Fuel cell power plant having a fuel concentration sensor cell
    1.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell power plant having a fuel concentration sensor cell 有权
    具有燃料浓度传感器单元的燃料电池发电厂

    公开(公告)号:US06977121B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-20

    申请号:US10406453

    申请日:2003-04-03

    摘要: A fuel cell power plant (10) having a fuel concentration sensor cell (54) is disclosed for detecting a concentration of fuel in a fuel cell (12) of the plant (10). A portion of a fuel exhaust stream is directed to flow through the sensor cell (54) adjacent to a membrane electrode assembly (60) of the sensor cell (54). A power circuit (62) may or may not deliver an electrical current to the cell (12), while changes in voltage across the cell (12) that are proportional to changes in hydrogen concentrations within the fuel exhaust stream are detected by a detector (68) which communicates the changes to a controller (108) for controlling a rate of fuel supply to the fuel cell (12). A porous sensor water transport plate (74) cools, humidifies delivers and removes liquid from the sensor cell (12).

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有燃料浓度传感器单元(54)的燃料电池发电厂(10),用于检测设备(10)的燃料电池(12)中的燃料浓度。 燃料排出流的一部分被引导以与传感器单元(54)的膜电极组件(60)相邻的传感器单元(54)流动。 电源电路(62)可以或可以不向电池(12)传递电流,而与燃料排出流中的氢浓度变化成比例的电池(12)的电压变化由检测器( 68),其将所述变化传达到控制器(108),用于控制对燃料电池(12)的燃料供给速率。 多孔传感器水输送板(74)冷却,加湿输送并从传感器电池(12)中去除液体。

    Start up system and method for a fuel cell power plant using a cathode electrode fuel purge
    4.
    发明授权
    Start up system and method for a fuel cell power plant using a cathode electrode fuel purge 有权
    启动使用阴极电极燃料吹扫的燃料电池发电厂的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06838199B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-04

    申请号:US10329874

    申请日:2002-12-26

    CPC分类号: H01M8/04231

    摘要: The invention is a start up system and method for a fuel cell power plant (10) using a purging of the cathode flow field (38) with a hydrogen rich reducing fluid fuel to minimize corrosion of the cathode electrode (16). The method for starting up the shut down fuel cell power plant (10) includes the steps of: a. purging the cathode flow field (38) with the reducing fluid fuel; b. then, directing the reducing fluid fuel to flow through an anode flow field (28); c. next, terminating flow of the fuel through the cathode flow field (38) and directing an oxygen containing oxidant to flow through the cathode flow field (38); and, d. finally, connecting a primary load (70) to the fuel cell (12) so that electrical current flows from the fuel cell (12) to the primary load (70).

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种燃料电池发电厂(10)的起动系统和方法,该燃料电池发电厂使用富氢还原流体燃料清除阴极流场(38),以使阴极电极(16)的腐蚀最小化。 用于启动关闭燃料电池发电厂(10)的方法包括以下步骤:a。 用所述还原流体燃料净化所述阴极流场(38); b。 然后引导所述还原流体燃料流过阳极流场(28); C。 接下来,通过阴极流场(38)终止燃料流并引导含氧氧化剂流过阴极流场(38); 和,d。 最后,将主负载(70)连接到燃料电池(12),使得电流从燃料电池(12)流向主负载(70)。

    HYDROGEN PASSIVATION SHUT DOWN SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWER PLANT
    5.
    发明申请
    HYDROGEN PASSIVATION SHUT DOWN SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWER PLANT 有权
    用于燃料电池的氢气灭火系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110003222A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-06

    申请号:US12880493

    申请日:2010-09-13

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant (10). An anode flow path (24) is in fluid communication with an anode catalyst (14) for directing hydrogen fuel to flow adjacent to the anode catalyst (14), and a cathode flow path (38) is in fluid communication with a cathode catalyst (16) for directing an oxidant to flow adjacent to the cathode catalyst (16) of a fuel cell (12). Hydrogen fuel is permitted to transfer between the anode flow path (24) and the cathode flow path (38). A hydrogen reservoir (66) is secured in fluid communication with the anode flow path (24) for receiving and storing hydrogen during fuel cell (12) operation, and for releasing the hydrogen into the fuel cell (12) whenever the fuel cell (12) is shut down.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是用于燃料电池发电厂(10)的氢钝化关闭系统。 阳极流动路径(24)与阳极催化剂(14)流体连通,用于引导氢燃料相邻于阳极催化剂(14)流动,并且阴极流动路径(38)与阴极催化剂 16),用于引导氧化剂流过邻近燃料电池(12)的阴极催化剂(16)。 允许氢燃料在阳极流路(24)和阴极流路(38)之间传递。 储氢器(66)被固定成与阳极流动路径(24)流体连通,用于在燃料电池(12)操作期间接收和储存氢气,并且每当燃料电池(12)被释放时,氢气释放到燃料电池 )被关闭。

    Membrane electrode assemblies with hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst
    8.
    发明授权
    Membrane electrode assemblies with hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst 有权
    膜电极组件用过氧化氢分解催化剂

    公开(公告)号:US07112386B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-26

    申请号:US10235074

    申请日:2002-09-04

    IPC分类号: H01M4/90 H01M4/92

    摘要: A membrane electrode assembly includes an anode including a hydrogen oxidation catalyst; a cathode; a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode; and a peroxide decomposition catalyst positioned in at least one position selected from the group consisting of the anode, the cathode, a layer between the anode and the membrane and a layer between the cathode and the membrane wherein the peroxide decomposition catalyst has selectivity when exposed to hydrogen peroxide toward reactions which form benign products from the hydrogen peroxide. The peroxide decomposition catalyst can also be positioned within the membrane. Also disclosed is a power-generating fuel cell system including such a membrane electrode assembly, and a process for operating such a fuel cell system.

    摘要翻译: 膜电极组件包括:包含氢氧化催化剂的阳极; 阴极 设置在阳极和阴极之间的膜; 以及位于选自阳极,阴极,阳极和膜之间的层以及阴极和膜之间的层中的至少一个位置的过氧化物分解催化剂,其中过氧化物分解催化剂暴露于阴极和膜之间具有选择性 过氧化氢朝向形成来自过氧化氢的良性产物的反应。 过氧化物分解催化剂也可以位于膜内。 还公开了包括这种膜电极组件的发电燃料电池系统和用于操作这种燃料电池系统的方法。