Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
429440000 | Including use of waste heat from fuel cell or afterburner | 13 |
20110053026 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprising: an anode gas flow path supplied with an anode gas; a cathode gas flow path supplied with a cathode gas; a fuel cell generating electricity by the anode gas being supplied to the anode gas flow path and the cathode gas being supplied to the cathode gas flow path; an anode gas supplying unit supplying the anode gas to the anode gas flow path; a blowdown valve ejecting fluid from inside the anode gas flow path towards an exterior; and a control unit which controls the anode gas supplying unit and the blowdown valve, supplies the anode gas from the anode gas supplying unit to the anode gas flow path, and performs a periodic fluid substitution by opening the blowdown valve periodically, wherein the control unit comprises a low temperature condition determination unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053027 | Multi-Stream Heat Exchanger for a Fuel Cell System - A multi-stream heat exchanger includes at least one air preheater section, at least one cathode recuperator section, and at least one anode recuperator section, wherein each section is a plate type heat exchanger having two major surfaces and a plurality of edge surfaces, a plurality of risers through at least some of the plates, and a plurality of flow paths located between plates. The cathode recuperator section is located adjacent to a first edge surface of the anode recuperator, and the air preheater section is located adjacent to a second edge surface of the anode recuperator section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110159394 | FUEL CELL COGENERATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell cogeneration system includes: a heat recovery channel in which a first shutoff valve, a heat-recovery heat exchanger configured to recover exhaust heat of a fuel cell, a second shutoff valve and a hot water storage tank are sequentially and circularly connected by a heat recovery pipe. A heat recovery channel pressure release valve is provided in the heat recovery pipe connecting the first shutoff valve, the second shutoff valve and the heat-recovery heat exchanger. The heat recovery channel pressure release valve is configured to open when internal pressure of the heat recovery pipe closer to the heat-recovery heat exchanger than the first shutoff valve and the second shutoff valve exceeds predetermined pressure. | 06-30-2011 |
20110177416 | COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system is provided. The cooling system includes: a fuel cell; a cooling circuit configured to circulate a coolant medium to cool the fuel cell; an air conditioning circuit configured to circulate the coolant medium, the air conditioning circuit having a heat exchanger to execute heat exchange between the coolant medium and air to be sent to a room; a switching unit configured to switch between a connected state and a disconnected state; and a controller configured to control operation of the cooling system, wherein when the controller switches a state of the cooling system from the disconnected state to the connected state, irrespective of conditions in the cooling system, the controller executes operation of the cooling system in a flow rate control mode whereby the ratio (L | 07-21-2011 |
20130004878 | Catalytic Burner for Fuel Cell Exhaust Gas - A catalytic burner includes a catalyst body and a line element for the supply of a gas mixture to the catalyst body. The catalytic burner also includes a transitional region between the line element and the catalyst body. A swirl element is arranged in the flow region upstream of the catalyst body in the direction of flow. | 01-03-2013 |
20130196243 | HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system for use with an endothermic fuel generator including a fuel cell stack having a primary fuel cell stack having a first thermal mass and a secondary fuel cell stack having a second thermal mass smaller than the first, the fuel cell system further including a first thermal coupling mechanism configured to thermally couple waste heat from the secondary fuel cell stack to the primary fuel cell stack, and a second thermal coupling mechanism configured to thermally couple waste heat from the fuel cell stack to the endothermic fuel generator. | 08-01-2013 |
20130266881 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power generation system has a power generation unit ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130266882 | THERMAL ENERGY RECYCLING FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - An example fuel cell arrangement includes a fuel cell stack configured to receive a supply fluid and to provide an exhaust fluid that has more thermal energy than the supply fluid. The arrangement also includes an ejector and a heat exchanger. The ejector is configured to direct at least some of the exhaust fluid into the supply fluid. The heat exchanger is configured to increase thermal energy in the supply fluid using at least some of the exhaust fluid that was not directed into the supply fluid. | 10-10-2013 |
20140234740 | DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH UNIFORM VAPOR DELIVERY OF FUEL - In one embodiment, a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell has an anode aspect and a cathode aspect. A fuel distribution structure is disposed adjacent to the anode aspect. The fuel distribution structure has a fuel feed port configured to receive and inject liquid fuel to a flow field plate. The flow field plate has flow channels formed therein that split and spread from the fuel feed port to exit ports. The flow channels are configured to convey heat to fuel passing there through to substantially convert the liquid fuel to vaporous fuel within the flow channels. The exit ports are configured to deliver the resulting vaporous fuel to the anode aspect to substantially uniformly distribute fuel across the anode aspect. Further, an enthalpy exchanger and heat spreader assembly is in thermal contact with the fuel distribution structure and configured to provide to it heat from fuel cell operation. | 08-21-2014 |
20140272656 | Dynamically Responsive High Efficiency CCHP System - A highly efficient combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system is capable of providing 100% utilization of an energy generator used by the system by distributing thermal and electrical outputs of the energy generator to loads and/or other storage apparatuses. The CCHP system includes an energy generator, which can be a fuel cell and a waste heat recovery unit that assists in recovering thermal energy from the energy generator and returning it to the energy generator, and/or providing it to a thermal load, or a storage as needed or desired. | 09-18-2014 |
20140342260 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes: a cooling system that adjusts a temperature of a fuel cell; a waste heat collection unit that collects at least a part of waste heat from the fuel cell and uses the collected waste heat to heat a cabin interior of the fuel cell vehicle; and a heat creation unit that creates heat for heating the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus calculates a fuel consumption amount required for the fuel cell to generate a total power generation amount, which is a sum of a heating power generation amount and a travel power generation amount, calculates an optimum temperature, which is a temperature of the fuel cell at which the fuel consumption amount reaches a minimum, and controls the cooling system such that the temperature of the fuel cell reaches the optimum temperature. | 11-20-2014 |
20150050576 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONCENTRATION OF FUEL - A method of controlling a concentration of a fuel to be supplied to a stack of a fuel cell system, the method including determining a reference concentration of the fuel to be supplied to the stack when the stack is in a normal mode, monitoring temperature of the stack, and controlling the concentration of the fuel to be supplied to the stack, based on a result of the monitoring the temperature of the stack. | 02-19-2015 |
20150147672 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power generation system includes a fuel cell unit, a combustion apparatus, and a controller. The fuel cell unit includes a fuel cell, a casing, a ventilation fan (an air supply device), and a temperature detector configured to detect the temperature of outside air supplied to the casing. An air supply passage through which the outside air is supplied to the casing, and a discharge passage through which a flue gas from the combustion apparatus is discharged, are configured in such a manner as to allow a medium flowing through the air supply passage and a medium flowing through the discharge passage to exchange heat with each other. When the fuel cell unit is to be started up, if the temperature detected by the temperature detector is lower than or equal to a predetermined first temperature and the combustion apparatus is not in operation, the controller refrains from causing the fuel cell unit to operate. | 05-28-2015 |