or air. The humidified supply gas mixture is then reintroduced into the first stage of the multistage fuel cell stack. A recirculation device, such as but not limited to a pump and/or an ejector, can be used to aid in moving the humid exhaust gas back through a recycle gas line to be combined with the supply gas.

    摘要翻译: 描述了包括加湿系统的燃料电池系统。 加湿系统采用循环系统,其循环在阳极和/或阴极侧从多级燃料电池堆排出的相对湿润的气体,并将该相对较湿的气体返回以与相对干燥的供应气体组合,例如但不是 限于氢气和/或空气。 然后将加湿的供应气体混合物重新引入多级燃料电池堆的第一级。 可以使用诸如但不限于泵和/或喷射器的再循环装置来帮助将湿废气返回通过再循环气体管线以与供应气体组合。

    INJECTOR FLOW MEASUREMENT FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS
    2.
    发明申请
    INJECTOR FLOW MEASUREMENT FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS 有权
    用于燃料电池应用的喷射器流量测量

    公开(公告)号:US20110138883A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-16

    申请号:US12636276

    申请日:2009-12-11

    IPC分类号: G01F1/34 G01M3/04

    摘要: A method for determining the amount of fuel flow from a high pressure gas tank to the anode side of a fuel cell stack through pulsed injector. The anode sub-system pressure is measured just before the injector pulse and just after injector pulse and a difference between the pressures is determined. The difference between the pressures, the volume of the anode sub-system, the ideal gas constant, the anode sub-system temperature, the fuel consumed from the reaction in the fuel cell stack during the injection event and the fuel cross-over through membranes in the fuel cells of the fuel cell stack are used to determine the amount of hydrogen gas injected by the injector.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过脉冲喷射器确定从高压气罐到燃料电池堆的阳极侧的燃料流量的方法。 在喷射器脉冲之前和刚好在喷射器脉冲之后测量阳极子系统压力,并确定压力之间的差。 在喷射事件期间,压力,阳极子系统的体积,理想气体常数,阳极子系统温度,燃料电池堆中的反应消耗的燃料和通过膜的燃料交叉之间的差异 在燃料电池堆的燃料电池中用于确定由喷射器喷射的氢气的量。

    Method and apparatus for monitoring a hydrogen containing gas stream
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for monitoring a hydrogen containing gas stream 有权
    用于监测含氢气流的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06740433B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-25

    申请号:US10054810

    申请日:2002-01-22

    申请人: Ralf Senner

    发明人: Ralf Senner

    IPC分类号: H01M800

    CPC分类号: G01N27/4045

    摘要: A method and apparatus for monitoring hydrogen and optionally a non-hydrogen gas including carbon monoxide. The method and apparatus includes a sensor assembly consisting of a plurality of electrochemical cells sequentially arranged in a path of the hydrogen-containing gas stream. Reaction and consumption of hydrogen at catalytically reactive surface areas of the cells generates a current which is proportional to the amount of hydrogen in the gas stream entering the sensor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于监测氢气和任选的包含一氧化碳的非氢气的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括由多个电化学电池组成的传感器组件,所述多个电化学电池依次排列在含氢气流的路径中。 氢气在电池的催化反应性表面积处的反应和消耗产生与进入传感器的气流中的氢气量成比例的电流。

    Apparatus for monitoring a hydrogen containing gas stream
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for monitoring a hydrogen containing gas stream 有权
    用于监测含氢气流的装置

    公开(公告)号:US06528191B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-03-04

    申请号:US09416583

    申请日:1999-10-12

    申请人: Ralf Senner

    发明人: Ralf Senner

    IPC分类号: H01M800

    CPC分类号: G01N27/4045

    摘要: An apparatus for monitoring hydrogen and optionally a non-hydrogen gas including carbon monoxide. The apparatus includes a sensor assembly consisting of a plurality of electrochemical cells sequentially arranged in a path of the hydrogen-containing gas stream. Reaction and consumption of hydrogen at catalytically reactive surface areas of the cells generates a current which is proportional to the amount of hydrogen in the gas stream entering the sensor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于监测氢气和任选地包括一氧化碳的非氢气的装置。 该装置包括由多个电化学电池组成的传感器组件,该多个电化学电池依次排列在含氢气流的路径中。 氢气在电池的催化反应性表面积处的反应和消耗产生与进入传感器的气流中的氢气量成比例的电流。

    Injector control for fuel cell system
    5.
    发明授权
    Injector control for fuel cell system 有权
    燃料电池系统的喷油器控制

