Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell system condensing heat exchanger
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池系统冷凝热交换器
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Application No.: US13258755Application Date: 2009-04-13
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Publication No.: US08652695B2Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Kazuo Saito , John W. Kowalski , Bryan F. Dufner , Sitaram Ramaswamy
- Applicant: Kazuo Saito , John W. Kowalski , Bryan F. Dufner , Sitaram Ramaswamy
- Applicant Address: US CT South Windsor
- Assignee: Clearedge Power Corporation
- Current Assignee: Clearedge Power Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT South Windsor
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2009/040329 WO 20090413
- International Announcement: WO2010/120276 WO 20101021
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/06 ; H01M8/08 ; H01M8/24

Abstract:
A fuel cell system is disclosed that includes a heat exchanger having first and second heat exchanger portions arranged in a fluid flow passage. The second heat exchanger portion is arranged downstream from the first heat exchanger portion. The first and second heat exchanger portions include a coolant flow passage and are configured to transfer heat between the fluid flow and coolant flow passages. The first heat exchanger portion includes a first corrosion-resistant material and the second heat exchanger portion includes a second corrosion-resistant material that is less corrosion-resistant than the first corrosion-resistant material. A collector, which includes a tray and/or a mist trap, is configured to collect acid in the first heat exchanger portion from a gas stream in the fluid flow passage. Collected acid can be sprayed into a gas stream upstream from a flow field of the fuel cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120021310A1 FUEL CELL SYSTEM CONDENSING HEAT EXCHANGER Public/Granted day:2012-01-26
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