Optical fuel cell stack cell voltage monitor
    1.
    发明授权
    Optical fuel cell stack cell voltage monitor 有权
    光电燃料电池堆单元电压监视器

    公开(公告)号:US07687174B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-30

    申请号:US11396487

    申请日:2006-04-04

    IPC分类号: H01M8/10 G01R31/02 G01R31/08

    摘要: A voltage monitoring system for measuring the voltage of the fuel cells in a fuel cell stack that employs optical devices for providing an optical signal of the measured voltages, where one or more of the fuel cells power the optical devices. A surface mount device is electrically coupled to opposing plates in the stack, or opposing plates over a plurality of cells in the stack. The surface mount device includes a bonded contact and a spring contact to provide the electrical connection. A detector is positioned remote from the stack that receives the optical signals and converts them back to electrical signals indicative of the voltage.

    摘要翻译: 一种电压监视系统,用于测量燃料电池堆中的燃料电池的电压,该燃料电池堆采用光学装置来提供测量电压的光信号,其中一个或多个燃料电池为光学装置供电。 表面安装器件电耦合到堆叠中的相对板或堆叠中的多个单元上的相对板。 表面安装装置包括接合触点和弹簧触头以提供电连接。 检测器位于远离堆叠的接收光信号并将其转换回指示电压的电信号。

    Life extension of PEM fuel cell using startup method
    4.
    发明授权
    Life extension of PEM fuel cell using startup method 有权
    使用启动方法延长PEM燃料电池寿命

    公开(公告)号:US08828616B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-09

    申请号:US12262785

    申请日:2008-10-31

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A fuel cell system that employs a technique for reducing or significantly eliminating the MEA degradation that occurs as a result of the hydrogen-air front in the anode flow channels at system start-up. After system shut-down, any hydrogen remaining within the anode flow channels will be quickly reacted or diffused. At the next start-up, a switch is closed to provide a dead short across the positive and negative terminals of the fuel cell stack as hydrogen is being introduced into the anode flow channels. The existing air in the cathode flow channels reacts with the hydrogen being introduced across the membrane in the normal fuel cell reaction. However, the short prevents a voltage potential across the membrane.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料电池系统,其采用用于减少或显着消除在系统启动时由于阳极流动通道中的氢空气前沿而发生的MEA劣化的技术。 系统关闭后,残留在阳极流动通道内的任何氢气将迅速反应或扩散。 在下一次启动时,当氢被引入阳极流动通道时,开关闭合以在燃料电池堆的正极和负极端子之间提供死点。 阴极流动通道中的现有空气与在正常燃料电池反应中跨过膜引入的氢反应。 然而,短路防止跨膜的电压。

    OXIDATION OF FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CONTAMINANTS
    5.
    发明申请
    OXIDATION OF FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CONTAMINANTS 审中-公开
    燃料电池污染物的氧化

    公开(公告)号:US20140072887A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-13

    申请号:US13612384

    申请日:2012-09-12

    IPC分类号: H01M8/06 H01M16/00

    CPC分类号: H01M8/0488 H01M8/04238

    摘要: A system for oxidizing contaminants on both the cathode and anode electrodes in a fuel cell stack by applying a suitable voltage potential across the electrodes that causes the oxidation. The system includes a battery and an electrical converter electrically coupled to the battery. The electrical converter is configured to assist in providing an oxidation potential to the fuel cell stack by converting electrical power from the battery at a time effective to oxidize contaminants on the cathode or anode electrodes in the stack. The electrical converter provides a positive potential to the fuel cell stack to oxidize contaminants on the cathode electrodes and provides a negative potential to the fuel cell stack to oxidize contaminants on the anode electrodes. If the battery is a high voltage battery, then the converter is a power converter and if the battery is a low voltage battery, then the converter is boost converter.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过在导致氧化的电极上施加合适的电压电位来在燃料电池堆中的阴极和阳极电极上氧化污染物的系统。 该系统包括电池和电连接到电池的电转换器。 电转换器被配置为通过在有效地氧化堆叠中的阴极或阳极电极上的污染物的时候转换来自电池的电力来辅助向燃料电池堆提供氧化电位。 电转换器为燃料电池堆提供正电位以氧化阴极电极上的污染物,并为燃料电池堆提供负电位以氧化阳极电极上的污染物。 如果电池是高电压电池,则转换器是电源转换器,如果电池是低压电池,则转换器是升压转换器。

    LIFE EXTENSION OF PEM FUEL CELL USING STARTUP METHOD
    6.
    发明申请
    LIFE EXTENSION OF PEM FUEL CELL USING STARTUP METHOD 有权
    使用启动方法延长PEM燃料电池

