公开(公告)号：US07282285B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-16

申请号：US10473989

申请日：2002-04-05

申请人： Harold T. Couch ,  Carl A. Reiser ,  Gennady Resnick ,  Deliang Yang ,  Emily A. Dykeman ,  David A. Condit

发明人： Harold T. Couch ,  Carl A. Reiser ,  Gennady Resnick ,  Deliang Yang ,  Emily A. Dykeman ,  David A. Condit

IPC分类号： H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04253 ,  H01M8/0267 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04303 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M8/2465

摘要： A cell stack assembly (102) coolant system comprises a coolant exhaust conduit (110) in fluid communication with a coolant exhaust manifold (108) and a coolant pump (112). A coolant inlet conduit (120) enables transportation of the coolant to the coolant inlet manifold. The coolant system further includes a bypass conduit (132) in fluid communication with the coolant exhaust manifold and the coolant inlet manifold, while a bleed valve (130) is in fluid communication with the coolant exhaust conduit and a source of gas. Operation of the bleed valve enables venting of the coolant from the coolant channels, and through a shut down conduit (124). An increased pressure differential between the coolant and reactant gases forces water out of the pores in the electrode substrates (107,109). An ejector (250) prevents air form inhibiting the pump. Pulsed air is blown (238,239,243,245) through the coolant channels to remove more water.

摘要翻译： 电池堆组件（102）冷却剂系统包括与冷却剂排气歧管（108）和冷却剂泵（112）流体连通的冷却剂排放导管（110）。 冷却剂入口管道（120）能够将冷却剂输送到冷却剂入口歧管。 冷却剂系统还包括与冷却剂排出歧管和冷却剂入口歧管流体连通的旁通管道（132），而排放阀（130）与冷却剂排放管道和气体源流体连通。 泄放阀的操作使冷却剂从冷却剂通道排出，并通过关闭导管（124）。 冷却剂和反应气体之间的增加的压差迫使水从电极基板（107,109）中的孔隙中流出。 喷射器（250）防止空气形式阻止泵。 脉冲空气通过冷却剂通道吹出（238,239,243,245）以除去更多的水。

公开(公告)号：US06913845B2

公开(公告)日：2005-07-05

申请号：US10282311

申请日：2002-10-28

申请人： Timothy A. Bekkedahl ,  Lawrence J. Bregoli ,  Richard D. Breault ,  Emily A. Dykeman ,  Jeremy P. Meyers ,  Timothy W. Patterson ,  Tommy Skiba ,  Chris Vargas ,  Deliang Yang ,  Jung S. Yi

发明人： Timothy A. Bekkedahl ,  Lawrence J. Bregoli ,  Richard D. Breault ,  Emily A. Dykeman ,  Jeremy P. Meyers ,  Timothy W. Patterson ,  Tommy Skiba ,  Chris Vargas ,  Deliang Yang ,  Jung S. Yi

IPC分类号： H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/10 ,  H01M8/24

CPC分类号： H01M4/9083 ,  H01M4/926 ,  H01M8/0234 ,  H01M8/0267 ,  H01M8/0271 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04225 ,  H01M8/04228 ,  H01M8/04238 ,  H01M8/1016 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2465 ,  H01M8/2483 ,  H01M2008/1095 ,  H01M2300/0091

摘要： Each cell of a fuel cell stack is provided, between the anode 37 and cathodes 38, with either (a) a permanent shunt (20) which may be a discrete resistor (42-44), a diode (95), a strip of compliant carbon cloth (65), or a small amount of conductive carbon black (22) in the ionomer polymer mixture of which the proton exchange membrane (39) is formed, or (b) a removeable shunt such as a conductor (69) which may be rotated into and out of contact with the fuel cell anodes and cathodes, or a conductor (85) which may be urged into contact by means of a shape memory alloy actuator spring (90, 91), which may be heated.

