公开(公告)号：US20150140461A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-21

申请号：US14081068

申请日：2013-11-15

Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： BERNHARD A. FISCHER, JR. ,  JAMES D. RICHARDS

IPC: H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/24

CPC classification number: H01M8/04268 ,  E21B36/02 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/24 ,  H01M8/2425 ,  Y02E60/50

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a heater including a heater housing extending along a heater axis; a plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies disposed within the heater housing along the heater axis and having a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel cell fuel into heat and electricity through a chemical reaction with a fuel cell oxidizing agent; and a plurality of combustors disposed within the heater housing along the heater axis. The method includes supplying a combustor fuel to the plurality of combustors, combusting the combustor fuel to produce a heated combustor exhaust when the fuel cell stack assemblies are substantially electrochemically inactive, and using the heated combustor exhaust to elevate the temperature of the fuel cell stack assemblies to be electrochemically active.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于操作加热器的方法，所述加热器包括沿着加热器轴线延伸的加热器壳体; 多个燃料电池堆组件，其沿着加热器轴线设置在加热器壳体内，并且具有多个燃料电池，其通过与燃料电池氧化剂的化学反应将来自燃料电池燃料的化学能转换成热和电; 以及沿加热器轴设置在加热器壳体内的多个燃烧器。 该方法包括：当燃料电池堆组件基本上电化学惰性时，向多个燃烧器供应燃烧器燃料，燃烧燃烧器燃料以产生加热的燃烧器排气，并且使用加热的燃烧器排气来提高燃料电池堆组件的温度 要电化学活性。

公开(公告)号：US20150140463A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-21

申请号：US14081092

申请日：2013-11-15

Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： BERNHARD A. FISCHER, JR. ,  JAMES D. RICHARDS

IPC: H01M8/04

CPC classification number: H01M8/04022 ,  E21B36/008 ,  E21B36/02 ,  H01M8/2475 ,  H01M2250/10 ,  H01M2250/405 ,  Y02B90/14 ,  Y02B90/16 ,  Y02E60/50

Abstract: A heater includes a heater housing extending along a heater axis. A fuel cell stack assembly is disposed within the heater housing and includes a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel cell fuel into heat and electricity through a chemical reaction with a fuel cell oxidizing agent. A combustor disposed within the heater housing includes a combustor fuel inlet for introducing the combustor fuel into the combustor, a combustor oxidizing agent inlet for introducing a combustor oxidizing agent into the combustor, and combustor exhaust outlet for discharging a heated combustor exhaust from the combustor. An anode exhaust conduit is connected to the anode exhaust outlet and extends out of the heater housing for selectively communicating a first quantity of the anode exhaust out of the heater housing. The heater housing is heated by the fuel cell stack assembly and the heated combustor exhaust.

Abstract translation: 加热器包括沿着加热器轴线延伸的加热器壳体。 燃料电池堆组件设置在加热器壳体内，并且包括多个燃料电池，其通过与燃料电池氧化剂的化学反应将来自燃料电池燃料的化学能转化成热和电。 设置在加热器壳体内的燃烧器包括用于将燃烧器燃料引入燃烧器的燃烧器燃料入口，用于将燃烧器氧化剂引入燃烧器的燃烧器氧化剂入口和用于从燃烧器排出加热的燃烧器排气的燃烧器排气出口。 阳极排气管连接到阳极排气出口并延伸出加热器壳体，用于选择性地将第一量的阳极废气与加热器壳体连通。 加热器壳体被燃料电池堆组件和加热的燃烧器排气加热。