Method and apparatus for maintaining neutral water balance in a fuel cell system
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for maintaining neutral water balance in a fuel cell system 有权
    在燃料电池系统中维持中性水平衡的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06617065B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US09903044

    申请日:2001-07-11

    IPC分类号: H01M804

    摘要: In a fuel cell system, sufficient water to supply the consumption needs of the system, particularly by the system humidifiers and fuel processor, can be obtained from the exhaust of the fuel cell stack without the use of a condenser, by controlling the operating temperature of the fuel cell stack. The operating temperature can be controlled, for example, using a controller that monitors water level in the process water reservoir and increases or decreases the operating temperature through control of the fuel cell cooling system to maintain the water level within a predetermined range representative of neutral water balance in the system.

    摘要翻译: 在燃料电池系统中,通过控制燃料电池系统的工作温度,可以从燃料电池堆的排气中获得足够的水来提供系统的消耗需求,特别是系统加湿器和燃料处理器。 燃料电池堆。 可以例如使用控制器来控制工作温度,该控制器监视过程储水器中的水位,并且通过控制燃料电池冷却系统来提高或降低工作温度,以将水位维持在表示中性水的预定范围内 系统平衡。

    Fuel cell collector plates with improved mass transfer channels
    2.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell collector plates with improved mass transfer channels 有权
    具有改进质量传递通道的燃料电池收集板

    公开(公告)号:US06551736B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-22

    申请号:US09702126

    申请日:2000-10-30

    IPC分类号: H01M804

    摘要: A fuel cell collector plate can be provided with one or more various channel constructions for the transport of reactants to the gas diffusion layer and the removal of water therefrom. The outlet channel can be arranged to have a reduced volume compared to the inlet channel, in both interdigitated and discontinuous spiral applications. The land width between an inlet channel and outlet channel can be reduced to improved mass flow rate in regions of deleted reactant concentrations. Additionally or alternatively, the depth of the inlet channel can be reduced in the direction of flow to reduce the diffusion path as the concentration of reactant is reduced.

    摘要翻译: 燃料电池收集板可以设置有用于将反应物输送到气体扩散层和从其中除去水的一种或多种各种通道结构。 出口通道可以布置成在叉指和螺旋应用中都与入口通道相比具有减小的体积。 入口通道和出口通道之间的平面宽度可以减少到在缺失的反应物浓度区域内改善的质量流量。 附加地或替代地,可以在流动方向上减小入口通道的深度,以减少反应物浓度降低扩散路径。

    Flow through gas separator
    4.
    发明授权
    Flow through gas separator 失效
    流经气体分离器

    公开(公告)号:US06869716B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-22

    申请号:US09881477

    申请日:2001-06-14

    申请人: Jay K. Neutzler

    发明人: Jay K. Neutzler

    IPC分类号: B01D57/00 H01M8/04 H01M8/02

    摘要: A flow through gas separation apparatus for a direct oxidation fuel cell system that incorporates a porous hydrophobic conduit having and inlet end through which anodic effluent flows is provided. Backpressure created at an outlet end of the conduit allows the carbon dioxide gas of the effluent to be driven through the porous openings of the conduit while un-reacted fuel and water mixture ultimately exits the flow through gas separation apparatus for re-circulation. The gas separation apparatus operates at ambient pressure and independent of orientation of the device with which it is used.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于直接氧化燃料电池系统的流通气体分离装置,其包括具有多孔疏水导管和具有通过阳极流出物流过的入口端。 在导管的出口端形成的背压允许流出物的二氧化碳气体被驱动通过导管的多孔开口,而未反应的燃料和水混合物最终离开通过气体分离装置的流体再循环。 气体分离装置在环境压力下工作,并且与使用该装置的方向无关。

    Vision system
    5.
    发明授权
    Vision system 有权
    视觉系统

    公开(公告)号:US08836848B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-16

    申请号:US12693669

    申请日:2010-01-26

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 H04N5/225

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2254

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a vision system which may include a plurality of lenses coupled to an image sensor by a plurality of optical fiber bundles. Each of the plurality of lenses is configured to capture at least a portion of the scene. The image sensor may be located a distance from the plurality of lenses. The optical fiber bundles are configured to transmit optical image data from each lens to the image sensor. The image sensor is configured to convert the optical image data from each lens into corresponding electrical image data (“electrical image data”) for each lens.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及一种视觉系统,其可以包括通过多个光纤束耦合到图像传感器的多个透镜。 多个透镜中的每一个被配置成捕获场景的至少一部分。 图像传感器可以距离多个透镜一定距离。 光纤束被配置为将光学图像数据从每个透镜传输到图像传感器。 图像传感器被配置为将来自每个透镜的光学图像数据转换成用于每个透镜的对应的电子图像数据(“电子图像数据”)。

    Direct methanol fuel cell including integrated flow field and method of fabrication
    6.
    发明授权
    Direct methanol fuel cell including integrated flow field and method of fabrication 有权
    直接甲醇燃料电池包括集成流场和制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US06497975B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-24

    申请号:US09738126

    申请日:2000-12-15

    IPC分类号: H01M802

    摘要: A fuel cell device and method of forming the fuel cell device including a base portion, formed of a singular body, and having a major surface. At least one fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is formed on the major surface of the base portion. A fluid supply channel including a mixing chamber is defined in the base portion and communicating with the fuel cell membrane electrode assembly for supplying a fuel-bearing fluid to the membrane electrode assembly. An exhaust channel is defined in the base portion and communicating with the membrane electrode. A multi-dimensional fuel flow field is defined in the multi-layer base portion and in communication with the fluid supply channel, the membrane electrode assembly and the exhaust channel.

