Invention Grant
US08148022B2 Fuel cell system having a plurality of gas/liquid separation units
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具有多个气/液分离单元的燃料电池系统
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system having a plurality of gas/liquid separation units
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个气/液分离单元的燃料电池系统
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Application No.: US12352877Application Date: 2009-01-13
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Publication No.: US08148022B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Jung-Kurn Park , Dong-Hyun Kim , Myeong-Ju Ha
- Applicant: Jung-Kurn Park , Dong-Hyun Kim , Myeong-Ju Ha
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Priority: KR10-2008-0007518 20080124
- Main IPC: H01M8/00
- IPC: H01M8/00 ; H01M8/06

Abstract:
A fuel cell system having an excellent orientation free performance by separating a fluid into a liquid and a gas without being affected by shaking and/or rotation of the fuel cell system includes a fuel cell main body, a first liquid/gas separation unit, and a buffer line. The fuel cell main body receives a fuel containing hydrogen and an oxidizing gas containing oxygen and generates electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction between the hydrogen and the oxygen. The first gas/liquid separation unit is installed on a first recycling line extending from an anode outlet of the fuel cell main body to separate a gas byproduct from unreacted fuel discharged through the anode outlet. The buffer line is fluidly connected to the first and second recycling lines to receive and mix the unreacted fuel and the liquid byproduct at a predetermined amount from the first and second recycling lines, and is further fluidly connected to a third recycling line extending toward an anode inlet of the fuel cell main body to direct the unreacted fuel and the liquid byproduct into the fuel cell main body through the anode inlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US08057940B2 Fuel cell system having a plurality of gas/liquid separation units Public/Granted day:2011-11-15
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