公开(公告)号：US10193169B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US14853532

申请日：2015-09-14

申请人： Intelligent Energy Limited

发明人： Jean-Louis Iaconis ,  Aaron MacDonald ,  Benjamin Tam

IPC分类号： F16K7/14 ,  F16K31/02 ,  H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/04228 ,  H01M8/04225

摘要： Purge valves (I 09, I 09′, 200) that are manually turned ON but are automatically or electrically turned OFF as the fuel cell (108)'s production of electricity reaches a predetermined level, e.g., steady state or thereabout are disclosed. The purge valve may be opened at system start-up, or may be opened at system shut-down so that the purge valve is anned and the fuel cell system is purged at the next start-up. Also disclosed is an integrated fluidic interface module (10) that contains various fluidic components including one of these purge valves. The integrated fluidic interface module (10) can operate passively or without being actively controlled by a processor. Methods of operating a fuel cell system, wherein the fuel cell system is purged at system start-up, are also disclosed. The purging automatically stops when the anode plenum is fully purged and replaced with fuel.

公开(公告)号：US09577273B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US13836789

申请日：2013-03-15

申请人： Intelligent Energy Limited

发明人： Jean-Louis Iaconis ,  Aaron J. MacDonald ,  Benjamin Tam

IPC分类号： H01M8/04

CPC分类号： H01M8/04201 ,  F16K31/002 ,  F16K31/025 ,  H01M8/04208 ,  H01M8/04225 ,  H01M8/04228 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M2250/30 ,  Y02B90/18 ,  Y02E60/50 ,  Y02P70/56

摘要： Purge valves that are manually turned ON but are automatically or electrically turned OFF as the fuel cell's production of electricity reaches a predetermined level, e.g., steady state or thereabout are disclosed. The purge valve may be opened at system start-up, or may be opened at system shut-down so that the purge valve is armed and the fuel cell system is purged at the next start-up. Also disclosed is an integrated fluidic interface module that contains various fluidic components including one of these purge valves. The integrated fluidic interface module can operate passively or without being actively controlled by a processor. Methods of operating a fuel cell system, wherein the fuel cell system is purged at system start-up, are also disclosed. The purging automatically stops when the anode plenum is fully purged and replaced with fuel.

摘要翻译： 吹扫阀手动打开，但随着燃料电池的电量达到预定水平（例如稳定状态或其周围）而被自动或电动关闭。 清洗阀可以在系统启动时打开，或者可能在系统关闭时打开，以便清除阀处于布防状态，并在下次启动时清除燃料电池系统。 还公开了一种集成流体接口模块，其包含各种流体组件，包括这些清洗阀之一。 集成流体接口模块可以被动地操作或者不被处理器主动地控制。 还公开了操作燃料电池系统的方法，其中在系统启动时清除燃料电池系统。 当阳极集气室完全清洗并用燃料更换时，清洗自动停止。