摘要翻译： 在阳极37和阴极38之间提供燃料电池堆的每个电池，具有（a）永久性分流器（20），其可以是分立电阻器（42-44），二极管（95），一条 或其中形成质子交换膜（39）的离聚物聚合物混合物中的少量导电炭黑（22），或（b）诸如导体（69）的可移除分流器 可以与燃料电池阳极和阴极或者可以通过可被加热的形状记忆合金致动器弹簧（90,91）被推动接触的导体（85）旋转进入和脱离接触。

公开(公告)号：US07250229B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-31

申请号：US11231285

申请日：2005-09-20

申请人： Deliang Yang ,  Margaret M. Steinbugler ,  Richard D. Sawyer ,  Leslie L. Van Dine ,  Carl A. Reiser

发明人： Deliang Yang ,  Margaret M. Steinbugler ,  Richard D. Sawyer ,  Leslie L. Van Dine ,  Carl A. Reiser

IPC分类号： H01M8/06

CPC分类号： H01M8/04302 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/04097 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04238 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M16/003

摘要： A procedure for starting up a fuel cell system that is disconnected from its primary load and that has air in both its cathode and anode flow fields includes a) connecting an auxiliary resistive load across the cell to reduce the cell voltage; b) initiating a recirculation of the anode flow field exhaust through a recycle loop and providing a limited flow of hydrogen fuel into that recirculating exhaust; c) catalytically reacting the added fuel with oxygen present in the recirculating gases until substantially no oxygen remains within the recycle loop; disconnecting the auxiliary load; and then d) providing normal operating flow rates of fuel and air into respective anode and cathode flow fields and connecting the primary load across the cell. The catalytic reaction may take place on the anode or within a catalytic burner disposed within the recycle loop. The procedure allows start-up of the fuel cell system without the use of an inert gas purge while minimizing dissolution of the catalyst and corrosion of the catalyst support during the start-up process.

摘要翻译： 用于启动与其主负载断开且在其阴极和阳极流场中具有空气的燃料电池系统的过程包括：a）在电池之间连接辅助电阻负载以降低电池电压; b）启动阳极流场排气通过循环回路的再循环，并向该再循环排气提供有限的氢气燃料流; c）使添加的燃料与存在于再循环气体中的氧直接催化反应，直到基本上没有氧气残留在循环回路内; 断开辅助负载; 然后d）将燃料和空气的正常操作流量提供到相应的阳极和阴极流场中，并将主负载连接在电池上。 催化反应可以在阳极上或在设置在循环回路内的催化燃烧器中进行。 该程序允许在不使用惰性气体吹扫的情况下启动燃料电池系统，同时最小化催化剂的溶解和在启动过程中催化剂载体的腐蚀。

公开(公告)号：US06887599B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-03

申请号：US10305301

申请日：2002-11-26

申请人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

发明人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

IPC分类号： H01M8/00

CPC分类号： H01M8/04302 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/0267 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2457

摘要： A procedure for starting up a fuel cell system that is disconnected from its primary load and has both its cathode and anode flow fields filled with air includes initiating a flow of air through the cathode flow field and rapidly displacing the air in the anode flow field by delivering a flow of fresh hydrogen containing fuel into the anode flow field, and thereafter connecting the primary load across the cell. Sufficiently fast purging of the anode flow field with hydrogen prior to connecting the cells to the load eliminates the need for purging the anode flow field with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, upon start-up.

