公开(公告)号：US20230327154A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18189450

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: CUMMINS INC. ,  HYDROGENICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Richard J. ANCIMER ,  Paolo FORTE ,  Justin Roberto RIZZI ,  Prabhsimran MALHI ,  Sumit TRIPATHI ,  Eero TEENE ,  Ashok KUMAR

IPC: H01M8/04664 ,  H01M8/04537

CPC classification number: H01M8/04679 ,  H01M8/04559

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for assessing the health of a fuel cell stack including collecting fuel cell stack operating data by a controller including stack voltage data and cell voltage monitoring data and determining the trust in the collected data, processing stack voltage data and cell voltage monitoring data by the controller to identify bad channels and weak cells amongst fuel cells included in the fuel cell stack, tracking the state of health of the fuel cell stack by the controller, and assessing the health of the fuel cell stack by the controller.

公开(公告)号：US20230178765A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US18057534

申请日：2022-11-21

Applicant: CUMMINS INC. ,  HYDROGENICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Udit N. SHRIVASTAVA ,  Salvatore RANIERI ,  Paolo FORTE ,  Justin Roberto RIZZI ,  Archit N. KOTI

IPC: H01M8/04119 ,  H01M8/04291 ,  F24F6/12

CPC classification number: H01M8/04141 ,  H01M8/04291 ,  H01M8/04156 ,  F24F6/12 ,  H01M2008/1095

Abstract: A humidification device includes a tubular mass exchanger fluidically coupled to receive intake air stream and transfer intake air stream to an intake air inlet of a fuel cell stack. The humidification device includes a housing configured to house the tubular mass exchanger to define a void therebetween. The housing defines at least one housing inlet opening fluidically coupled to direct an exhaust air stream output by the fuel cells tack into the void. The housing defines at least one housing outlet opening fluidically coupled to direct the exhaust air stream away from within the housing. The tubular mass exchanger is configured to extract water vapor from the exhaust air stream and transfer the extracted water vapor to the intake air stream flowing within the tubular mass exchanger to humidify the intake air stream to generate a humidified intake air stream.

公开(公告)号：US20240170691A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18503975

申请日：2023-11-07

Applicant: HYDROGENICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Salvatore RANIERI ,  Justin Roberto RIZZI ,  Nathaniel Ian JOOS ,  Nan GE

IPC: H01M8/0265 ,  H01M8/04082

CPC classification number: H01M8/0265 ,  H01M8/04201

Abstract: A bipolar plate assembly for a fuel cell includes a first bipolar sheet having elongated lands formed thereon each defining secondary channels therein. The first bipolar sheet further includes primary channels formed between adjacent elongated lands. The first bipolar sheet includes an active area at which fluids flowing through the primary and secondary channels electrochemically react with an adjacent gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell. Top surfaces of the elongated lands include injectors formed as a hole in the top surfaces and located in the active area of the first bipolar sheet. Fluid flowing through the secondary channels is forced through the injectors, subsequently into the adjacent gas diffusion layer, and subsequently into and adjacent primary channel.

公开(公告)号：US20250070208A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18724905

申请日：2023-01-06

Applicant: HYDROGENICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Salvatore RANIERI ,  Justin Roberto RIZZI ,  Sumit TRIPATHI

IPC: H01M8/04992 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/04111 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/0438 ,  H01M8/04537 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/10 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M16/00

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for operating a fuel cell system including operating a fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly, dynamically operating an air handling system comprising an air compressor which controls stack pressure and air flow in the fuel cell stack system, determining a parasitic loss in the fuel cell system based on the air handling system, and operating the fuel cell system in transient conditions based on a transient system curve. The transient system curve may be based on a relationship between the stack pressure and stack temperature, and the parasitic loss.

公开(公告)号：US20240194904A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18526962

申请日：2023-12-01

Applicant: HYDROGENICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Justin Roberto RIZZI ,  Paolo FORTE ,  Salvatore RANIERI ,  Sumit TRIPATHI ,  Prabhsimran MALHI

IPC: H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04746

CPC classification number: H01M8/04014 ,  H01M8/04253 ,  H01M8/04358 ,  H01M8/04776

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for operating a fuel cell system, including a coolant stream flowing through a fuel cell stack, a compressor configured to flow in a first air stream comprising a first air temperature and flow out a second air stream comprising a second air temperature, a charge cooler comprising the coolant stream configured to flow in the second air stream comprising the second air temperature, further configured to decrease the second air temperature, and flow out a third air stream comprising a third air temperature, along with a controller configured to regulate operation of the fuel cell system, including the fuel cell stack, the compressor, and the charge cooler.