    公开(公告)号:US08389168B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-05

    申请号:US12635429

    申请日:2009-12-10

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A fuel cell system that employs an injector/ejector for providing fresh hydrogen and anode recirculation gas to the anode side of a fuel cell stack. The injector/ejector is operated with a variable frequency so that the injector open time at low stack current densities is long enough to allow a pressure drop to be provided in the anode flow channels to push out water that may have accumulated therein. In one embodiment, the injector/ejector control provides a minimum pulse width per cycle and a maximum frequency so that as the stack current density decreases below a certain value the frequency decreases from the maximum frequency to maintain the pulse width constant at the minimum pulse width.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料电池系统,其采用喷射器/喷射器来向燃料电池堆的阳极侧提供新的氢气和阳极再循环气体。 喷射器/喷射器以可变频率操作,使得在低堆电流密度下的喷射器打开时间足够长以允许在阳极流动通道中提供压降以推出可能积聚在其中的水。 在一个实施例中,喷射器/喷射器控制提供每个周期的最小脉冲宽度和最大频率,使得当堆叠电流密度降低到特定值以下时,频率从最大频率减小,以将脉冲宽度保持在最小脉冲宽度 。

    Fuel cell stack humidification method incorporating an accumulation device
    7.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell stack humidification method incorporating an accumulation device 有权
    燃料电池堆加湿方法结合蓄积装置

    公开(公告)号:US07482076B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-27

    申请号:US11149688

    申请日:2005-06-10

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/02

    摘要: A method of fuel cell stack humidification is provided incorporating the use of an accumulation device. The method provides for feeding back humid anode exhaust gas of the fuel cell stack to the fuel cell inlet and switching the anode inlet and outlet of the fuel cell stack for achieving better homogeneity of humidity along the fuel cell channels.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种使用蓄积装置的燃料电池堆加湿方法。 该方法提供将燃料电池堆的潮湿阳极废气反馈到燃料电池入口并切换燃料电池堆的阳极入口和出口,以实现沿着燃料电池通道的更好的湿度均匀性。

    Fuel cell operating method with improved hydrogen and oxygen utilization
    8.
    发明申请
    Fuel cell operating method with improved hydrogen and oxygen utilization 有权
    燃料电池操作方法具有改善的氢气和氧气利用率

    公开(公告)号:US20060240302A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-26

    申请号:US11113574

    申请日:2005-04-25

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 H01M8/24

    摘要: A fuel cell system wherein a plurality of fuel cells are arranged in a series of stages, the number of fuel cells decreasing in number in each stage from anode gas inlet to the anode gas outlet. The system allows for parallel flow to all of the cells in a given stage and series flow between the various stages. A similar configuration is present on a cathode side of the system. However, the direction of flow is reversed, providing a greater number of cells in the stage nearest the cathode outlet and a fewer number of cells in the stage near the cathode gas inlet. The invention further provides for the various stages to be configured such that the direction of flow of the anode gas of a given stage is generally opposite the direction of flow of the cathode gas of a given stage.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料电池系统,其中多个燃料电池以一系列的阶段布置,每个阶段的燃料电池的数量从阳极气体入口到阳极气体出口减少。 该系统允许在给定阶段中的所有单元并行流到各个阶段之间的串联流。 类似的配置存在于系统的阴极侧。 然而,流动方向相反,在最靠近阴极出口的阶段中提供更多数量的电池,并且在靠近阴极气体入口的阶段提供更少数量的电池。 本发明还提供了要被配置为使得给定级的阳极气体的流动方向大致与给定级的阴极气体的流动方向相反的各个阶段。

    Detection method for membrane and electrode failures in fuel cell stacks
    10.
    发明授权
    Detection method for membrane and electrode failures in fuel cell stacks 有权
    燃料电池堆中膜和电极故障的检测方法

    公开(公告)号:US08374808B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-12

    申请号:US12690672

    申请日:2010-01-20

    IPC分类号: G01R31/36

    摘要: A method for determining a failure of a membrane in a fuel cell in a fuel cell stack. The method includes measuring the voltage of each fuel cell in the fuel cell stack, calculating an average cell voltage from all of the cell voltages of the fuel cells in the fuel cell stack, and identifying a minimum cell voltage from all of the cell voltages of the fuel cells in the fuel cell stack. The method then determines an absolute delta voltage value as the difference between the average cell voltage of the fuel cells and the minimum cell voltage of the fuel cells at a plurality of sample points during the sample period. A plurality of absolute delta voltage values determined over a plurality of sample periods, filtered for low current density are used to determine whether there is a membrane failure and, by filtering for high current density, to determine whether there is an electrode failure.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定燃料电池堆中的燃料电池中的膜的故障的方法。 该方法包括测量燃料电池堆中每个燃料电池的电压,从燃料电池堆中的燃料电池的所有电池电压计算平均电池电压,以及从所有电池电压中识别最小电池电压 燃料电池堆中的燃料电池。 该方法然后将绝对增量电压值确定为在采样周期期间多个采样点处的燃料电池的平均电池电压与燃料电池的最小电池电压之差。 使用在低电流密度下滤波的多个采样周期中确定的多个绝对δ电压值来确定是否存在膜故障,并且通过对高电流密度进行滤波来确定是否存在电极故障。