    公开(公告)号:US20100112382A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-06

    申请号:US12262785

    申请日:2008-10-31

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/02

    摘要: A fuel cell system that employs a technique for reducing or significantly eliminating the MEA degradation that occurs as a result of the hydrogen-air front in the anode flow channels at system start-up. After system shut-down, any hydrogen remaining within the anode flow channels will be quickly reacted or diffused. At the next start-up, a switch is closed to provide a dead short across the positive and negative terminals of the fuel cell stack as hydrogen is being introduced into the anode flow channels. The existing air in the cathode flow channels reacts with the hydrogen being introduced across the membrane in the normal fuel cell reaction. However, the short prevents a voltage potential across the membrane.

    摘要翻译: 一种燃料电池系统,其采用用于减少或显着消除在系统启动时由于阳极流动通道中的氢空气前沿而发生的MEA劣化的技术。 系统关闭后,残留在阳极流动通道内的任何氢气将迅速反应或扩散。 在下一次启动时,当氢被引入阳极流动通道时,开关闭合以在燃料电池堆的正极和负极端子之间提供死点。 阴极流动通道中的现有空气与在正常燃料电池反应中跨过膜引入的氢反应。 然而,短路防止跨膜的电压。

    Flicker free fuser control
    9.
    发明授权
    Flicker free fuser control 有权
    无闪烁定影控制

    公开(公告)号:US06359266B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-19

    申请号:US09739721

    申请日:2000-12-18

    IPC分类号: G03G1320

    CPC分类号: G03G15/2003

    摘要: A control system for delivering a constant fuser temperature despite variations in the line voltage is effected by a control circuit which employs closed loop feedback control to control the rms voltage across the load. This is accomplished by a circuit and method which functionally provides a continuous solution to the equation which describes the relationship between the temperature of the fuser and the temperature of a desired control setpoint. Briefly, the solution of this equation is obtained by monitoring, i.e. sampling, the temperature of the fuser, subtracting the desired control temperature, and then integrating the difference over time. The resultant time integral is used to control the operating point of a pulse width modulated power controller. The integrator has a time constant sufficiently long and the power controller operates at a frequency sufficiently high so as to render lighting flicker imperceptible. The control circuit is particularly advantageous in controlling the rms voltage across a radiant fuser lamp in an electrostatographic printing machine.

    摘要翻译: 用于传递定影温度恒定的控制系统,尽管线路电压的变化是由采用闭环反馈控制来控制负载上的均方根电压的控制电路实现的。 这通过电路和方法来实现,该电路和方法在功能上提供了描述定影器的温度和期望的控制设定点的温度之间的关系的等式的连续解。 简而言之,通过监测,即取样定影器的温度,减去所需的控制温度,然后随时间积分差异,获得该方程式的解。 所得时间积分用于控制脉宽调制功率控制器的工作点。 积分器具有足够长的时间常数,并且功率控制器以足够高的频率操作,以使得不能察觉到点亮闪烁。 控制电路特别有利于控制静电印刷机中的辐射定影灯上的均方根电压。

    System and method for shorting a fuel cell stack
    10.
    发明授权
    System and method for shorting a fuel cell stack 有权
    用于短路燃料电池堆的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07968240B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-28

    申请号:US12014272

    申请日:2008-01-15

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/24 H01M8/22

    摘要: A fuel cell system is provided that includes a fuel cell stack with a plurality of fuel cells and a power converter in electrical communication with the fuel cell stack. The power converter is configured to selectively regulate a power of the fuel cell stack and short circuit the fuel cell stack, as desired. A method for starting the fuel cell stack is also described, including the steps of causing a short circuit of the fuel cell stack by placing the power converter in a short circuit mode; introducing a hydrogen to the anodes of the fuel cell stack to displace a quantity of air on the anodes; and placing the power converter in a power regulation mode. A degradation of the fuel cell stack during start-up is thereby militated against.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种燃料电池系统,其包括具有多个燃料电池的燃料电池堆和与燃料电池堆电连通的电力转换器。 功率转换器被配置为根据需要选择性地调节燃料电池堆的功率并使燃料电池堆短路。 还描述了用于启动燃料电池堆的方法,包括通过将功率转换器置于短路模式来引起燃料电池堆的短路的步骤; 向燃料电池堆的阳极引入氢以置换阳极上的空气量; 并将功率转换器置于功率调节模式。 因此,在启动期间燃料电池堆的劣化因此受到阻碍。