Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell vehicle thermal management system and method for managing fuel cell thermal loads
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Application No.: US17548805Application Date: 2021-12-13
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Publication No.: US11358493B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Aiden Cohan , Akshit Markan , Mitchell Shinn , Katherine Smith , Rachel Cook
- Applicant: Nikola Corporation
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: Nikola Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nikola Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H01M8/04007
- IPC: H01M8/04007 ; H01M8/04014 ; B60H1/14 ; B60L58/27 ; B60L58/34
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method of managing thermal loads in a fuel cell vehicle. The method may comprise heating a fuel cell coolant of a fuel cell coolant loop utilizing waste heat from a fuel cell to form a heated fuel cell coolant, heating a battery coolant of a battery coolant loop utilizing waste heat from a battery to form a heated battery coolant, heating a refrigerant of a battery refrigeration loop by exchanging heat with the heated battery coolant, and superheating the refrigerant of the battery refrigeration loop by exchanging heat with the heated fuel cell coolant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220111763A1 FUEL CELL VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FUEL CELL THERMAL LOADS Public/Granted day:2022-04-14
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