摘要翻译： 用于启动与其主要负载断开并且其阴极和阳极流动场充满空气的燃料电池系统的过程包括引发空气流过阴极流场并且通过在阳极流场中快速移动空气，由 将新鲜的含氢燃料流输送到阳极流场中，然后将主负载连接在电池上。 在将电池连接到负载之前，用氢气充分快速地吹扫阳极流场消除了在启动时用惰性气体例如氮气吹扫阳极流场的需要。

公开(公告)号：US07875397B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-25

申请号：US10736945

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： James R. Geschwindt ,  Robin J. Guthrie ,  George S. Hirko, Jr. ,  Jeremy P. Meyers ,  Carl A. Reiser ,  Javier Resto ,  Yu Wang ,  John H. Whiton ,  Leslie L. Van Dine ,  Elizabeth A. Allen ,  Deliang Yang

发明人： James R. Geschwindt ,  Robin J. Guthrie ,  George S. Hirko, Jr. ,  Jeremy P. Meyers ,  Carl A. Reiser ,  Javier Resto ,  Yu Wang ,  John H. Whiton ,  Leslie L. Van Dine ,  Elizabeth A. Allen ,  Deliang Yang

IPC分类号： H01M8/06 ,  H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/0247 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/04097 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2465 ,  H01M8/2483 ,  H01M8/2484

摘要： An inlet fuel distributor (10-10d) has a permeable baffle (39, 54, 54a, 60) between a fuel supply pipe (11, 83) and a fuel inlet manifold (12, 53, 53a, 63) causing fuel to be uniformly distributed along the length of the fuel inlet manifold. A surface (53, 68) may cause impinging fuel to turn and flow substantially omnidirectionally improving its uniformity. Recycle fuel may be provided (25, 71) into the flow downstream of the fuel inlet distributor. During startup, fuel or inert gas within the inlet fuel distributor and the fuel inlet manifold may be vented through an exhaust valve (57, 86) in response to a controller (58, 79) so as to present a uniform fuel front to the inlets of the fuel flow fields (58).

摘要翻译： 入口燃料分配器（10-10d）在燃料供应管（11,83）和燃料入口歧管（12,53,53a，63）之间具有导致燃料的可渗透挡板（39,54,54a，60） 沿着燃料入口歧管的长度均匀分布。 表面（53,68）可以使撞击的燃料转动并基本上全向流动地改善其均匀性。 可以向燃料入口分配器下游的流中提供循环燃料（25,71）。 在启动期间，入口燃料分配器和燃料入口歧管内的燃料或惰性气体可以响应于控制器（58,79）而通过排气阀（57,86）排出，以便向入口提供均匀的燃料前端 的燃料流场（58）。

公开(公告)号：US06858336B2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-22

申请号：US10305300

申请日：2002-11-26

申请人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

发明人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

IPC分类号： H01M20060101 ,  H01M8/00 ,  H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/10

CPC分类号： H01M8/04228 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2457

摘要： A procedure for shutting down an operating fuel cell system includes disconnecting the primary electricity using device and stopping the flow of hydrogen containing fuel to the anode, followed by quickly displacing the residual hydrogen with air by blowing air through the anode fuel flow field. A sufficiently fast purging of the anode flow field with air eliminates the need for purging with an inert gas such as nitrogen.

摘要翻译： 关闭操作燃料电池系统的过程包括断开主电力使用装置并阻止含氢燃料流向阳极，随后通过吹入空气通过阳极燃料流场快速地将空气置换为空气。 用空气充分快速地吹扫阳极流场消除了用诸如氮气的惰性气体吹扫的需要。

公开(公告)号：US07410712B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-12

申请号：US11073207

申请日：2005-03-05

申请人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

发明人： Carl A. Reiser ,  Deliang Yang ,  Richard D. Sawyer

IPC分类号： H01M8/00 ,  H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04302 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/0267 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2457

摘要： A procedure for starting up a fuel cell system that is disconnected from its primary load and has both its cathode and anode flow fields filled with air includes initiating a flow of air through the cathode flow field and rapidly displacing the air in the anode flow field by delivering a flow of fresh hydrogen containing fuel into the anode flow field, and thereafter connecting the primary load across the cell. Sufficiently fast purging of the anode flow field with hydrogen prior to connecting the cells to the load eliminates the need for purging the anode flow field with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, upon start-up.

