Flow translocator
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US06615872B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US09897335

    申请日:2001-07-03

    IPC分类号: B01F506

    摘要: A flow translocator disposed within a conduit for transferring and separating laminar fluid flow during translocation of the fluid core to the outer perimeter of the conduit and the outer perimeter flow to the center of the conduit. The flow translocator includes a disk disposed transverse the length of a conduit and having an outer profile conforming to the inner profile of a conduit to form a sealed fit. Arrays of slots extend about the disk for simultaneously directing the fluid core to the inner profile of a conduit and the outer perimeter flow toward the fluid core. The slots are staggered to maintain separation of the fluid core and the outer perimeter fluid during translocation.

    Reformate preheat of ATR reactants
    2.
    发明授权
    Reformate preheat of ATR reactants 失效
    改变ATR反应物的预热

    公开(公告)号:US06544494B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-08

    申请号:US09853400

    申请日:2001-05-14

    IPC分类号: C01B324

    摘要: Method of operating an autothermal reformer (ATR) to produce a high temperature reformate including preheating steam and air inputs to the ATR with heat from the reformate. The steam is heated by the reformate, and the air is then heated by the steam. There is no direct heat exchange between the reformate and the air. In the heat exchangers effecting the heat transfer, the steam is kept at a higher pressure that both the reformate and the air.

    摘要翻译: 操作自热重整器(ATR)以产生高温重整产物的方法,其包括用来自重整产品的热量预热蒸汽和空气输入到ATR。 蒸汽被重整产物加热,然后通过蒸汽加热空气。 改革和空气之间没有直接的热交换。 在实现热传递的热交换器中,蒸汽保持在更高的压力下,同时重整产物和空气。

    Tapered anode header insert for startup hydrogen distribution
    9.
    发明授权
    Tapered anode header insert for startup hydrogen distribution 有权
    锥形阳极插头,用于启动氢气分配

    公开(公告)号:US08541145B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-24

    申请号:US12887792

    申请日:2010-09-22

    申请人: Steven G. Goebel

    发明人: Steven G. Goebel

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04 H01M8/24

    摘要: A fluid distribution insert adapted to be received within an inlet header of a fuel cell assembly is disclosed. The fluid distribution insert includes a wedge section having a first end and a second end. The wedge section forms a fluid flow path between a surface forming the inlet header and the wedge section, wherein the fluid flow path receives a fluid therein and delivers the fluid to a plurality of fuel cells of the fuel cell assembly. The wedge section minimizes a cross-sectional area of the fluid flow path adjacent the second end of the wedge section to maintain a substantially constant fluid velocity along a length of the inlet header.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种适于容纳在燃料电池组件的入口集管内的流体分配插入件。 流体分配插入件包括具有第一端和第二端的楔形部分。 楔形部分形成在形成入口集管和楔形部分的表面之间的流体流动路径,其中流体流动路径在其中接收流体并将流体输送到燃料电池组件的多个燃料电池。 楔形部分最小化与楔形部分的第二端相邻的流体流动路径的横截面积,以沿着入口集管的长度保持基本恒定的流体速度。

    OPERATIONAL METHOD FOR A SIMPLIFIED FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请
    OPERATIONAL METHOD FOR A SIMPLIFIED FUEL CELL SYSTEM 有权
    简化燃料电池系统的运行方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130209907A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-15

    申请号:US13397458

    申请日:2012-02-15

    申请人: Steven G. Goebel

    发明人: Steven G. Goebel

    IPC分类号: H01M8/04

    摘要: A system and method for reducing the corrosive effects of an air/hydrogen front in a fuel cell stack. The method includes shutting down the fuel cell stack and then initiating a hydrogen sustaining process where hydrogen is periodically injected into an anode side of the fuel cell stack while the stack is shut down for a predetermined period of time. The method determines that the hydrogen sustaining process has ended, and then purges the anode side and a cathode side of the fuel cell stack with air after the hydrogen sustaining process has ended and the stack is still shut-down.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于降低燃料电池堆中空气/氢气前沿的腐蚀作用的系统和方法。 该方法包括关闭燃料电池堆,然后启动氢气维持过程,其中在将堆叠关闭的同时将燃料电池堆的阳极侧周期性地注入氢气一段预定的时间。 该方法确定氢持续处理已经结束,然后在氢维持处理结束并且堆栈仍然停止之后用空气吹扫燃料电池堆的阳极侧和阴极侧。