Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coolant storage tank
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Application No.: US16387393Application Date: 2019-04-17
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Publication No.: US10700367B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Daniel Ninan , Nathaniel Palmer , Sophie Charlotte Harris , Phillip Wardle , Jonathan Cole , Iain Fraser , Peter David Hood , Paul Leonard Adcock
- Applicant: Intelligent Energy Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Loughborough
- Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
- Current Assignee: Intelligent Energy Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Loughborough
- Agency: Baker Hostetler
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7cd9f443
- Main IPC: H01M8/04007
- IPC: H01M8/04007 ; H01M8/04029 ; H01M8/04223 ; H01M8/0432 ; H01M8/04701

Abstract:
A coolant storage tank (1) for storing coolant in a fuel cell system (2), the coolant storage tank comprising a plurality of individually controllable heater elements (7, 8a, 8b). A coolant storage tank comprising a first heater element (7) located at a base of the coolant storage tank and a second heater element (8a) is also disclosed. A coolant storage tank comprising a first coolant storage compartment (50) in fluid communication with a second coolant storage compartment (51), the first coolant storage compartment including at least a first heater element (54) and wherein the second coolant storage compartment is unheated is also disclosed. A method of melting frozen coolant in a coolant storage tank is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190245222A1 Coolant Storage Tank Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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