    摘要翻译: 一种形成燃料电池装置的燃料电池装置及方法,该燃料电池装置包括由单体形成并具有主表面的基部。 至少一个燃料电池膜电极组件形成在基部的主表面上。 包括混合室的流体供给通道限定在基部中,并与用于将含油流体供应到膜电极组件的燃料电池膜电极组件连通。 排气通道限定在基部中并与膜电极连通。 多层燃料流场被定义在多层基底部分中并且与流体供应通道,膜电极组件和排气通道连通。

    Method of controlling delivery of fuel to a direct oxidation fuel cell
    7.
    发明授权
    Method of controlling delivery of fuel to a direct oxidation fuel cell 失效
    控制向直接氧化燃料电池的燃料输送的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07638215B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-29

    申请号:US11269108

    申请日:2005-11-08

    IPC分类号: H01M8/00

    摘要: A simplified direct oxidation fuel cell system is provided. The fuel cell is constructed in such a manner that fuel is added to the cell anode as it is consumed and water is evaporated off at cell cathode so that there is no need for recirculation of unreacted fuel at the cell anode or water at the cell cathode. In addition, carbon dioxide generated from the anodic reaction is passively vented out of the system by using a CO2 gas permeable membrane material integrated as part of the anode chamber construction. It is thus possible that, the CO2 separation from the anode fluid occurs without the recirculation of the anode fluid outside the anode chamber. The passive system in which fuel is added as it is consumed and CO2 separated, both without pumping, ultimately will increase net power provided to the load due to low parasitic losses.

    摘要翻译: 提供简化的直接氧化燃料电池系统。 燃料电池被构造成使得燃料在其被消耗时被添加到电池阳极中,并且水在电池阴极处被蒸发,使得不需要再循环在电解池阳极处的未反应燃料或在电池阴极处的水 。 此外,通过使用集成为阳极室结构的一部分的CO 2气体可渗透膜材料,从阳极反应产生的二氧化碳被动地排出系统。 因此,在阳极室外部阳极流体再循环的情况下,可能发生与阳极流体的二氧化碳分离。 其中燃料添加的被动系统消耗和二氧化碳分离,无需泵送,最终将增加由于低的寄生损耗而提供给负载的净功率。

    Fuel cell collector plate and method of fabrication
    8.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell collector plate and method of fabrication 有权
    燃料电池收集板及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US06180275B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-30

    申请号:US09195307

    申请日:1998-11-18

    IPC分类号: H01M864

    摘要: An improved molding composition is provided for compression molding or injection molding a current collector plate for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The molding composition is comprised of a polymer resin combined with a low surface area, highly-conductive carbon and/or graphite powder filler. The low viscosity of the thermoplastic resin combined with the reduced filler particle surface area provide a moldable composition which can be fabricated into a current collector plate having improved current collecting capacity vis-a-vis comparable fluoropolymer molding compositions.

    摘要翻译: 提供改进的模塑组合物用于压缩成型或注射成型聚合物电解质膜燃料电池用集电板。 模塑组合物由与低表面积,高导电性碳和/或石墨粉末填料结合的聚合物树脂组成。 结合减少的填料颗粒表面积的热塑性树脂的低粘度提供了一种可模制组合物,其可制成相对于可比较的含氟聚合物成型组合物具有改进的集流能力的集电板。

    Annular feed air breathing fuel cell stack
    9.
    发明授权
    Annular feed air breathing fuel cell stack 失效
    环形进料空气呼吸燃料电池堆

    公开(公告)号:US5595834A

    公开(公告)日:1997-01-21

    申请号:US587430

    申请日:1996-01-17

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/10 H01M8/24

    摘要: A stack of polymer electrolyte fuel cells is formed from a plurality of unit cells where each unit cell includes fuel cell components defining a periphery and distributed along a common axis, where the fuel cell components include a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode and a cathode contacting opposite sides of the membrane, and fuel and oxygen flow fields contacting the anode and the cathode, respectively, wherein the components define an annular region therethrough along the axis. A fuel distribution manifold within the annular region is connected to deliver fuel to the fuel flow field in each of the unit cells. The fuel distribution manifold is formed from a hydrophilic-like material to redistribute water produced by fuel and oxygen reacting at the cathode. In a particular embodiment, a single bolt through the annular region clamps the unit cells together. In another embodiment, separator plates between individual unit cells have an extended radial dimension to function as cooling fins for maintaining the operating temperature of the fuel cell stack.

    摘要翻译: 一组聚合物电解质燃料电池由多个单元电池形成,其中每个单元电池包括界定周边并沿公共轴分布的燃料电池部件,其中燃料电池部件包括聚合物电解质膜,阳极和阴极接触 膜的相对侧,以及分别与阳极和阴极接触的燃料和氧气流场,其中所述部件限定沿着轴线穿过的环形区域。 连接在环形区域内的燃料分配歧管以将燃料输送到每个单元电池中的燃料流场。 燃料分配歧管由亲水性材料形成,以重新分配由燃料产生的水和氧气在阴极反应。 在特定实施例中,通过环形区域的单个螺栓将单元电池夹在一起。 在另一个实施例中,各个单元电池之间的隔板具有延伸的径向尺寸,用作用于维持燃料电池堆的工作温度的冷却片。