摘要翻译： 用于启动与其主要负载断开并且其阴极和阳极流动场充满空气的燃料电池系统的过程包括引发空气流过阴极流场并且通过在阳极流场中快速移动空气，由 将新鲜的含氢燃料流输送到阳极流场中，然后将主负载连接在电池上。 在将电池连接到负载之前，用氢气充分快速地吹扫阳极流场消除了在启动时用惰性气体例如氮气吹扫阳极流场的需要。

公开(公告)号：US06596426B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US09826739

申请日：2001-04-05

申请人： Deliang Yang ,  Emily A. Ballinger ,  David A. Condit

发明人： Deliang Yang ,  Emily A. Ballinger ,  David A. Condit

IPC分类号： H01M804

CPC分类号： H01M8/04253 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/04029

摘要： A coolant system is proposed for addressing temperature concerns during start-up and shut-down of a cell stack assembly. The coolant system comprises a coolant exhaust conduit in fluid communication with a coolant exhaust manifold and a coolant pump, the coolant exhaust conduit enabling transportation of exhausted coolant away from a coolant exhaust manifold. A coolant return conduit is provided to be in fluid communication with a coolant inlet manifold and a coolant pump, the coolant return conduit enabling transportation of the coolant to the coolant inlet manifold. The coolant system further includes a bypass conduit in fluid communication with the coolant exhaust conduit and the coolant return conduit, while a bleed valve is in fluid communication with the coolant exhaust conduit and a gaseous stream. Operation of the bleed valve enables venting of the coolant from the coolant channels, and through said bypass conduit.

公开(公告)号：US07201992B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-10

申请号：US10750609

申请日：2003-12-31

申请人： Deliang Yang ,  Jung S. Yi

发明人： Deliang Yang ,  Jung S. Yi

IPC分类号： H01M2/14

CPC分类号： H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/026 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04291 ,  H01M8/1007

摘要： A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (46) having a first reactant flow field (80) secured adjacent a first or second surface (48, 50) of the assembly (46) for directing flow of a first reactant adjacent the first or second surface of the assembly (46). The first reactant flow field (80) defines a plurality of two-pass circuits (82, 84, 86, 88), and each two-pass circuit (82) is in fluid communication with both a first reactant inlet (90) for directing the first reactant into the fuel cell (12), and with a first reactant outlet (92) for directing the first reactant out of the fuel cell (12). The plurality of two-pass circuits (82) facilitate water movement (112) toward the reactant inlet (90) to aid in passive maintenance of fuel cell (12) water balance.

摘要翻译： 燃料电池包括具有邻近组件（46）的第一或第二表面（48,50）固定的第一反应物流场（80）的膜电极组件（46），用于引导邻近第一或第二 组件（46）的表面。 第一反应物流场（80）限定多个双通道电路（82,84,86,88），并且每个双通电路（82）与第一反应物入口（90）流体连通，用于引导 第一反应物进入燃料电池（12），以及用于将第一反应物引导出燃料电池（12）的第一反应物出口（92）。 多个双程循环（82）有助于朝向反应物入口（90）的水移动（112），以帮助被动维护燃料电池（12）的水平衡。

公开(公告)号：US20060127723A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11011372

申请日：2004-12-15

申请人： Timothy Rehg ,  Pavel Sokolov ,  Deliang Yang

发明人： Timothy Rehg ,  Pavel Sokolov ,  Deliang Yang

IPC分类号： H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/02

CPC分类号： H01M8/0267 ,  H01M8/0228 ,  H01M8/0247 ,  H01M8/0258 ,  H01M8/241 ,  H01M8/2483

摘要： A fuel cell includes a plurality of power-producing electrode-electrolyte assemblies and heat-conducting elements. Cathode air supplied to the fuel cell is heated inside the fuel cell by fuel cell by-product heat via the heat-conducting elements.

摘要翻译： 燃料电池包括多个发电电极 - 电解质组件和导热元件。 供给燃料电池的阴极空气通过燃料电池的副产物热经由导热元件在燃料电池内被加热。