Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system
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Application No.: US16601931Application Date: 2019-10-15
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Publication No.: US11217804B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Hideyuki Kumei
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-211409 20181109
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/04746 ; H01M8/04828 ; H01M8/249 ; H01M8/04119

Abstract:
A fuel cell system includes: first and second injectors; first and second ejectors; a first circulation passage configured to circulate anode gas that has passed the first ejector between the first fuel cell and the first ejector; a second circulation passage configured to circulate the anode gas that has passed the second ejector between the second fuel cell and the second ejector; a communication passage communicating with the first and second circulation passages; a switching valve configured to switch the communication passage to a communication state where the first and second circulation passages communicate with each other or to a cutoff state where the first and second circulation passages are cut off; and a controller configured to scavenge the first fuel cell by injecting the anode gas with the first injector, while the first fuel cell stops power generation in the communication state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200153011A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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